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Quite a lot of Nigerian footballers have been in motion on Wednesday, August 28, and Soccernet.ng right here presents the highlights of the highest performers.
England
Taiwo Awoniyi’s night time led to disappointment as Nottingham Forest crashed out of the League Cup following a penalty shootout defeat to Newcastle United.
Fulltime scores stood at 1-1 earlier than Awoniyi missed the essential penalty that despatched the Reds out of the competitors.
Frank Onyeka was in motion for Brentford as they defeated Colchester United by a lone purpose to advance to the third spherical of the competitors.
Nigeria-eligible ahead Kevin Schade assisted Keane Lewis-Potter for Brentford’s profitable strike.
Austria
Jonathan Alukwu made his debut for ASKÖ Oedt and netted the membership’s second purpose of their 2-3 loss to Austria Vienna within the Austria Cup.
Alukwu, 21, solely moved to Europe in June to hitch Oedt after ending his spell with Sporting Lagos.
Belgium
Jordan Torunarigha and Gent superior to the group stage of the Europa Convention League after a 1-0 second-leg victory over Partizan. Gent received the primary leg 1-0 to advance on a 2-0 mixture scoreline.
Malta
Nigeria’s Franklin Sasere and Malta’s Kyrian Nwoko have been each on track as Floriana claimed their first Premier League win of the season with an emphatic 3-0 victory at Zabbar St. Patrick.
Saudi Arabia
Former Hull Metropolis and Fulham star Jean Michaël Seri made his debut for Al Orubah nevertheless it ended badly for the Ivorian midfielder as Odion Ighalo and Al Wehda secured a pleasing 2-1 win.
Ighalo opened the scoring within the first minute of the encounter contained in the King Abdulaziz Sports activities Metropolis Stadium in Mecca and Mourad Khodari netted a late winner after Ziyad Al Hunaiti had equalised for the guests.
Former Tremendous Eagles ahead Ighalo has now scored in every of his six seasons in Saudi Arabia.
With 68 targets in 104 appearances, the previous Manchester United star is Nigeria’s best goalscorer within the historical past of the Saudi league.
Serbia
Tremendous Eagles star Peter Olayinka and Pink Star Belgrade are by way of to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after a 3-2 mixture win over Bodø / Glimt.
Olayinka featured prominently as Pink Star Belgrade secured a 2-0 win contained in the Stadion Rajko Mitić in Beograd to show round a 2-1 deficit from the primary leg in Bodø.
Slovakia
The Slovakian Cup took centre stage on Wednesday and Kayode Saliman scored his first-ever purpose within the competitors as Podbrezová pressured an 8-0 defeat down the throat of Tatran Chlebnice.
Emmanuel Uchegbu, 19, additionally made his first mark within the competitors as Trenčín mauled down Košeca with a 9-0 win.
On the Futbalové ihrisko ŠK Nová Dedinka, 20-year-old Sheun Emmanuel shone like one million stars after he bagged a superb brace throughout Skalica’s 6-1 thrashing of Nová Dedinka.
Abdulhakim Daneji additionally delivered a man-of-the-match show as he fired two targets to encourage Stará Ľubovňa to a convincing 4-0 win over Starý Smokovec.
