Europa League: Boniface Scores Winner For Saint Gilloise, Simon Disappoints In Nantes Loss, Uzoho Benched

The matchday 2 of the 2022-23 UEFA Europa League group stage noticed a bunch of Nigerians characteristic for his or her numerous golf equipment on Thursday evening. How did they carry out?

In Group D, Victor Boniface scored a 71st minute winner to assist Union Saint Gilloise beat FF Malmo 3-2 at dwelling.

Joseph Ceesay gave Malmo the lead inside the primary six minutes of the sport, however they had been pegged again when Christian Burgess equalized for Saint Gilloise within the seventeenth minute.

Within the 57th minute, Isaac Thelin scored to place Malmo forward for the second time within the recreation. Teddy Teuma scored for St. Gilloise within the 69th minute to degree the rating.

Two minutes later, Boniface scored a phenomenal aim which proved to be the sport’s winner. The 21-year-old striker mixed nicely with a teammate earlier than unleashing a low drive previous the Malmo goalkeeper along with his weak foot. His first European aim for the Belgian membership.

Elsewhere, Moses Simon had a disappointing outing for Nantes, who had been thrashed 3-0 by Qarabag FK in Group G.

In Group E, the duo of Iyayi Atiemwen and Rasheed Akanbi each began in FC Sheriff’s 2-0 dwelling defeat in opposition to Manchester United.

Victor Olatunji helped AEK Larnaca to defeat Dynamo Kyiv at dwelling as he began from the start in Group B.

Three-time Nigerian worldwide Anderson Esiti made a cameo look for Ferencvárosi as they secured a hard-fought 1-0 win at Monaco in Group H.

Shiny Osayi Emmanuel was concerned for Fenerbahce because the Turkish facet drew 2-2 away from dwelling in opposition to Rennes in Group B.

Tremendous Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho was benched by Omonia Nicosia within the Cypriot group’s 2-1 Group E loss at Actual Sociedad.

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