Folarin Balogun scored the winner as AS Monaco recorded a 2-1 win over Rennes on Saturday night to move to the top of the Ligue 1 standings, Afrosport reports. The Principality outfit played out a 2-2 draw with Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League in midweek but started on the front foot away at Rennes when former Paris Saint-Germain defender Thilo Kehrer headed the ball in...
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...
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...
Rennes forward Amine Gouiri has announced his intentions to represent Algeria on the international scene after playing for France across all youth levels. The 23-year-old former OGC Nice forward declared his commitment to the Desert Warriors with a post on his official social media platforms on Tuesday. The post read: “With pride, I announce my decision to join the Algerian national team. ‘I will defend with...
Mohamed Salah's first taste of Europa League football with Liverpool will see them take on LASK Linz, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse in Group E following the conclusion of Friday's draw in Monaco. The Reds finished fifth in the Premier League last season which was not enough to guarantee a place in the UEFA Champions League where Salah has played every season since joining the club in...
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