Super Eagles duo Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey playfully interrupted Emile Smith-Rowe when he was being interviewed in the aftermath of Fulham's 2-1 loss to Sevilla in a pre-season friendly on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Former Arsenal midfielder scored on his debut for the Cottagers in the 52nd minute as a second half substitute after Issac Romero put Sevilla 2-0 up in the first half....
Noni Madueke scored and provided an assist as Chelsea suffered a 4-2 pre-season loss to Manchester City on Saturday night. The English winger of Nigerian heritage was on target in the Blues' previous 3-0 win over Mexican giants Club America, netting the final goal in the 79th minute. Enzo Maresca's men however had no answer to the Citizens in Columbus, with last season's Premier League top...
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...
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