The stylish winger: ‘MVP’ in the African Cup final and a Premier League double

The life of Simon Adigra may have changed forever in the past week. The Ivorian end of Brighton The Englishman lived through the golden days where he played two undoubtedly pivotal games in his career. Last Sunday, February 11, he was the ‘MVP’ of the Africa Cup final which he won with the Ivory Coast and this Sunday, February 18, he emerged as one of the men of the day with 0-5 Brighton of Roberto De Zerbi he endorsed Sheffield United.

Regarding what happened in the aforementioned Africa Cup final, Adigra He did not score either of the two goals Ivory Coast was imposed on Nigeria (2-1), but he played the role of assistant in both. He first gave the pass to Cassie in an amount sufficient to tie the duel and later on Haller where this is the winning goal. Undoubtedly, his contribution was important in a championship where he played five matches, from fewer to more as the tournament progressed.

About this Sunday the 18th with Brightonjust days after lifting the Africa Cup, Adigra managed to score the fourth and fifth goals of that win in Roberto De Zerbi land endorsed the Sheffield United. With them, he already has 6 goals in 18 games played in his first season in the Premier League.

Born in 2002 and went through the prestigious academy of his time Right to Dream from Ghana, Adigra attracted the attention of Nordsjaelland The Danish, who always paid attention to African talent, and thanks to that team he made the leap to European football. It was in 2020, and since then his career has been ‘in crescendo’, signed for Brighton in 2022 and last year’s appearance in Union SG Belgian to get the fact of having a place in the squad led by From Zerbi this season. He enjoyed that opportunity and took advantage of it very well. In the last week he had two dream games to be the stylish winger; but the best of Adigra is yet to come.