Goals rain for Nigerians

Goals rained aplenty for Nigerian stars abroad
at the weekend with John Utaka, Izunna
Uzochukwu, Lukman Haruna, Ezekiel Imoh,
Daniel Chima and Nosa Igiebor among the
scorers for their respective clubs.
There were also accomplished performances
from Victor Moses and several others as the
lads continued to lay down the marker but
Brown Ideye was shown a straight red card in
Ukraine.
It was another good weekend for Nigerians
abroad and supersport now runs the rule on
the best of the performances.
Belgium (Jupiler Pro League)
Unheralded Kehinde Fatai scored on his debut
for Club Brugge in the club’s 4-0 win over
Anderlecht at the Jan Breydelstadion last
Saturday.
Impressed by his debut performance, the
Brugge trainer, Michel Preud'homme threw in
the 23-year-old as a late substitute in Brugge’s
1-0 success against Mons at the Stade Charles
Tondreau.
Ezekiel Imoh is finally back to form after
scoring his second goal in as many matches for
Standard Liege.
The 19-year-old who now has four league
goals to his name this season scored on
Sunday to help Standard Liege to a 5-0 victory
over Cercle Brugges at the Jan Breydelstadion.
Michael Uchebo came on as a 68th minute
substitute for Cercle; replacing Frederic Boi to
little effect as the home side suffered a
humiliating defeat to Standard Liege.

China (Super League)
Yakubu Aiyegbeni played for all 90 minutes
for Guangzhou R&F in the club’s 2-2 draw
against Dalian Aerbin at the Jinzhou
stadium on Saturday.
Former Super Eagles defender, Gabriel
Melkam suffered a heavy 6-1 defeat with
Quingdao Jonoon in the hands of Shanghai
Sipg at the Shanghai stadium.

Denmark (Superliga)
Izunna Uzochukwu scored for FC Midtylland
in the 1-1 draw against Odense Boldklub.
His compatriots, Sylvester Igboun, Rilwan
Hassan and Ebere Onuachu were all
involved in the game while the two other
Nigerians on the books of the club, Isaac
Oliseh and Olusukanmi Ashiru were not
listed.
Fernando Adi scored for København but it
proved to be a mere consolation strike as
the Løverne lost 2-3 to Brondby at the
Brondby stadium.
It has been a poor season, domestically for
København as they are just one place off
the bottom in the league standings.

England (Barclays English Premier League)
John Obi Mikel was sacrificed at half time
as the Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho
brought on Spaniard, Juan Mata to take the
place of the Super Eagles midfielder in
Chelsea’s 1-1 draw against Tottenham
Hotspurs at White Hart Lane.
Peter Odemwingie made his first Premier
League start for Cardiff City but was
substituted after 81 minutes as the Blue
Birds won 2-1 against Fulham at Craven
Cottage.
Omatsone Aluko has started all six Premier
League games played by Hull City this
season.
On Saturday, the 24-year-old was again
handed a starting berth by the Hull City
trainer, Steve Bruce in the Tigers’ 1-0 win
over West Ham United at the Kingston
Communications stadium.
Victor Anichebe played a huge part in West
Browmwich Albion’s shock 2-1 win over
champions, Manchester United at Old
Trafford.
Anichebe played for 88 minutes at the
Theatre of dreams as United suffered their
first home loss of the season.
Victor Moses was on from the start and put
in a lively display worthy of at least, a goal
before he was substituted late on with
Raheem Sterling taking his place as
Liverpool won 3-1 against Sunderland at
the Stadium of Light.

France (Ligue 1)
Vincent Enyeama continues to lead by
example at Lille LOSC as he kept a clean
sheet to help Les Dogues claim a point
against Olympic Lyonnaise at the Stade de
Gerland on Saturday.
Enyeama has played in eight league games
this season and kept and impressive six
clean sheets in Lille’s games against
Lorient, Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Sochaux,
Evian and Lyon.

Germany (Bundesliga)
Many players perform exceptionally well
when they face their former clubs but
there was no such luxury for Chinedu Obasi
on Saturday as Schalke 04 and TSG
Hoffeinheim battled to a thrilling 3-3 free
for all at the Wirsol Rhein-Necker-Arena.
Obasi who has yet to make a single
appearance for Schalke this season was not
listed by Schalke for the game.

Italy (Serie B)
Nnamdi Oduamadi came on as a second
half substitute for Brescia Calcio but failed
to help his side amass any points as the
Rondinelle suffered a 0-2 reverse to Latina
at the Stadio Comunale Domenico
Francioni.

Serie A
Alvaro Gonzalez replaced Ogenyi Onazi at
half time as SS Lazio threw away a two-goal
lead to draw 2-2 with newly-promoted
Sassuolo at the Stadio Città del Tricolore.

The Netherlands (Eredivisie)
After spending the last two match days on
the bench as an unused substitute, Uche
Nwofor was left out of the SC Heerenveen
squad in the club’s 2-1 win over Cambuur
at the Abe Lenstra stadium on Sunday.

Norway (Eliteserien)
Daniel Chima scored for the second week in
succession as he equalized for Molde after
59 minutes in the 1-1 draw against
Haugesund at the Haugesund Stadion on
Sunday.
He has now scored 8 league goals this
season.
Emmanuel Ekpo was also on for Molde.
Akeem Latifu and Leke James both started
for Aalesund in the club’s 0-0 draw against
Brann Bergen at the Color Line Stadion.
Latifu played all 90 minutes while James
was substituted after 27 minutes with Tor
Arroy taking his place,
Poland (Ekstraklasa)
Princewill Okachi was surprisingly left out
of the starting lineup of Widzew Lódz in the
0-1 defeat at Lech Poznan.
The 22-year-old was thrown into the fray
with 15 minutes remaining but failed to
salvage the situation.

Portugal (Super Liga)
Elderson Echiejile played his first league
game of the season for SC Braga in the 1-2
loss to Sporting Lisbon at the Estadio AXA.
John Ogu came on after 57 minutes to
replace Marcos Paulo in Academica de
Coimbra’s 0-0 draw against Arouca at the
Estadio EFAPEL.

Russia (Premier League)
CSKA Moscow lost for the second week in
succession and Amhed Musa played for all
90 minutes in the club’s 0-2 defeat to Terek
Groznyi at the Stadion im. Akhmat-Khadi
Kadyrova (Groznyi).
Dele Adeleye played all 90 minutes for FK
Anzhi Makhachkala in the club’s 2-2 draw
against Amkar Perm at the Anzi Arena.

Scotland (Premiership)
A big win for Celtic was capped with a
stellar display by Efe Ambrose who played
all 90 minutes at the Bhoys trounced
Kilmarnock 5-2 at Rugby Park.
Rabiu Ibrahim made a rare start for
Kilmarnock but was substituted after 77
minutes with David Silva taking his place.

Spain (Primera Lig)
Nosa Igiebor scored the winner for Real
Betis in the 1-0 win over Villareal at the
Benito Villamrin.
Ikechukwu Uche started for the vanquished
side but was substituted in the second half.

Turkey (Super Lig)
Taye Taiwo played for all 90 minutes to
help Bursaspor claim a point in the 0-0
draw against Akhisar Belediyespor at the
Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu (Bursa).
Godfrey Oboabona was an unused
substitute for Rizespor in the club’s 1-1
draw against Galatasaray at the Türk
Telekom Arena.
John Utaka scored in the 17th minute to
help Sivasspor record a 4-2 win over
Elazigspor at the Elazig Atatürk Stadyumu
on Sunday.
For the third week running, Joseph Yobo
was not listed fir Fenerbahce as the club
won 1-0 against Gençlerbirligi at the
Ankara Ondokuz Mayis Stadyumu.
Emmanuel Emenike came on after 82
minutes as a replacement for Camerounian
striker, Pierre Webo.

Ukraine (Premier League)
Lukman Haruna scored a stunning goal to
help Dynamo Kyiv draw 2-2 with Vorskla at
the Stadion Vorskla im Oleksiya
Butov'skogo on Sunday.
His compatriot, Brown Ideye started the
game but was sent off after 51 minutes.