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Awaziem's Leganes suffer defeat to Chukwueze's Villarreal

Chidozie Awaziem was in action for 90 minutes as Leganes bowed to a 3-0 defeat to Samuel Chukwueze's Villarreal.

In the absence of Kenneth Omeruo, Awaziem paired Dimitrios Siovas in the defence for his second La Liga match of the season on Saturday.

#LeganésVillarreal | 0-3 ud83dudea8FULL-TIME | Three goals and three points for the Yellows at Butarque. A @GerardMoreno9 double u26bdu26bd and a @CDLeganes_en own goal u26bd see #Villarreal leave with a win. ud83dudc4fud83dudcaaud83dudc9b pic.twitter.com/Tc0ZCKMyP4

— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 14, 2019

After playing for 82 minutes in Nigeria's 2-2 draw against Ukraine in Dnipro on Tuesday, Chukwueze was rested by Javi Calleja and watched on from the bench as the Yellow Submarine grabbed their first win of the season.