He was unable to score, but Tolu Arokodare once again delivered a very strong performance against Antwerp with one assist and some tough duels with Toby Alderweireld. Although he had a striking message after the match.
Lachen over Hrosovsky
Scoring and letting others score, that’s what a striker should do. Against Antwerp, Arokodare mainly did the latter with a header towards Hrosovsky, who kicked the opening goal against the ropes just before half time. Moments later, Hrosovsky scored again. “He wants to take away my position in the striker,” Tolu responded with a wall-to-wall smile to the press after the match.
Attention to mental well-being
Although that smile quickly made way for more serious work in front of the camera Sporza the Nigerian striker had prepared a message: “Translate it into Dutch, French, Spanish, whatever you want,” he opened.
“To anyone who needs to hear, you are loved. Your friends and family love you and if you have no friends or family, I love you and so does Jesus. And most important of all, you are more than enough,” was his heartwarming message.
The attacker wanted to increase attention to loneliness, he explained afterwards: “I know what it is to be alone and to feel like you are not enough. That makes you do things that you don’t actually want to do. And I know that my message for at least one person will mean a lot. That’s why I want to create attention for mental well-being,” he explains.
A nice gesture from Arokodare, who became autumn champion with Racing Genk after the victory against Antwerp. After 13 matchdays, Genk has a 7-point lead over first pursuer Club Brugge.
