Portuguese international Bosingwa praises free-kick maestro Mehmet Ekici

Portuguese international Bosingwa praises free-kick maestro Mehmet Ekici [divider]

Portuguese international Jose Bosingwa has praised his Trabzonspor teammate Mehmet Ekici as being a free-kick master.

“We have amazing free-kick and set-piece takers, Mehmet Ekici has been fantastic and I hope he continues, his set-pieces really help the team,” Bosingwa told AA.

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Bosingwa has featured in 17 league games, eight Europa League and two Turkish Cup games this season.

The Black Sea Storm have scored the highest number of goals from set-pieces in the league this season.

Trabzonspor have 20 set-piece goals in the Süper Lig, Galatasaray and Mersin have the joint second highest goals from set-pieces (13).

Atletico Madrid are the only side in top-flight European football to have scored more goals from set-pieces.

The La Liga champions have scored 22 goals from set-pieces in the league this season.

Trabzonspor midfielder Mehmet Ekici has scored the highest number of direct free-kick goals in Europe (5).