Nigerian Exports: Iheanacho Plays Against Real Madrid; Troost-Ekong&Bentley Advance; Onobi Debuts For KuPS; Oboabona Absent

Allnigeriasoccer.com reviews the performances of players of Nigerian descent in Europe on Wednesday.

Kelechi Iheanacho and Manchester City will not compete in the Champions League final after they were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid  at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The Nigerian played the last 22 minutes.

There were mixed fortunes for Nigerian players in the Norwegian Cup, with Lillestrom, IK Start and Viking all failing to progress to the next round while FK Haugesund, Odd Grenland and Stabaek advanced to the fourth round.

William Troost-Ekong and Anthony Izuchukwu played the entirety of FKH’s 4-1 win at First Division side åsane.

Former Flying Eagles star Chuks Akabueze started and was in action for 90 minutes as Odd beat Asker 3-2

Ex-Norway youth international Ohi Omoijuanfo played 71 minutes of Stabaek’s 3-0 rout of Baerum at the Sandvika Stadion,

Chidiebere Nwakali featured for 90 minutes as IK Start lost 3-1 to Sandnes . Teammate Austin Ikenna joined the fray eight minutes from time.

Bonke Innocent was on the pitch for the entire duration of Lillestrom’s 1-0 loss to Sandefjord . Leading scorer in the top division Fred Friday was rested for this one.

Abdullahi Suleiman opened scoring at the Lassa idrettspark (Stavanger) but could not prevent Viking from losing 2-1 to 2nd Division team Vidar. 

Samuel Adegbenro and Suleiman played the full game, Aniekpeno Udoh was introduced in the 70th minute and Usmani Sale was benched.

Over to Finland. Nnamdi Oduamadi and Taye Taiwo played the entirety of HJK Helsinki’s 5-1 hammering of Ilves. Vincent Onovo was not in the capital team’s 18-man squad. The AC Milan loanee netted in the 63rd minute.

KuPS returned to winning ways, beating PS Kemi 2-0, with former Warri Wolves stars Gbolahan Salami and Azubuike Egwuekwe in action for 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, there was a debut for Paul Onobi after he came on for KuPS in the 46th minute. Ex-Golden Eaglet Abubakar Aliyu played the last eight minutes.

Nnaemeka Anyamele lasted the distance as HIFK were beaten 3-1 by VPS at Kaarlen kenttä (Vaasa).

In the Turkish Cup, Godfrey Oboabona was not selected for Rizespor’s goalless draw with Galatasaray, who qualified for the next round 3-1 on aggregate.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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