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Amadou Onana’s value to the Belgian international side is becoming increasingly clear after his latest performance.
The midfielder has started this season in good form for Everton, despite the club’s struggles. He has been one of the most effective creative players in the Premier League so far, setting up four “big chances” across the opening four games - more than any player apart from Pedro Neto, Bruno Fernandes and Mo Salah, who also have four each.
He was dominant in the middle for Belgium against Azerbaijan, breaking up play, protecting possession and helping his side to push up the pitch. He did lose his player on the edge of the box for Azerbaijan’s best chance of the game but his performance was viewed positively and he stayed on for the whole match, which Belgium won 1-0.
His selection meant an immediate return to the starting line-up after he missed two European Championship qualifiers through injury in the summer. Onana started the earlier wins over Germany and Sweden that enabled Belgium to seize control of their group. It also shows he is central to the plans of Dominico Tedesco, who took over as manager after the departure of Roberto Martinez, who selected Onana for his World Cup squad. Onana is next in action on Tuesday as Belgium host Estonia.
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Elsewhere during the international break, Jordan Pickford had a quiet game for England against Ukraine. There was little he could have done about Oleksandr Zinchenko’s goal - which was the hosts’ only shot on target. Vitalii Mykolenko on the other hand may be disappointed at Kyle Walker getting in behind
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