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That goal was by Kim Ojo was in the Cup, not the league.

Kim Ojo is on 12 goals for the season in the league. He has also scored 3 goals in 6 cup games (yesterday was his third).

BTW That was the semifinal game, so Brann will now play the final and then it will be Europa League action for them.

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I don't really understand why Okoronkwo is being called up by Siasia, when other Nigerians have been way better in the same leagues,

BTW: Anthony Ujah moved to Mainz after his goalstorm in Norway and has fallen off the radar.

Thanks for the confidence vote. Felt that we should have some place where we can at least notice how the Eagles are doing,
Besides - if I didn't fill in I'm sure people would have. I've just made them lazy

Found it! John Chibuike below - mostly goals against IK Start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxy8BHIFUA0

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21/09/2011 (Wednesday)

French League 1st Div.
AC Ajaccio - Montpellier HSC 1:3
35' John Utaka (Montpellier HSC) (0:3)

Finland Veikkausliiga League
Jaro - KuPS 1:1
58' Olajide Williams (KuPS) (1:1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73n8CbxX-fs (starting 2:45)

Finland Ykkonen League Div. 1
FC Popa - Viikingit 1:5
90' Victor Solomon (FC Popa) (1:5)

KNVB Beker
VVSB - PSV Eindhoven 0:8
90' Rabiu Ibrahim (0:8)
Opposition wasn't strong, but Rabiu scored 5 minutes after entering as a sub. Will try to find highlights.

Norway NM Cupen
Fredrikstad - Brann 0:2
85' Kim Ojo (Brann) (0:2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soKJjDY9bEc

Denmark Cup
Dalgaard - Hobro 1:4
9' Justice John Erhenede (Hobro) (1:0)
42' Adeshina Lawal (Hobro) (2:0)

20/09/2011 (Tuesday)

Egypt Cup
El Ismaily - Bani Sweef 4:0
57' Eze Godwin Ndubuisi (El Ismaily) (3:0)

Kuwaiti Crown Prince Cup
Kazma - Al Arabi 1:1
56' Emanweel Ezokam (Kazma) (1:1)

Busy Nigerian Monday!

19/09/2011 (Monday)

French League 2nd Div.
AS Monaco FC - Arles Avignon 1:0
52' Rabiu Afolabi (AS Monaco FC) (1:0)
Naturally a header

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvriH17qFQs

Norway Tippeligaen
Rosenborg BK - IK Start 4:1
13' John Chibuike (Rosenborg BK) (1:0)
35' John Chibuike (Rosenborg BK) (2:0)
77' John Chibuike (Rosenborg BK) (4:1)
This hattrick means that it's 4 goals in 2 games for the midfielder Chibuike. Unfortunately couldn't find highlights of the game.

Swedish League Allsvenskan
AIK Solna - Djurgården IF 0:1
20' Kennedy Igboananike (Djurgården IF) (0:1)
Clinical! That's goal no 6 for the forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1EEI6G8EY

Denmark Superliga
Horsens - Odense BK 4:3
14' Peter Utaka (Odense BK) (0:1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7piHkvMVMY

Great news! CAF has centralised TV rights. That means there will be more matches televised (and not just those with North African countries) and even countries like Togo, Burkina Faso or Nigeria will have to chance to get easy quality access to the qualifiers! At least I hope so.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2011/09/20/2674422/caf-approve-centralised-tv-and-marketing-rights-for-2014

I can't understand. This could be such a big event for African football fans, but CAF doesn't even invest in having these matches aired? I'm sure they could find enough television interest across the continent to make it financially worthwhile, How much can it cost? 50000? 100000 USD per game? They could sell it as an investment so they make no profit, 20000-30000 USD per television station is small change,

18/09/2011 (Sunday)

CAF Champions League
Enyimba International FC (Nigeria) - Coton Sport FC (Cameroon)
45' pen. Ifeanyi Ede (Enyimba) (1:0)
90' Valentin Nwabili (Enyimba) (2:0)
Enyimba looking very strong and confident. I think they can win this!
Unfortunately no highlights to be found!

Russian Premier League
FC Spartak Moskva - Krylya Sovetov 3:0
83' Emmanuel Emenike (FC Spartak Moskva) (3:0)
Brilliant little goal by the Nigerian. Worth the watch - outsmarts two defenders and a GK all by himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OccpItQbx2c

SPOR TOTO SUPER LİG
Mersin I.Y - Bursaspor 1:3
4' Nduka Ozokwo (Mersin I.Y.) (1:0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuTjrD-X_o

Finland Veikkausliiga League
RoPS - Jyvaskylan JK 3:3
8' Babatunde Wusu (Jyvaskylan JK) (0:1)
40' Babatunde Wusu (Jyvaskylan JK) (0:2)
Not sure, but I think these are goals 9 and 10 (maybe 11 and 12).

Denmark Superliga
FC Midtjylland - Sønderjysk Elitesport 2:0
76' Sylvester Igboun (FC Midtjylland) (2:0)
Found this reel from the game,  looks like a very good player (and a potential one man army)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcNgjq7p9jY

Lithuania 1 Division
FK Ekranas - Klaipeda 5:0
90' Uchenna Umeh (FK Ekranas) (5:0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0f3ne8Aq8g

TURKISH 1.LİG
Tavsanli Linyitspor - Bucaspor 3:1
8' Kingsley Olajuyigbe Taiwo Nwankwo (Tavsanli Linyitspor) (1:0)
80' Kingsley Olajuyigbe Taiwo Nwankwo (Tavsanli Linyitspor) (3:1)
Two goals and an assist by the unknown Kingsley Nwankwo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iakgROwl36Y

Malta Premier League
Qormi F.C - Tarxien Rainbows F.C 4:1
36' Abubakar Bello-Osagie (Qormi F.C.) (1:1)

South Africa Premier League
Maritzburg United - Golden Arrows 2:0
9' Felix Obada (Maritzburg United) (1:0)

Any way to get a livescore for this?

Good thing I missed the VVV game,  they got thrashed at home,

17/09/2011 (Saturday)

African Confederation Cup 2011
Sunshine Stars (Nigeria) - JS Kabylie (Algeria) 1:0
11' Ajani Ibrahim (Sunshine Stars) (1:0)
4th of the competition for Ibrahim. Some terrible goalkeeping gave the goal,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdrwLtQgg-A

English Premier League
Blackburn Rovers FC - Arsenal FC 4:3
25' Yakubu Ayegbeni (Blackburn Rovers FC) (1:1)
59' Yakubu Ayegbeni (Blackburn Rovers FC) (2:2)
Yakubu with a man of the match performance with some non-World Cup 2010 clinical finishing,
http://highlights.indonewyork.com/videos/241/blackburn-4-3-arsenal

Spanish League Primera Div. 1
Granada CF - Villarreal CF 1:0
56' Ikechukwu Uche (Granada CF) (1:0)
Uche scores the winning goal against the club which loaned him to Granada in the first place
Nice placed header.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIq9DnAaUNU

Ukraine Vischaya League
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - SC Tavriya Simferopol 2:1
31' Dele Adeleye (SC Tavriya Simferopol) (0:1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kNFU0PYvpE

Finland Ykkonen League Div. 1
FC Popa - PS Kemi 4:2
39' Emenike Uchenna Mbachu (PS Kemi) (1:1)
88' Victor Solomon (FC Popa) (4:2)

Romania Divizia A
Astra Petrolul - CS Gaz Metan Medias 2:0
88' Kehinde Fatai (Astra Petrolul) (2:0)

Malta Premier League
Sliema Wanderers FC - Marsaxlokk 2:2
78' Obinna Obiefule (Marsaxlokk) (2:2)

English League Div 2
Tranmere Rovers FC - Wycombe Wanderers FC 2:0
9' Enoch Showunmi (Tranmere Rovers FC) (1:0)

Sudanese League
El Merreikh - Ittihad Madani 3:0
86' Kelechi Osunwa (El Merreikh) (3:0)

Kaduna United have to win at home (by any score) and they are through!

I fail to remember Nigeria ever having 2 representatives in CAF club competition semifinals (Sunshine Stars and Enyimba so far), not to mention 3! Great year for Nigerian clubs!

Thx!

Can't find a live feed for the VVV-Venlo - Heerenveen game. A shame because they have 3 Nigerian strikers up front!

16/09/2011 (Friday)

Norway Tippeligaen
Brann - FK Haugesund 1:0
83' Kim Ojo (Brann) (1:0)
Goal nr 12 for the Korean-named Nigerian.

15/09/2011 (Thursday)

No Champions League goals, but some important Europa League goals,

UEFA Europa League
Wisla Krakow (Poland) - BK Odense (Denmark) 1:3
81' Peter Utaka (BK Odense) (1:2)
http://zaklady.com/2011/09/15/utaka-1-2/

UEFA Europa League
Shamrock Rovers Dublin (Ireland) - FC Rubin Kazan (Russia) 0:3
2' Obafemi Martins (FC Rubin Kazan) (0:1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeP2qqhU8dw

UEFA Europa League
SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz (Austria) - Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 1:2
28' Victor Obinna Nsofor (Lokomotiv Moscow) (1:1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBh6MlIm1Q (look 1:00)

12/09/2011 (Monday)

Norway Tippeligaen
Sarpsborg 08 - Rosenborg BK 0:6
42' John Chibuike (Rosenborg BK) (0:3)

11/09/2011 (Sunday)

African Confederation Cup 2011
GD Interclube (Angola) - Kaduna United (Nigeria) 4:1
83' Jude Aneke (Kaduna United) (4:1)

English Premier League
Norwich City - West Bromwich Albion FC 0:1
3' Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion) (0:1)
He also missed a penalty. Nonetheless he proved he is WBA's key player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCavznXYhs

Holland Eredivisie League
VVV-Venlo - PSV Eindhoven 3:3
52' Uche Nwofor (VVV-Venlo) (2:2)
Big result for VVV. The Nigerians are really taking VVV by storm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5PLdybLZM (watch ca 3:30)

Swiss Super League
Neuchatel Xamax FC - Grasshopper 2:0
22' Kalu Uche (Neuchatel Xamax) (1:0)
Already scoring for his new team.
http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=c20d8230-7107-4042-b64d-36e0f6ec7742

Finland Veikkausliiga League
Jyvaskylan JK - MyPa 4:0
2' Babatunde Wusu (Jyvaskylan JK) (1:0)
23' Babatunde Wusu (Jyvaskylan JK) (2:0)
80' Babatunde Wusu (Jyvaskylan JK) (4:0)
6th, 7th and 8th goal of the season.

Belgium Jupiler League
KV Mechelen - Club Brugge KV 1:2
53' Joseph Akpala (Club Brugge KV) (0:2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfp0bxSVS78 (look 4:30)

Norway Tippeligaen
Valerenga - IK Start 2:1
73' Fedor Ogude (Valerenga) (2:1)
http://www.footytube.com/video/valerenga-if-oslo-ik-start-kristiansand-sep11-90183 (look 3:30)

Swedish League Allsvenskan
Djurgården IF - Trelleborg 4:3
49' Kennedy Igboananike (Djurgården IF) (2:1)
76' Kennedy Igboananike (Djurgården IF) (3:2)
81' Kennedy Igboananike (Djurgården IF) (4:3)
3rd, 4th and 5th of the season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWGgGyhCIM

All in all a good Sunday for Nigerians.

Dutch league not competitive?

The same league that produced Ronaldo de Lima, Van Nistelrooy that later went on to conquer other bigger leagues?

If he does well in Eredivisie, he should do at least averagely in bigger leagues, even if he doesn't become a Superstar.
I see him at least becoming a Salomon Kalou that did well in Eredivisie with Feyenoord and not badly in EPL later.

By the way. All Nigerian fans should put huge interest in VVV-Venlo. It now has 4 first team Nigerian players:
3 strikers:
Ahmed Musa
Michael Uchebo (over 2m tall!)
Uche Nwofor (straight from the U20 World Championship)
and a left back:
Alex Emenike

And those Nigerians are really kicking Bottom at the moment. Nwofor scored on his debut for the club, while Ahmed Musa has been pivotal for the team. And they are currently whooping the Bottom of PSV (with Rabiu Ibrahim on the bench BTW)! Really a great game!

Been watching Ahmed Musa and this guy is a world class player in the making! Really classy attacker.

10/09/2011 (Saturday)

Russian Premier League
Lokomotiv Moskva - Zenit St Petersburg 4:2
46' Victor Nsofor Obinna (Lokomotiv Moskva) (1:2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dlNlDod-g

Turkey Superligi
Samsunspor - Genclerbirligi 3:2
38' Ekigho Ehiosun (Samsunspor) (3:0)

Belgium Jupiler League
Oud Heverlee - RAEC Mons 3:1
70' Derrick Ogbu (Oud Heverlee) (2:1)
83' Derrick Ogbu (Oud Heverlee) (3:1)
New face on the block. Worth watching out for this guy. Has only played as a sub so far, but has scored 3 goals in 2 games.

Denmark Superliga
Silkeborg IF - Odense BK 1:3
57' Peter Utaka (Odense BK) (1:2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psk_s78YtDk (2:13)

Finland Ykkonen League Div. 1
PS Kemi - KPV 4:0
27' Emenike Uchenna Mbachu (PS Kemi) (1:0)
75' Emenike Uchenna Mbachu (PS Kemi) (4:0)

Malta Premier League
Valletta FC - Qormi F.C 3:1
56' Alfred Effiong (Valletta FC) (3:0)
Goal number 4 of the season for last years topscorer of the league.

English League Division 4
Alfreton - Braintree 0:1
18' Chibuzor Chilaka (Braintree) (0:1)

Found this - all the goals:
http://rutube.ru/tracks/4800453.html?v=7bf5f7e032c4bc25c3a9ad4875b08e9f

Quite a goal from Valentin!

09/09/2011 (Friday)

CAF Champions League
Al Hilal - FC Enyimba 1:2
68' Valentine Nwabili (FC Enyimba) (1:1)
90' Samuel Tswanya (FC Enyimba) (1:2)

No, I'm only following the score!

By the way: Match ends 1:2 for Enyimba. Uche Kalu scores an extra time penalty which means that Enyimba win the group and are ready for the semifinal with a game in hand!

80 minutes gone - ENyimba equalize through Valentin 1:1

Back to 5:5 and the third final period around the corner.

Ibenegbu pulled down, gets a penalty, then misses, but 15 seconds later scores to make up for his miss!

5:4 Nigeria

ANd its back level at 4:4

Nigeria in the lead! 4:3

Senegal put in a brave performance which saw the match 4:4 with one minute left on the clock against one of the title favourites.

A Portugal player clearly blocks the ball with his hand preventing a goal scoring opportunity. The call was so obviously obvious it was unbelievable that the call was not made. That would have been a penalty and had Senegal scored they almost surely would be in the semis.

The match ended 4:4 and Senegal lost in the penalty shootout.

Well they won, so they will be playing Brasil in reward