A mixture of feelings it was for lovers of Nigeria footballers abroad over the weekend as some of our own delivered perfectly well while some failed to impress, Nigeriasoccernet.com can report.
From France to Italy, to Spain, England, Portugal and all across Europe Nigeria players were in action, some of which we bring you the highlight of their performances over the weekend.
Moses Simon had an excellent performance on Sunday as Nantes beat Toulouse 3 to 1. The Super Eagles winger scored his second goal of the campaign and also assisted another as Nantes secured their first victory of the season.
Terrem Moffi scored twice in the first half as FC Lorient defeated Clermont FL 2-1 for their second win of the season. National teammate Innocent Bonke joined the game in 82nd minute.
Samuel Chukwueze was a second half substitute as Villarreal played a goalless draw with Getafe in Coliseum Alfonso Perez.
Ademola Lookman was introduced into the game in 46th as Atalanta secured all 3 points away from home against Hellas Verona.
Victor Osimhen had a goal ruled out and was on parade for 78 minutes as Napoli share the spoils with Fiorentina.
Emmanuel Dennis premier league debut for Nottingham Forest ended in a 2-0 defeat to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur. Dennis and his Nigerian teammate Taiwo Awoniyi both came into the game in the second half but could not help salvage the situation on ground prior their introduction.
Calvin Bassey star for Ajax as they recorded an impressive 2-0 away at Utrecht.
Sadiq Umar was the hero on Saturday as Almeria came from a goal down to beat Sevilla 2-1. The Super Eagles striker was the game winner in the second half.
Kelechi Nwakali featured as Ponferradina suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Eibar in the Spanish second division game.
Ibrahim Said start for uborg today in Thier home win against Lyngby.
Sunday Adetunji was on parade as his team Shkupi defeated FK skopst 2-0 away from home.
Chidozie Awaziem was cautioned by the centre referee as Hajduk split fell to a 2-1 away defeat to Osijek.
Many other Nigerians feature over the weekend. Some on the score sheet while others contributed to the victory, draw and defeat of their teams.
By Oluwayemi Omolagba
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