Aston Villa will get to face Lille in the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League following the draws which took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, Afrosport reports. Villa finished in the top eight in the league phase while Lille needed extra time to see off Serbian side Red Star Belgrade 2-1 on aggregate in the knockout playoffs. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest will get to...
Three Nigerians either scored or assisted in helping their sides reach the round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League after Thursday's knockout playoffs second leg encounters, Afrosport reports. Bamidele Yusuf provided an assist in Ferencvaros' 2-0 win over Ludogorets. He also scored in the first leg 2-1 defeat, with the Hungarian giants ultimately pulling through 3-2 on aggregate. Meanwhile, Yira sor was on target in Genk's...
Nigerian trio Franklin Tebo Uchenna, Bamidele Yusuf and Taofeek Ismaheel were all on target in the knockout playoffs of the UEFA Europa League and Conference League on Thursday, Afrosport reports. In the Europa League, Uchenna scored the only goal as Red Star Belgrade defeated Lille on French soil 1-0 while Dele scored the equaliser in Ferencvaros' 2-1 defeat away at Ludogorets. Other Nigerians that featured in...
Nottingham Forest were paired with Turkish giants Fenerbahce in the UEFA Europa knockout playoffs during Friday's draw ceremony, Afrosport reports. Forest failed to finish in the top eight in the league phase, ending up in 13th while Fenerbahce ended up in 19th. In other fixtures, Scottish giants Celtic will face Stuttgart, Celta Vigo take on PAOK, Lille battle Red Star Belgrade and Viktoria Plzen tackle Greek...
Kelechi Iheanacho lasted only four minutes on the pitch as Celtic defeated Sturm Graz 2-1 in Thursday's Europa League action, Afrosport reports. The Nigerian forward started the game at Park Head but was unable to continue after going down in discomfort, clutching his hamstring, and was replaced by Johnny Kenny. Iheanacho has scored three goals in eight competitive games for Celtic, including the previous 1-1 Europa...
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