The Best Of The Eagles:  How Dessers, Okereke, Aribo Fared Before The International Break

November 8, 2021

 

Nigeria striker David Okereke was the Nigeria star over the weekend as he struck late on for Venezia as they defeated As Roma 3-2 on Sunday evening.

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Roma coached by Jose Mourinho went ahead through England international of Nigerian descent Tammy Abraham but Okereke turned out to be the match winner as he latched onto a lofted pass beyond the Roma defence to .score.

 

Diego Maradona was cebrated by Napoli with a special jersey ad they hosted a difficult Hellas Verona a d it ended a goal apiece. Victor Osimhen returned to the starting line up but fired blanks.

 

Cyriel Dessers who has just one international cap for Nigeria was the hero for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie as he came off the bench to score the decisive goal for his team against AZ Alkmaar.

 

Midfielder Joe Aribo who is expected to hit the Super Eagles camp latest Tuesday morning ahead of the Liberia game this weekend grabbed a goal for Scottish champions Rangers in a 4-2 victory over Ross County.

 

Aribo scored the first goal for his side in the 19th minute and also assisted the third goal.

 

Other Nigerians on target include Akinkunmi Amoo in Sweden for Hammarby IF against Oerebro SK.

 

In Greece, Chuba Akpom whose parents hail from Onitsha, Anambra state and has elected to represent Nigeria was in action for AS PAOK against Panathinaikos. In Belgium, Al Hassan Yusuf played for Royal Antwerp against Anderlecht.

 

In Norway, little-known Moses Ebiye scored the equaliser as Tromsoe played out a 1-1 draw with Stroemsgodset. In the Czech Republic, Ubong Ekpai scored as Slavia Prague recorded a comfortable win against Pardubice

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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.

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.

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