Wednesday European Leagues Wrap : Defenders Efe Ambrose And Oshaniwa Feature; Olaitan And Akanji Fail To Debut

Allnigeriasoccer.com reviews the performance of Nigerian players that were involved in action for their respective teams on Wednesday.

We begin in Holland at the Euroborg, where FC Groningen took on Twente. It ended one goal apiece and there was no debut for ex Nigeria U20 international Michael Olaitan, who joined Twente on a season - long loan from Panathinaikos.

At the IJsseldelta Stadion, Bartholomew Ogbeche went the distance but fired blanks in Cambuur’s 2 - 2 draw with PEC Zwolle.

Kingsley Ehizibue made the home team’s 18 - man squad but failed to come off the bench.

Over in Scotland, left back Juwon Oshaniwa was handed his second start of the season, and assisted Hearts defeat Motherwell 2 - 0.

Fellow Nigeria international defender Efe Ambrose went the full 90 as Celtic played out a 2 - 2 draw with Kilmarnock. He has missed one game for the champions in the league after three rounds.

In Finland, Henry Chidozie Ugwunna and Emenike Mbachu were both missing from Ilve’s line-up in their 2 - 1 away win against FC Inter Turku.

FC Inter duo Vincent Onovo and Philip Njoku were handed their 17th and 12th start of the season respectively but the later subbed out in the 67th minute.

Also in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, Faith Friday Obilor returned to RoPS’ starting XI after missing the last two league games after he was red - carded on July 26 against Mariehamn.

The highly - rated defender picked up his fourth yellow card of this season in the 25th minute against SJK.

Teammate Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi suited up for the 20th time in the league this season, helping  RoPS to a 2 - 0 win.

Elsewhere, in Austria, in the derby between Autsria Vienna and Rapid Vienna, Olarenwaju Kayode worked 90 minutes in attack but did not add to his goal tally and was booked five minutes out of intermission. His team were beaten 5 - 2.

In Switzerland, Basel continue to lead the table thanks to their 3 - 1 win over Thun at St. Jakob-Park . 

For the fifth straight game, Swiss youth international Manuel Akanji failed to debut and did not make the champions 18 - man squad.

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