'We run, fight, never give up' - says Getafe's Nyom

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AFP Getafe (Spain)
Last Updated : Feb 14 2020 | 8:22 PM IST

Allan Nyom took a yellow card, scored a goal and was substituted before half-time and in those 16 minutes it was possible to understand why Getafe sit third in La Liga.

Nyom celebrated his first goal for the club like it was the first of his life, racing one way and then the other, not quite sure where he was going until suddenly deciding where he had to end up.

He found the Getafe fans in the corner, who celebrated Nyom putting them two up against old rivals, Leganes, whom Nyom had left last summer, and firing them within touching distance of new ones, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, in a remarkable challenge for the top four.

"This year I'm playing like a right winger and I want to score goals," Nyom says, in an interview with AFP.

"I even try to do tricks now. That's this team, I'm loving it."
"When people think of Getafe they think of hard work," says Nyom. "We play together, work together, run together, that's the most important thing."
"There are still a lot of games left but we have a chance," said Nyom. "I think this year it will be even harder because the teams around those positions are strong and getting stronger. But we will try."
"It was the hardest pre-season of my career, run, run, run. But it means we can be 100 per cent all the time. At some clubs there is training and there are matches. Here the two are the same."
"Of course he could do it at a bigger club," says Nyom. "It's harder, not easier, with lower teams. With better players he could do even better."
"People can think what they want," Nyom said. "But we have good players too, skilful, technical players. It's just these players can defend so it's the perfect combination for us."

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First Published: Feb 14 2020 | 8:22 PM IST

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