Ighalo reaches Club World Cup semifinal; Iheanacho, Olayinka, Nnadozie brilliant in wins

Right here is Soccernet.ng’s spotlight of the involvement of some Nigerian stars who impressed for his or her golf equipment in Europe and past.

Within the English Premier League, Alex Iwobi created three goalscoring possibilities as struggling Everton shocked leaders Arsenal with a 1-0 win at Goodison Park at hand supervisor Sean Dyche a memorable debut within the dugout.

Onuachu made his EPL debut from the bench and impressed, getting a shot heading in the right direction however Southampton have been carved aside 3-0 by dwelling staff, Brentford.

At Villa Park, Kelechi Iheanacho ran the present with one objective and two assists to assist Leicester Metropolis ran out 4-2 winners over Aston Villa.

It was the Foxes’ first league win of the yr 2023 and Iheanacho’s first league objective since September when he was final in LCFC beginning lineup.

Chuba Akpom continued his glorious type as he netted a brace in Middlesbrough’s convincing 3-0 win over Blackpool.

In Spain, Tremendous Falcons ahead, Reward Monday made a big impact as she claimed the help to the profitable in Granadilla Tenerife’s slim 1-0 victory at Athletic Membership.

It was not one of the best of days for Nigerian stars within the Italian Serie A.

Cyriel Dessers featured whereas David Okereke was benched as Cremonese’s stinking run continued after falling to a 2-0 dwelling loss to Lecce.

AS Roma pressured a 2-0 defeat down the throat of Tyronne Ebuehi and Empoli whereas Ademola Lookman performed the primary 45 minutes as nine-man Atalanta misplaced 1-0 at Sassuolo.

Ighalo, Nnadozie, Olayinka

Within the FIFA Membership World Cup, Odion Ighalo and Al Hilal are by to the semifinals after edging out CAF Champions League winners Wydad Casablanca on penalties.

In France, Tremendous Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie made a number of advantageous saves to encourage Paris FC to a 2-0 conquer visiting Dijon.

Nigerian teenager Muhamed Tijani got here off the bench to supply an help as Banik Ostrava handed a 5-0 thrashing to Teplice within the Czech Fortuna Liga.

Additionally within the Czech high flight, Tremendous Eagles winger Peter Olayinka scored Slavia Prague’s second objective of their 2-0 victory over Pardubice.