Afrigather The 2024/25 league season is again in full circulate throughout a number of nations in Europe and Soccernet.ng brings you the ten most excellent shows of Nigerian stars on the weekend.
Victor Boniface; Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 2 Stuttgart
Victor Boniface picked up the place he left off final season as he was on course as Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen lifted the German Tremendous Cup on Saturday.
Boniface tapped the opening purpose contained in the BayArena however VfB Stuttgart turned the tie round with strikes from Millot and Undav.
Nevertheless, a last-minute purpose from Patrik Schick helped ten-man Bayer claw their manner again into the sport earlier than triumphing 4-3 on penalties.
Nigeria’s Nathan Tella additionally featured within the encounter.
The Tremendous Cup is the third title for Boniface and Tella since becoming a member of Bayer Leverkusen final yr, including it to the Bundesliga and German Cup double they gained final season.
Tolu Arokodare; Beerschot 3 – 4 Genk
Genk picked up their second win of the season with an entertaining 4-3 First Division A victory at Beerschot.
Tolu Arokodare was the star of the encounter with the Nigerian ahead netting two objectives – the primary to provide the guests a 2-1 lead and the second ended up being the successful purpose.
The previous Cologne ahead now has 4 objectives in his first 4 league video games of the season in Belgium.
Roosa Ariyo; KuPS 8 – 0 Ilves
Tremendous Falcons star Roosa Ariyo was one of many star performers in a KuPS squad that ran riot on the Väre Areena in Kuopio, Finland.
Ariyo bagged a brace – the primary and fourth objectives – as KuPS confirmed no mercy in sending Ilves to the cleaners in a one-sided encounter.
Regardless of the win, although, second-place KuPS have some catching as much as do on Kansallinen Liiga leaders HJK, who boast a 12-point benefit after 16 rounds of matches.
Umar Muhammed; TPS 5 – 3 KäPa
Nonetheless in Finland, Umar Muhammed was at his ruthless, environment friendly greatest in entrance of purpose to assist TPS energy to a 5 – 3 victory at dwelling to KäPa within the Ykkösliiga.
Muhammed scored two well-taken objectives – the primary to make it 2-0 for the hosts and the second to increase their result in 4-1 – as TPS made gentle work of their struggling guests contained in the Veritas Stadion in Turku.
Tosin Kehinde; Ferencváros 1 – 0 Újpest
After their disappointing 1-1 attract midweek towards FC Midtjylland that knocked them out of the UEFA Champions League, Ferencváros had been heading in direction of one other ugly draw at dwelling to Újpest when Tosin Kehinde was launched from the bench.
The Manchester United academy product then went on to attain the successful purpose – a wonderful solo run adopted by a well-struck left-footed end – in stoppage time at hand Ferencváros their third straight win of the league marketing campaign.
Attention-grabbing, it’s Kehinde’s first league purpose for the membership he joined from Randers final yr.
Oriola Sunday; Omiya Ardija 2 – 0 Zweigen Kanazawa
After two uneventful league showings for the membership he joined in July, Oriola Sunday lastly confirmed why the membership paid high cash to safe his arrival from Tokushima Vortis.
The 21-year-old attacker smashed two objectives previous Zweigen Kanazawa at hand Omiya Ardija a wonderful 2-0 victory – their seventeenth within the J3 League.
League leaders Omiya Ardija are the favourites to achieve promotion on the finish of the marketing campaign as they boast a wholesome benefit over their closest challengers, Azul Claro Numazu.
Cyriel Dessers; Rangers 2 – 0 St. Johnstone
Regardless of being beneath the tough floodlights each week, Cyriel Dessers continues to point out his greatest kind for Rangers and he was essential to their newest win over St. Johnstone.
The Nigeria worldwide broke the impasse simply previous the hour mark earlier than aiding the second of the afternoon as defending champions Rangers cruised to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.
Ridwan Sanusi; Podbrezová 7 – 1 Skalica
Podbrezová secured their greatest Tremendous Lig win in over ten years following a memorable 7 – 1 victory at dwelling to Skalica.
Ridwan Sanusi performed a key position in a record-making encounter as he scored one and assisted one other, giving followers contained in the ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová loads to cheer.
Justice Ohajunwa; Floreşti 0 – 8 Zimbru
There was no higher participant contained in the Stadion Dinamo in Bender, Moldova, than Nigeria’s Justice Ohajunwa who discovered the web for occasions as Zimbru ate up Floreşti for dinners, forsaking no crumbs.
It’s the first time in his profession that Ohajunwa, 23, would rating 4 objectives however it isn’t a flash-in-the-pan show as he has now hit the goal in every of his final 4 video games.
Compatriot Emmanuel Abaribe scored the final of the eight objectives for Zimbru.
Moses Cobnan; Krasnodar 2 – 1 Nizhny Novgorod
Krasnodar had been dropping 0-1 at dwelling to Nizhny Novgorod when Moses Cobnan got here off the bench within the seventieth minute.
Inside ten minutes of his introduction, Lagos-born Cobnan struck twice to show the tie in Krasnodar’s favour and sealed their second Russian Premier League win this time period.
Cobnan, 21, joined Krasnodar in January 2021 from Podbrezová for €1 million.
Honourable Mentions
Maduka Okoye was his traditional reliable self in purpose for Udinese as they began their Serie A season with a wonderful 1-1 draw at Bologna.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru impressed on his league debut as Lazio defeated Venezia 3-1.
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro additionally did effectively on his Serie B debut to assist Sampdoria safe a share of the spoils following a 2-2 draw at Frosinone.
Gabriel Osho excelled on his Ligue 1 debut, propelling newly promoted AJ Auxerre to a superb 2-1 victory over OGC Good.
