Lagos, Nigeria
Omo, e no easy for Manuel Ugarte this season, as e dey try turn hin luck around. E don dey feel like wetin dem dey call ‘seesaw’—up one minute, down the next! After four matches, him team no fit score plenty wins, just one victory wey dem get over Burnley, 3-2, before dem go September international break.
But as dem dey prepare for Manchester derby on Sunday, Ugarte dey hold hope say e go use this match take catapult hin career. E wan show say e deserve place for Uruguay national team as dem dey eye World Cup next summer. No be small matter o! (We no wan hear say e no go fit sabi the ball).
Ugarte gree say, “I’m going to start,” as hin dey prepare for the match against Chile. E dey feel better physically and e say dis na di chance wey e don dey wait for. U fit imagine? World Cup na big deal for any player wey dey dream big. E talk say di last one wey e attend na sweet memory for him and hin family.
Meanwhile, di coach, Amorim, dey try fit hin perfect line-up dis season but e still dey swap players like say na yoyo. We fit hear say Ugarte go finally get hin chance to show wetin e fit do and push hin way into di team proper. E get competition from Casemiro, but e don dey suspect say Casemiro fit rest because of suspension for Brazil final World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.
No be small wahala o! Amorim dey watch all di players wey get long flight back to Manchester, as fatigue fit take dem like thief. But one thing wey clear be say, if Ugarte fit shine for Uruguay against Chile, e fit gain confidence wey go help am for Manchester. After all, na wetin dem dey call ‘follow the trend’—start well, dey shine!
So make we sharp-sharp, gimme popcorn as we dey wait see wetin go happen for di derby! Ugarte fit finally turn hin season around, or na another twist of fate go catch am?
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