Super Eagles goal watch: Awaziem carves out dramatic late win; Maja, Bassey, Onuachu rain goals in club victories

Right here is Soccernet.ng’s spotlight of a number of Nigerian gamers who received on the scoresheet to guide their European golf equipment to victories on Saturday.

Awaziem, the hero

Within the Croatian HNL, Tremendous Eagles defender Chidozie Awaziem scored the profitable aim for the second sport working to energy Hajduk Cut up to a dramatic 2-1 overcome Varaždin on the Stadion Poljud.

The matchday 12 conflict was heading for a draw after Varaždin’s Brodic cancelled out, halfway by the second half, Sahiti’s Thirty third-minute opener for the house facet.

However Nigerian centre-back Awaziem was on the proper place to show residence Marko Livaja’s cross for the profitable aim 9 minutes into stoppage time.

It could be recalled that Awaziem was Hajduk Cut up’s hero final weekend when he netted the one aim within the defeat of Rijeka away from residence.

After solely eight league appearances in Croatia, Awaziem has weighed in three league objectives – probably the most he has managed in his profession.

The previous Porto defender is now Hajduk’s highest-scoring defender and second-top goalscorer behind striker Livaja.

Maja, Onuachu, Bassey hit the goal

In France, Nigerian striker Josh Maja fired his fifth penalty of the season in Girondins Bordeaux’s 2-0 defeat of Metz on the Stade Matmut-Atlantique.

Maja transformed from the spot in first-half stoppage time at hand Les Girondins the lead earlier than Brazil’s Barbosa made certain of the win late within the sport.

The one-cap Tremendous Eagles striker sits atop the Ligue 2 goalscorer chart with seven objectives from 11 matches.

In Belgium, Paul Onuachu produced the products to guide KRC Genk to a slim 2-1 win over Kortrijk on the Cegeka Enviornment.

Onuachu netted each of Genk’s objectives – the second, a 79th-minute penalty – to information the Smurfs to their ninth win in 11 league video games.

Genk, with 28 factors, sit in second place on the First Division A desk, two factors behind league leaders Antwerp and 6 greater than champions Membership Brugge in third.

Within the Netherlands, Calvin Bassey was among the many aim scorers as Ajax carved out a 4-2 victory at Volendam.

The aim is Bassey’s first for Ajax since swapping the Scottish Premiership for the Eredivisie in the summertime.