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Super Eagles captain William Troost Ekong reveals the scariest striker he has played against.
Super Eagles captain Williams Troost-Ekong shares the reverence of a former Atalanta striker with legendary Italian defender Leandro Bonucci.
The Nigerian defender recently ranked Torino striker Duvan Zapata as the player he dreaded the most, despite having squared up against Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in his illustrious career.
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What Ekong said
Speaking in an interview with talkSPORT, the Al-Kholood man who faced Zapata in the Serie A on multiple occasions during his stints with Udinese and Salernitana named the 33-year-old as the most difficult forward he ever faced.
“There was one striker at Atalanta called Duvan Zapata, a Colombian striker, and it was in 2019, and I just couldn’t get near him. Too strong, too fast, a great finisher, and just his awareness in the box,” Ekong revealed.
“I think he scored quite a lot of goals against me that season, and he was my nightmare, my nemesis. I would have to give it to him, but there are too many great strikers to name, to be honest.”
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What Bonucci said
Ekong is not the only defender that has been terrorised by Zapata through the years, as Bonucci, one of the greatest defenders in modern Serie A history, also had his own dread tale, ranking the Colombian above Messi and Ronaldo in terms of fear factor.
"I have played against Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres and many others,” Bonucci said. “But I was genuinely afraid of Duvan Zapata. Before games against Atalanta, I couldn’t sleep at night. Zapata's power and physicality made him my nightmare."
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