Afrigather There was not a lot to rejoice for a number of Nigerian gamers within the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Zaidu Sanusi didn’t make the matchday squad as Porto fell to a 0-1 defeat in opposition to Barcelona on the Estadio do Dragao.
The Tremendous Eagles defender is at the moment present process remedy for a muscle harm, which has dominated him out of Nigeria’s worldwide engagements this month.
In Sanusi’s absence, Barcelona carved out a slender victory because of a Ferran Torres strike in first-half stoppage time.
The Spanish La Liga champions have been lowered to 10 males late on following the dismissal of Gavi, however Porto didn’t discover a late equaliser.
Within the different Group H conflict, Royal Antwerp gave up a two-goal result in crumble to a 2-3 loss at house to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Regardless of conserving their three Nigerian imports – Alhassan Yusuf, Chidera Ejuke, and George Ilenikhena – on the bench, Antwerp struck twice within the opening 33 minutes to ship their followers contained in the Bosuil Stadion into dreamland.
However Shakhtar Donetsk silenced the house help within the second half with three objectives in half-hour.
Yusuf and Ilenikhena got here off the bench within the 83rd minute and did nicely as Antwerp gained a penalty within the closing seconds. However Toby Alderweireld’s shot from the penalty spot went huge to disclaim their Belgian champions their first Champions League level.
Barcelona are high of the group with six factors, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk comply with with three factors apiece, whereas Antwerp have none but.
In Group G, Peter Olayinka performed the ultimate half-hour of FK Crvena Zvezda’s 2-2 house draw with Younger Boys.
Olayinka changed full-back Milan Rodic with FK Crvena Zvezda trailing 1-2, however Osman Bukari netted with two minutes left on the clock to earn the Serbian giants a share of the spoils.
In Group F, Samuel Chukwueze was launched to the pitch within the 69th minute of AC Milan’s goalless draw away to Borussia Dortmund.
Newcastle United’s wonderful 4-1 win over PSG within the different group match sends the Premier League aspect to the highest of the desk with 4 factors. Milan solely have two factors after two video games and are a degree behind PSG and one forward of Dortmund.
