Euro Roundup: Sweet revenge for Nwakali; Osimhen’s Napoli taste first defeat; injury scare for Sanusi

Soccernet.ng highlights a number of the most notable actions that concerned Nigerian footballers throughout Europe on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

Within the UEFA Champions League, Victor Osimhen and Napoli misplaced their first recreation of the season as Liverpool ran out 2-0 winners at Anfield.

Late targets from Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez powered the Reds to victory within the gameweek six conflict. Napoli, nonetheless, completed as group winners regardless of the dropped factors.

On the Estádio Do Dragão, Porto defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0 to ship the Spanish La Liga outfit out of Europe.

Nigerian fullback Zaidu Sanusi featured for 53 minutes earlier than he was substituted after struggling a knock.

In Scotland, Calvin Bassey and Ajax Amsterdam redeemed a little bit of their battered picture with a powerful 3-1 win at Glasgow Rangers.

Ajax, consequently, drop all the way down to the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier membership competitors.

Within the Spanish Segunda Division, Kelechi Nwakali acquired one over considered one of his former employers as he helped Ponferradina to a 1-0 win over Huesca.

It might be recalled that Huesca terminated Nwakali’s contract earlier within the 12 months for alleged gross misconduct.

However the Nigeria worldwide insisted the membership frowned at his refusal to signal a brand new long-term deal and his participation on the Africa Cup of Nations event in January.

The midfielder, nonetheless, had the final giggle on Tuesday night time as Yuri de Souza Fonseca’s Eleventh-minute penalty was all of the hosts wanted to shoot down Huesca.

The victory lifts Ponferradina out of the relegation zone.