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This classy Canary will fly back to top flight

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NORWICH CITY WINGER
By Chris Dunlavy

DURING a 3-2 victory at Stoke on Tuesday evening, Norwich winger Emi Buendia registered a goal, an assist and a red card in the same game.
The last Championship player to achieve that dubious distinction? Buendia himself, versus QPR in April 2019.
It is a statistic that neatly illustrates the effervescence of the 23-year-old Argentine, a player of outstanding attacking quality who would surely be in the Premier League but for slack finishing and the occasional bout of youthful indiscipline.
A triumph of Stuart Webber’s vaunted s...

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