Nwakaeme’s Assist, Oshoala & Mukairu's Goal, chima Akas Caution: How Nigerians Fare On Saturday


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Nwakaeme’s Assist, Oshoala & Mukairu's Goal, chima Akas Caution: How Nigerians Fare On Saturday By Omolagba Oluwayemi With the international break steering at the world of football, teams across the globe continued the tussle for three points on Saturday and Nigerian as of other times made their marks, BSNSports.com.ng reports. In the Turkish Super Lig’s biggest match of the day, Anthony Nwakaeme was the difference maker as Trabzonspor defeated Besiktas 2-1 away from home. Nwakaeme’s intelligence created the assist from which Andreas Cornelius’ netted a 96th-minute winner that secured all three points for the Black Sea Storm at the Vodafone Park. Paul Mukairu's 49th minute strike made the difference between Antalyaspor and Altay. Dominic Solanke scored twice as Bournemouth ran over Swansea 4-0 in their English Championship clash. Chima Akas was cautioned by the referee while on assignment for Belenenses against Portimonenses and a Portuguese Primeira Liga game which the later won 2-0. Lukas Nmecha's impressive form continues as his goal helped Wolfsburg to a 1-0 win over Augsburg. His brother Felix Nmecha got into the referee's book while playing for Wolfsburg as well. Emanuel Emengha scored a goal for Sparta Rotterdam as they beat Willem II 3-0 away in the Dutch Eredivisie game played on Saturday. Super Eagles goal saver, Maduka Okoye was fantastic in post for the visitors. Funsho Ojo received a 92nd minute yellow card as Aberdeen fell 2-0 at home to Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League. Brian Idowu got into the referee's book while on duty for Khimki as they fell 3-0 to Krylya Sovetov Samara in the Russian Premier League. Karim Adeyemi's only goal helped Salzburg pip Austria Wien by a lone goal. Noah Okafor got into the referee's caution book in the fixture. Fortune Akpan Bassey scored the opening goal as SK Dynamo Ceske Budejovice beat Mlada 2-1 in Czech Republic's topflight league. Asisat Oshoala scored her 11th goal of the season as Barcelona Feminine beat Eibar 3-0. A relatively good Saturday for Nigerian players in diaspora I'll say and with Sunday looking saucy, it will definitely get better as many more Nigerians are expected to file out for their respective clubs.
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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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