Author: Seyi Alao

Raja Casablanca beat AS Vita 4-3 to win 2018 CAF Confederation Cup

Raja Casablanca of Morocco survived a late fight back from AS Vita Club of DR Congo to win the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup 4-3 on aggregate on Sunday. Raja who defeated Nigerian side Enyimba in the semi-final took a 3 goals first leg advantage to Kinshasa for the second leg and suffered 3-1 defeat but it was enough to see them crowned champion. Raja’s Abdelilah Hafidi made it 4-0 for visitors after 21 minutes into the second leg, when he scored from the mistake of AS Vita at the back . Vita Club fought back into the match and restored…

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Odey scores 10th FC Zurich goal in win over Grasshoppers

Stephen Odey continued his goals scoring form as he scored his sixth Swiss Super league goal of the season for FC Zurich’s 2-1 winover Grasshoppers at the Letzigrund stadium on Sunday. Salim Khefili had opened the scoring for Zurich seven minutes after the restart but Grasshoppers stayed in contention for a point for much of the remaining minutes. Odey made the maximum points save for his side when he scored the decider in the 84th minute to take his tally to ten in all competitions this season. The win put FC in third position with 24 points after 16 league…

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Ekong stars in Udinese’s Goalless draw against Sassuolo

William Troost Ekong was on from start to finish for Udinese who played out a goalless draw with Sassuolo in a Italian Serie A league game at Stadio Citta Del Tricolore on Sunday. Ekong was making his 14th successive start for the Italian side since he arrived From Turkey and it was the fourth clean sheet of this season for the club. Following 1:0 loss to AS Roma a week ago, Udinese was lucky toavoid another defeat in the hands of the Neroverdi ( The black and Green), thanks to good solid display from Ekong and his partners who made…

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Injury stopped Oparanozie from AWCON final, not tactics – Dennerby

Super Falcons Coach Thomas Dennerby has revealed that Desire Oparanozie suffered injury in the build up to the AWCON finalagainst the Bayana Bayana at Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. Oparanozie alongside the duo of Asisat Oshoala and Francisca Ordega started all Super Falcons games enroute to the final and it was surprise decision to see the Guingamp forward was dropped from to the bench for the final. However , while answering questions from media, Dennerby said the decision to leave the attacker out of the team was due to fitness problem and not tactical issue. “Oparanozie , I think everybody…

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