Ezekiel Shines In Europa League

[Folami David]

Nigeria striker, Imoh Ezekiel came off the bench to help Standard Liege beat KR Reykjavík of Iceland 3-1 on Thursday night to qualifying with a 6-2 aggregate for the third qualifying round of the Uefa Europa League.
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He scored in the 68th and 73rd minutes after coming on for Michy Batshuayi towards the end of the the first half.
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Another Nigeria striker, Ahmed Abdultaofik was not on target, but helped his club, Ventspils beat Jeunesse d'Esch 4-1 to progress to the next round 5-1 overall.
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Standard meet Greek side, Xanthi, in the third qualifying round, while Ventpils come up against. Maccabi Haifa. The first leg matches would be played next Wednesday.
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It was the end of the road for John Chibuike's Rosenborg, who could only draw 1-1 away to St. Johnstone to crash out 1-2 on aggregate. Chibuike could not do much after coming on as a 75th minute substitute for Daniel Berntsen.
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Former Nigeria youth international, Akeem Latifu will also play no further part in the competition as his club, Hodd got knocked out by Aktobe 2-1 on aggregate.
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Latifu did not travel for the crucial second leg tie in Kazakhstan on Thursday, which they lost 0-2, due to visa hitches.

[Shola Sholaz]

Europa League is also a good platform to showcase ur talent in football. I don't blame players that try to impress their fans there....