John Ebuka and Sodiq Awujoola lead Ceramica Cleopatra to Egypt League Cup title

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Two Nigerians were instrumental in leading Ceramica Cleopatra to lifting the Egyptian League Cup title after a 3-1 win over El Gaish on Wednesday.

They both combined to open the scoring for Ceramica in the 13th minute.

Awujoola set up Ebuka who broke the deadlock before Karim Tarek equalised two minutes before the end of the first half.

Ahmed Zola received his marching orders in the 61st minute with his second yellow card.

The numerical advantage reflected as Mohamed Tony restored Ceramica’s lead in the 71st minute of play.

Five minutes later, Ahmed Belhadji increased the lead to 3-1 in a game involving four Nigerians.

Ebuka came off for Ahmed Rayan in the 56th minute as Ibrahim Mohamed replaced Awujoola in the 81st minute.

El Gaish’s Godwin Okwara came off for Mohamed Diab in the 63rd minute while Samuel Amadi was an unused substitute.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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