Harambee Stars marauding left back Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma was crowned the best player on the pitch over the weekend after his mix of creative and heroic performance helped his AIK side snap their three-match winless streak following a 2-0 victory over Helsingborg in the Swedish top-flight.The Kenyan international deservedly collected the award after providing an assist for the second goal scored by Zack Elbouzedi which ended up sealing all the three points in the encounter played on Sunday evening.The meteoric rise of Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and undying love for OmenaBefore that, the former Gor Mahia workaholic had managed to keep AIK’s narrow 1-0 lead intact with just fifteen minutes to go when he put his body on the line to prevent a shot that was destined to score as goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt was well beaten by clever play between the Helsingborg forwards.Kenyan superstar Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma putting his body on the line to keep his AIK side in the lead.Good thing he did not get injured.Ended up providing an assist for the second goal and being named man of the matchpic.twitter.com/79rPV3yKRo— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) October 11, 2022 Speaking afterwards, Marcelo revealed that the goal-saving action that saw him clutter his body to the goalpost was necessary as he put the team’s needs ahead of himself.“Actually, it was a tough situation but you have to take one for the team,” he said in an interview afterwards.🌟 Matchens lirare mot Helsingborg: @Erick__ouma. Håller du med matchvärden @sveabank eller har du en annan favorit från matchen? Rösta i AIK+. pic.twitter.com/Zb4yw5ypDU— AIK Fotboll (@aikfotboll) October 10, 2022 Additionally, the defender, who is reportedly on the radar of a host of European clubs, expressed his delight in the team’s return to winning ways stating that it would give them much needed confidence after failing to get any victory in their last three league clashes (2D 1L).“I think the overall game was fantastic though there are some moments that we were down so we have to pick up from there. These are the kind of games that we need to build our confidence because previous results have not really been going our way but for this match I think it will keep us going for next week,” he noted.##NAJAVA_MECA_6716132##
