Gift Orban scored his first goal of pre-season for Olympique Lyon by netting twice in a 4-0 win over Union Berlin on Saturday. Both sides played out a goalless first half and the Nigerian forward came on at the start of the second half for Georges Mikautadze. Former Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles broke the deadlock in the 49th minute before Algeria winger Said Benrahma doubled it...
Inaki Williams was on target as Athletic Bilbao defeated Basque rivals Osasuna in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Alvaro Djalo, who is of Guinea-Bissau heritage, put the reigning Copa del Rey champions in front in the 19th minute before Raul Garcia levelled for Osasuna seven minutes later. The scores remained 1-1 until Inaki Williams popped up with the winner in the 65th minute. It was the...
Amine Gouiri found the back of the net in consecutive pre-season games as Rennes recorded a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday. The Algerian forward netted a brace in a 2-1 win over Angers last time out and scored the goal against Sociedad in the 67th minute after Albert Gronbaek put the French side ahead in the first half. Gouiri scored 11 competitive goals last...
Tolu Arokodare scored his first goal of the season but it was not enough as Genk lost 3-1 to Leuven in the Belgian Pro League on Saturday evening. Moroccan Youssef Maziz put Leuven ahead in the 22nd minute before Thibault Vlietinck made it 2-0 14 minutes later. The second half saw the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) disallow a goal for both sides before Arokodare halved the...
New Sevilla signing Kelechi Iheanacho says he is looking forward to achieving success with his Nigerian teammate Chidera Ejuke for the upcoming season. Both players were signed by the Andalusian outfit on free transfers after the expiration of their contracts at Leicester City and CSKA Moscow respectively. It marks the first time Sevilla are having Nigerians in the team and Iheanacho wants to make that milestone...
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