Adegbenro, Danjuma, Ugbo, Chinedu Paint Europe With Goals As Onisiwo, Simy Shine


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Adegbenro, Danjuma, Ugbo, Chinedu Paint Europe With Goals As Onisiwo, Simy Shine By Omolagba Oluwayemi All across Europe matches were played between Tuesday and Thursday with Nigeria heavily represented and our players making the headlines for the right reasons, BSNSports.com.ng reports. On Tuesday, Arnault Danjuma's last gap goal rescued a point for Villarreal against Cadiz in the Spanish Topflight league. Unai Emery's men found themselves 3-1 down after 52 minutes of play but the introduction of Samuel Chukwueze and few others changed the tempo of the game for the home side, Danjuma ensuring the Yellow Submarines pick a point from the game after scoring the equaliser in the 90+5' minute. Simy Nwankwo put up a great performance as Salernitana secured their first win of the season. The lanky Nigerian forward came off the bench to assist Andrea for Salernitana's winner in the 90+5' minutes. Joel Obi also featured from the bench in the game. Kevin Akpoguma bagged an assist while also picking up a yellow card as Hoffenheim beat Holstein Kiel 5-1 in DFB Cup on Tuesday. It was a goal and an assist for Karim Onisiwo as Mainz 05 beat Arminia Bielefeld 3-2 to book next round ticket in the DFB Cup. Ademola Lookman gave Leicester City a 2-1 lead against Brighton on Wednesday before Enock Mwepu ensured the game went into extra time after equalising for Brighton in the 71st minute which Leicester went on to win 4-2. Isaac Success on Wednesday opened his Serie A goal account in Udinese 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona. The Bulky forward opened the game's scoring in the 3rd minute. Funsho Ojo was cautioned while representing Aberdeen against Rangers in a Scottish Premiership League played on Wednesday, with the game ending 2-2. Taiwo Awoniyi looks unstoppable at the moment after scoring yet again for Union Berlin as they ran out 3-1 winners against Waldhof Mannheim in the DFB Cup game played on Wednesday. Far away in Norway, Moses Ebiye scored his 7th league goal of the season as Tromsoe beat Odds Ballklubb 2-0 in the Eliteserien as Ola Solbakken scored one as well in Bodoe/Glimt 2-0 win away at Molde. In Finland relegation matches played on Wednesday, Michael Ogungbaro received a caution as his FC KTP fell 4-2 at home to Haka. In the same league, two Nigerian went head-to-head as their clubs clash. Mohammed Olawale received a caution as his IFK Mariehamn lost 3-0 at home to Geoffrey Chinedu's FC Lahti. Chinedu scored a second penalty for Lahti in the game. In Belgium, Ike Ugbo scored a brace for KRC Genk as they spanked Sint-Eloois-Winkel 6-0 in the Cup game. Joshua Zirkee bagged a brace in Belgium as well as Anderlecht flogged Raal La Louviere 7-1. Peter Olayinka scored the only goal as Slavia Prague beat SK Sigma by a lone goal in the Czech 1st League. Ibrahim Aliyu scored a goal as NK Locomotiva edged NK Varazdin 3-2. Tosin Kehinde and Stephen Odey were on song in Randers 4-0 win over Middelfart in Denmark's Cup game. Fast forward to Thursday, Ishaq Abdulrasaq assisted Samuel Adegbenro for a goal in Norrkoeping's 2-2 draw with Mjaellby in the Swedish Allsvekan. It was a week filled with actions and Nigerians really made waves hitting the headlines across the globe. The weekend is upon us again and ofcourse we have our eyes glued on the Nigerian born players as they will file out for their respective clubs.
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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