Nigerians abroad: Ighalo, Nwakaeme, Boniface impressive; Onuachu, Maja suffer Boxing Day defeats

The Nigerian strikers loved combined fortunes in league outings for his or her respective golf equipment on the day after Christmas Day

Asia

In Saudi Arabia, two Nigerian strikers Odion Ighalo and Anthony Nwakaeme had been on the goalscorer chart for Al Hilal and Al Fehia on Monday.

Odion Ighalo scored for the fourth sport in a row to assist champions Al Hilal safe a 2-2 draw away to league leaders Al Nassr.

Ighalo opened the scoring for the guests with a superb end contained in the opening ten minutes however Talisca equalised for the Al Nassr shortly after the halftime break.

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— Odion Jude Ighalo (@ighalojude) December 26, 2022

Al Hilal regained their lead from the penalty spot by means of Salem Al Dawsari however an 88th-minute strike from Abdulrahman Ghareeb earned a share of the spoils for the hosts.

Two factors separate the 2 groups on the Saudi League desk.

Ighalo, 33, has 5 objectives and an help in 9 league matches for the Asian Galacticos.

Over on the Al Majma’ah Sports activities Metropolis Stadium in Al Majma’ah, Anthony Nwakaeme continued his superb type to steer Al Feiha to a well-deserved 2-1 at house to Al Tai.

Nwakaeme assisted the opening objective scored by Paulinho as early because the third minute.

And the Nigerian striker made it two-nil for the house facet within the twenty first minute, for his fifth objective in his final seven league video games.

Europe

Tremendous Eagles striker Paul Onuachu fired blanks as league leaders Racing Genk misplaced 1-0 on the Guldensporenstadion to Bernd Storck Kortrijk.

Onuachu had exchanged bants with Storck – Genk’s former supervisor – earlier than the encounter but it surely was the ex-Eupen boss who got here out on high courtesy of a late strike from Argentina’s Felipe Avenatti.

Additionally in Belgium, on the Stade Joseph Mariën in Brussels, Victor Boniface delivered a superb efficiency as Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ran out 3-0 winners over visiting KV Oostende.

Boniface supplied the help to USG’s second objective as they tightened their grip on second place on the Belgian Professional League desk.

It was a Boxing Day to overlook for Josh Maja in France as Le Havre edged to a 1-0 victory over Girondins Bordeaux.

The loss leaves third-place Bordeaux seven factors behind Ligue 2 leaders Le Havre, hammering a excessive dent of their promotion hopes.