A couple of Nigerian footballers have been in motion on Tuesday, January 6 and Soccernet.ng presents the main speaking factors of the day.
UEFA Champions League
Jose Mourinho suffered his first aggressive defeat as head coach of Fenerbahce as his crew stumbled to a 2-1 loss at LOSC Lille within the first leg of the third qualifying spherical playoffs.
Nigeria’s Vivid Osayi-Samuel, Fenebahce’s first-choice right-back, watched the proceedings from the bench as Turkey’s Mert Müldür was most popular within the beginning lineup.
Fenerbahce can have the prospect to show the tie round when the 2 groups meet within the return fixture subsequent week on the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi in İstanbul.
On the Enviornment Lublin in Poland, Cyriel Dessers scored a late equaliser as Glasgow Rangers battled to a 1-1 draw with Ukraine’s Dinamo Kyiv.
Tremendous Eagles defender Leon Balogun additionally featured for Rangers in an encounter the place former West Ham United star Andrii Yarmolenko handed Dinamo Kyiv a Thirty seventh-minute lead.
On the MCH Enviornment in Herning, Tosin Kehinde was on the pitch for 76 minutes whereas Fortune Bassey was an unused substitute as Ferencvaros have been defeated 2-0 by FC Midtjylland.
Nearing an imminent transfer to Saudi Arabia, William Troost-Ekong sat on the bench all through as Greek champions PAOK pressured their hosts Malmö to an exciting 2-2 draw.
Contained in the epet ARENA in Prague, Victor Olatunji got here off the bench to web an important equaliser for Sparta Prague of their 1-1 first-leg draw with FCSB.
Israel
Away from the Champions League, as motion returns within the Israeli Toto Cup Ligat Al the place Hapoel Hadera secured a wonderful 2-0 victory over Ashdod.
Lagos-born Adeniyi James doubled the benefit for Hadera within the sixty fourth minute after Ilay Trost had given them a first-half lead.