Nigeria-born Djibouti striker, Akinbinu Samuel was showered with praises by football lovers and fans of El Merriekh following his outstanding performance in his first competitive game for the club over the weekend, Nigeriasoccernet.com writes.
Samuel who joined El Merriekh some weeks back from Djibouti's Arta/Solar 7 showed the class he is made of in El Merriekh's 1-0 win over Gor Mahia of Kenya in the first leg clash of the 2024/25 CAF Champions League preliminary stages.
The Nigerian machine was all over the defense of Gor Mahia, causing them unrest throughout the entire duration, a feat that has earned him a new name in his new footballing country.
Reacting to Sanya Sanya's post on Facebook asking the fans to rate the new forward performance over the weekend, a fan called him the Power Bank as he never gets tired, running from post to post throughout the game.
"Let's rate the Performance of Merriekh Bentiu new striker Samuel Akinbinu in the previous Game?*
"Can you play Samuel Akinbinu and Jack James at thesame time or what do you think," Sanya Sanya wrote on Facebook.
Reacting to the post, Guty N Bayak wrote: "I was so impressed by his touches. physically fit and so composed. One of the best signing for the mars."
Journalist Gatkuoth wrote: "Yeah exactly, he was pretty good last game. He is one of most experienced players at Merriehk right now and deserves to start in every single game for the Mars ?. But Coach Ramzi should not make that mistake of starting him and Jack together. Him , Chikidi and Musa are good to go!"
"This guy is good to lead the attacking force of El Merriekh. Although he doesn’t run to retain the ball when the other team is on possession but he’s dangerous and a threat to the opposition defenders. He’s also good one on one," said Haruns.
"The best striker I have seen so far in south sudan ever since, weldone el-merriekh bentiu for this investment," Suliat Luyima commented.
Natty NK rated his performances for the day 9/10 while Smallson Chelsea gave him a new, Powerbank. "Power Bank is my new name for him?"
Samuel Akinbinu was on for the entire duration, creating a couple of numerouss chances and also coming close to scoring on a couple of times.
He is expected to again lead El Merriekh's attack this weekend in Kenya when they visit Gor Mahia for the return leg of the first preliminary round of the 2024/25 CAF Champions League clash.
Oluwayemi Omolagba