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Nigerian exports: Ajibade, Maja, Alli, Eze, Arokodare paint Europe with goals

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There have been targets aplenty for a number of Nigerian footballers in Europe on Saturday. Soccernet.ng brings you among the greatest motion factors.

In Spain, Tremendous Falcons star Rasheedat Ajibade helped Atletico Madrid start the 2022-23 Primera División Femenina season with a tremendous 3-1 win at Sevilla.

Ajibade opened the scoring for Atletico within the thirty fourth on the Estadio Jesús Navas however noticed her strike cancelled out by Inma Gabarro 5 minutes into the second half.

However a Ludmila brace within the 56th and 69th minutes gave the guests a convincing victory.

Ajibade’s worldwide teammate Tony Payne featured from begin to end for Sevilla.

Elsewhere within the division, Nigerian defender Osinachi Ohale was a second-half substitute for Deportivo Alaves as they fell to a 1-2 residence loss to Madrid.

On the Estadi Johan Cruyff, Asisat Oshoala was launched to the fray within the 62nd minute of Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Granadilla Tenerife.

France: Ligue 2

Tremendous Eagles striker Josh Maja was as soon as once more too sizzling to deal with as he received his identify on the scorer’s chart in Girondins Bordeaux’s 2-1 defeat of Dijon.

Maja received the opener from the penalty spot for the house facet to account for his fifth purpose of the season and his fourth in his final 4 video games.

Maja nets a penalty

Regardless of his good kind, the 23-year-old has been snubbed by the Tremendous Eagles handlers for Nigeria’s September 27 pleasant in opposition to Algeria.

Maja’s solely look for Nigeria was instead in a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in 2019.

Nigerian ahead Tolu Arokodare made up for his missed penalty final weekend by powering Amiens SC to a 3-0 win at residence to Niort.

Juventus loanee and Arokodare’s greatest assist, Ange Chibozo arrange the Nigerian striker for Amiens’ third of the afternoon within the seventy fifth minute.

Elsewhere, Sochaux raced to the highest of the French second division with a 3-1 mauling of Nimes. Tremendous Eagles invitee Valentine Ozornwafor nevertheless, watched your complete match as an unused substitute on the house group’s bench.

Within the Czech prime flight, Nigerian teenager Wale Alli had a hand in each Zbrojovka Brno’s targets of their 2-2 draw with Teplice.

Alli netted his first purpose for Zbrojovka since becoming a member of the Brno-based membership in June to degree the scores within the nineteenth minute, following Jukl’s seventh-minute opener for the guests.

The 21-year-old attacker then assisted Sevcik to make it 2-1 within the thirty seventh minute.
However Kučera’s strike in first-half stoppage time ensured a share of the spoils for Teplice.

In Turkey, Nigerian attackers Jesse Sekidika and Emeka Eze have been the architects of Eyüpspor’s 4-1 overcome Bandirmaspor in a 1.Lig conflict.

Former Galatasaray man Sekidika broke the impasse shortly after the halftime break earlier than Eze added a brace on both facet of a Dibba purpose.

It’s now 4 targets in six video games for Eze since becoming a member of Eyüpspor from Keçiörengücü two months in the past.