Thursday, November 21, 2024

Championship: Sone Aluko, Dominic Solanke, Arnaut Danjuma On Song As Ovie Ejaria Bags Assist


Championship:
  Championship: Sone Aluko, Dominic Solanke, Arnaut Danjuma On Song As Ovie Ejaria Bags Assist By Omolagba Oluwayemi Not often do we see a match where four players with Nigerian background getting involved in goals in the same game but it happened in the second tier of English League today, BSNsports.com.ng reports. Reading threw a 2 nil half-time lead away at the Vitality Stadium to lose 4-2 in the match-day 12 of the Sky Bet Championship. Lukas Joao opened the scoring for Reading from the penalty spot in the 4th minute, in the early kick-off match of the day before Ovie Ejaria assisted Sone Aluko for Reading's second of the afternoon. Reading's goalkeeper, Rafeal, made a couple of saves including a goal bound free-kick to maintain his team's lead going into the break. Bournemouth continued from where they stopped as the second half commenced, and their persistence paid off when Nigerian Dominic Solanke lashed on to Lloyd Kelly's cross in the 56th minute to reduce the deficit and three minutes later another Nigerian Arnaut Danjuma levelled things for the home side. Lewis Brook then put the host ahead for the first time in the afternoon with his 77th minute goal before Sholanke ensured that there was no way back for Reading with his second of the afternoon and Bournemouth's 4th in the 88th minutes of the encounter. Another Nigerian playing for Bournemouth, Nnamdi Oforborh was introduced for Jefferson Lerma in the 90th minute. A total of 5 Nigerians were involved in the game. With the win, Bournemouth are now 2nd on the log with 23 points while Reading are 5th with 22 points as at the time of filling this report.
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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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