The African Cup of Nations is about to start, which is a headache for many teams with African international players. Liverpool, in particular, the temporary departure of Mane, Salah and others has almost taken out the Main Axis of the Reds' offensive line. In addition, african international players like Leicester City, including Ndidi, Isinacho, Mendy, Amaté and other African players, have temporarily left the team. However, many people may forget that the Blue Foxes also have a player from Africa who has performed very well this season, but because his national team did not qualify for the African Cup of Nations, he was exempted from returning to Europe. He is Dhaka, who has scored 2 goals and 3 assists in seven Premier League games this season.
In recent years, Red Bull Salzburg has stepped up a number of efficiency strikers, and after Haaland, Zambian striker Dhaka moved to Leicester City at the beginning of the season. Surprisingly, he conquered the fans of the King Power Stadium in the shortest possible time, and when the fans were still lamenting that There was someone after Vardy, he had already unknowingly made history.
In his two seasons in the Olympic League, Dhaka scored 68 goals for Red Bull Salzburg in all competitions, and although this figure was achieved by relying on the team's absolute dominance in the Austrian League, it is undeniable that he is indeed very skilled in front of the opposing goal. In the summer of 2021, Leicester City spent £30 million to bring him to the King Power Stadium, and so far this season, although his positioning is still Vardy's substitute, the 8th round of the home league against Manchester United has completely changed his fate.
When the game entered second-half stoppage time, the score was 3:2, and Leicester City led. Since the referee gave 5 minutes of stoppage time, it was not necessarily impossible for United to organize an effective attack, but it was not necessarily impossible to equalize. However, the 5-minute stoppage time began with Leicester City's free-kick on the left side of the field, and surprisingly, the ball fell to the far post after the ball was opened, and the Manchester United defender leaked at the back post, waiting for a straight Dhaka to easily score the ball into the goal, 4:2! Dhaka's goal killed the suspense of the game and he became the first Zambian player to score in the Premier League.
Four days later, against Spartacus Moscow in the Europa League, Dhaka, which completed its senior year, made history again. You know, in the two seasons with Red Bull Salzburg, he has scored five hat-tricks, and the senior year has only once, in an Austrian Cup match in September 2020, when Red Bull beat the third-tier opponent Bregenz 10:0, and the gold content of the game could not be compared with the Europa League. It is worth mentioning that Dhaka also became the first Leicester City player to score four goals in a single game since 1958, even Vardy did not do it.
Against Newcastle in the 16th round of the Premier League, Dhaka was once again given a chance to perform. The Blue Foxes beat the Magpies 4-0 in this game, and three of those four goals were related to him. Dhaka Reality received a cross from Vardy to score, and indirectly assisted Tillermans twice on a counter-attack, and the team's fourth goal was a wall-bumping two-over-one combination between Dhaka and Madison, who scored. This match can also be regarded as his representative in the Premier League.
In 4 years, Dhaka's value soared from 250,000 euros to 30 million euros, from a low-level league nameless all the way to a Premier League top scorer, the next step, he needs to wait for the opportunity to start in the Premier League, when he will create the history of Zambian football. Sometimes, realizing a dream is really a matter of moments. However, unfortunately, although Dhaka performed well and did not have to participate in the African Cup of Nations, Dhaka had to rest for a while due to a muscle injury, hoping that after he returned to the team after returning from injury, he could still maintain his efficient play.
Text/Supine Braces - Yangyuan Zhang