Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his 10th Europa League goal in his 10th appearance in this season but it was not enough as Olympique Marseille lost 2-1 to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday night. Benfica were 2-0 up in either half thanks to Rafa Silva and Argentine veteran Angel Di Maria. Marseille pulled one back in the 67th minute through Aubameyang after he...
Victor Boniface and Mohammed Kudus will be set for a Nigeria-Ghana showdown when Bayer Leverkusen face West Ham United in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals following Friday's draw in Nyon, Switzerland. Leverkusen came from two goals down against Qarabag to win 3-2 and 5-4 on aggregate while West Ham overcame a first leg 1-0 loss against Freiburg to win 5-0 with Kudus netting a brace. The...
Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang etched his name in UEFA Europa League history on Thursday by becoming the all-time top scorer in the competition with 34 goals. Aubameyang powered Marseille into the Europa League round of 16 with his opening goal in their 3-1 defeat of Shakhtar Donetsk at the Stade Velodrome. It was an historic night for the 2015 African Footballer of the Year who has...
The second leg of the UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League knockout playoff takes centre stage tonight with 15 teams vieing for a place in the round of 16. These fixtures are incomplete without African players and Afrosport takes a look eight players across the two competitions to keep an eye on. Europa League Amine Gouri (Algeria & Rennes) vs AC Milan Gouri has been...
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was on target in Olympique Marseille's 2-2 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League knockout playoffs on Thursday night. The Gabon international has had a knack for scoring in the European second tier competition this season and he did so for the sixth time in as many games by giving Marseille the lead in the 64th minute with...
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