He was waiting in the wings, worked hard, showed an impeccable professional attitude and as soon as he was given the opportunity this season, he made sure to grab it with both hands. Ali Samatta was given an extended run in the team in February by Razvan Lucescu and the Tanzanian forward vindicated his coach’s faith in him in the most emphatic way.

Four goals and one assist was the return from Samatta , who came in hot, coming out in top in countless duels, battling for every ball and showing self-sacrifice for his team, leaving everything he had on the pitch and helped his team get results.

In the poll for the NOVA MVP of the month for February, it came as little surprise then that the Tanzanian destroyed the competition and collected 92% of the votes, leaving Tomasz Kedziora and Baba in second and third place respectively.