Nigeria Players Abroad
Ifeanyi Matthew scores first goal for Zurich
The defensive midfielder has been ever-present in the course of the park since becoming a member of FC Zurich as a free agent in February.
The previous Lillestrom man has began 5 of the groups final six video games, nevertheless it wasn’t to be his night time as he tasted defeat for the primary time together with his new aspect.
Regardless of being in good kind, a win over Luzern was all the time going to be an enormous ask, they usually exerted dominance by racing to a two-goal lead within the opening forty minutes.
Nevertheless, Ifeanyi and co weren’t happening straightforward and the Nigerian midfielder took issues into his personal fingers earlier than the top of the primary half.
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He first despatched his marker AWOL earlier than curling a protracted vary effort into the online to halve the deficit.
His teammates nonetheless weren’t on the identical wavelength and Pius Dorn second half double was sufficient so assist Luzern to a snug victory.
