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Ndidi Scores, Lookman Shines, Aribo In Europa League Action

 

 

By Izuchukwu Okosi

 

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was on the scoresheet Thursday night in Leicester City’s 3-1 win over Legia Warsaw in the Group C match of the Europa League at the King Power Stadium.

 

 

Ndidi scored via a header after the duo of Patson Saka and James Maddison had grabbed two goals for the Foxes.

 

 

Forward Ademola Lookman who has expressed interest in representing his fatherland Nigeria at the international level assisted Maddison’s goal which was the second of the night for Brendan Rodgers’ men.

 

 

Midfielder Joe Aribo played for 81 minutes for Glasgow Rangers before he was substituted off Thursday night in the UEFA Europa League Group A clash against Sparta Prague.

 

 

Super Eagles new boy on the block Calvin Bassey was deployed in central defence and was in action for 90 minutes in the 2-0 win by their Scottish club. However Leon Balogun was not named for the game by New manager Giovanni van Bronquest.

 

 

In Group H, Paul Onuachu was an unused substitute for Genk in their 1-1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb. Genk’s goal was scored by former Super Eagles target, Ike Ugbo who has pledged allegiance to the Canadian national team that are almost certain to make their World Cup debut in Qatar 2022.

 

 

Bodoe/Glimt defeated CSKA Sofia 2-0 with Victori Okoh an unused substitute for Bodoe.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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