Moroccan star Abdessamad Zalzouli continued to shine for Osasuna and led them to a valuable victory over Elche on matchday 28 of La Liga.
Osasuna remained 1-0 behind until the last twenty minutes, before Al-Zalzouli appeared and scored two goals in the 71st and 84th minutes, which took them the three points from the fangs of the bottom of the "LaLiga" standings.
This is the first double for Zalzuli in his professional career, and he won great praise from the official account of the Spanish league on the social networking site "Twitter", which he described as "glowing", "distinguished", "decisive", "savior".
❤ Glowing
❤, distinctive
❤, decisive
❤and savior.
He is Abdul Samad Al-Zalzouli, oh world 🦁🇲🇦 of #OsasunaElche #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/gM3n4IFz1t
— LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) April 8, 2023
For its part, confirmed newspaper "Sport" (Sport) Spanish, that Zalzouli loaned from Barcelona to Osasuna, has become an essential and indispensable element in the squad of coach Iagoba Arasaté.
The newspaper believes that Zalzouli played a prominent role in his team's arrival to the final of the Copa del Rey by scoring the winning goal against Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the semi-final (second leg 1-1), and the matter of Osasuna's access to European competitions has become possible.
Osasuna are eighth in the table with 38 points, and are six points behind sixth-placed Villarreal who qualify for the Europa Conference League with 6 points, before facing Real Madrid in the same round.
Since arriving in Osasuna, Zalzouli has made 26 appearances in all competitions and has missed only 6 matches, 4 due to injury and one suspension and the last one in which he was off the list, scoring 5 goals and assisting two.
☑Moroccan Abdessamad Zalzouli leads Osasuna to victory over Elche.
See goals and match summary⚽📺#OsasunaElche 2-1 #LaLigaSantander #LaLigaHighlights pic.twitter.com/wxphjBwlPI
— LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) April 8, 2023
Al-Zalzouli's numbers with Osasuna helped the player to book a place on the list of his compatriot Walid Regragui, coach of Morocco, in the World Cup in Qatar.
The Spanish newspaper touched on the future of Zalzouli, who has his sights set on returning to Barcelona at the end of the season.
The "Sport" confirmed that Zalzouli will go through the pre-season with Barcelona, but the decision to stay or not will depend on the technical and economic needs of the Catalan club.
She pointed out that the future of Zalzouli with Barcelona depends on 4 players: Ousmane Dembele, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Rafinha, because the departure of one of them will open the doors for him to return to the Camp Nou.