Soccernet.ng monitored 104 video games throughout 61 leagues in Europe, Asia, and on the African continent on Saturday, December 21, 2024 that would doubtlessly characteristic Nigerian gamers.
Listed below are probably the most eye-catching performances.
England
Ola Aina opened the scoring for Nottingham Forest with an skilled first time strike within the Difficult Bushes’ convincing 2-0 away victory at Brentford.
It’s Aina’s second league purpose of the season, matching probably the most he has managed in a single English top-flight marketing campaign.
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Tremendous Eagles ahead Taiwo Awoniyi was a second-half substitute for Forest within the encounter.
Within the League Two, Joseph Olowu unlocked the floodgates of targets for Doncaster Rovers of their thrilling 3-1 win at dwelling to Tranmere Rovers.
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Spain
Reward Monday scored her first-ever purpose for UD Tenerife in opposition to Barcelona but it surely was not sufficient to assist her facet keep away from falling to a 6-2 defeat within the Copa de la Reina.
The loss knocked Tenerife out of the Queens Cup within the Spherical of 16 whereas Barcelona progressed to the quarterfinal stage.
Edna Imade was the star of the present as she netted a purpose and an help to energy Granada to a 4-2 victory over Sevilla of their round-of-16 conflict on the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.
Albania, France, Indonesia, Israel, Turkey
Peter Itodo jumped to the highest of the Superliga goalscorer chart along with his eight strike of the season in Dinamo Metropolis’s hard-fought 2-1 win at dwelling to Egnatia Rrogozhine.
Akor Adams and Montpellier sank to a brand new low because the Ligue 1 membership stumbled to a crushing 3-0 loss to decrease league facet Le Puy Foot, which despatched them out of the Coupe de France.
In Indonesia, Kenneth Ikechukwu gave Semen Padang an early lead however their opponents Persik Kediri fought again impressively to say a tremendous 3-1 Liga 1 win.
Within the Israeli Liga Ha’al, Adeniyi James grabbed Hapoel Hadera’s solely purpose of their 1-1 draw with visiting Hapoel Jerusalem.
Hapoel Hadera stays with just one league win this marketing campaign which leaves the membership second from backside within the division.
Emeka Eze continued his glorious type as he netted his third purpose in as many video games and his eighth of the marketing campaign which earned a share of the spoils for Pendikspor of their 1-1 Lig 1 draw with Istanbulspor in Turkey.
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