Eleke Shines for Kashima Antlers, Scores In Six-Goal Thriller

Eleke Shines for Kashima Antlers, Scores In Six-Goal Thriller 

Sampson Adedeji

Nigeria attacker Blessing Eleke has started making headlines in the Japanese league with his amazing display, BSNSports.com.ng understands.

Eleke joined Japanese club Kashima Antlers this summer after leaving the Belgium Jupiler league club Beerschot on mutual consent.

Kashima played away to one of their rivals Jubilo Iwata on Saturday and it ended in a 3-3 draw with Eleke dominating the game.

Higuchi opened the scoring in the 10th minute after good footwork from Nigeria International.

The host responded with two quick goals from Suzuki and Kaneto while Sugimoto added the third goal on the stroke of halftime.

Antlers came into the second half as the better side and it was Eleke that scored the second goal in the 47th minute.

Sturm netted the third goal for Antlers in the 93rd minute and secured a valuable point for the team.