UCL: Bittersweet results for Nigerians in Europe elite competition
While it was a dreadful night for Calvin Bassey and his Ajax teammates, it was a sweet memory for Zaidu Sanusi
Tuesday night Champions League matches hold contrasting memories for Nigerians playing in Europe elite competition.
While it was a dreadful night for Calvin Bassey and his Ajax teammates, it was sweet memory for Zaidu Sanusi who was on target for FC Porto in their 2-0 win over Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the Estadio do Dragao.
He was brought on in the 63rd minute as a replacement for the injured Wendell. The Super Eagles left-back would go on to open the scoring six minutes later with a powerful header after Taremi whipped in a cross.
Still in Group B, Raphael Onyedika and Antonio Nusa both featured in Club Brugge's unexpected 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Jan Breydel stadium.
The impressive Onyedika, who played the entire duration of the game, was yellow carded in first half stoppage time for pulling back Antoine Griezmann.
Ferran Jutglà doubled the advantage in the 62nd minute after he set up the opener netted by Kamal Sowah as the Belgian champions made it three wins out of three.
Nusa, the youngest player to score on his Champions League debut, played the last four minutes for Club Brugge.
Moving to Group A, Nigeria international Calvin Bassey and his Ajax teammates suffered a humiliating 6-1 loss to Napoli - their heaviest ever defeat in the Champions League.
Despite the absence of Victor Osimhen, Luciano Spalletti's men still found a way to thump the Dutch giants.
Ghana striker Mohammed Kudus opened the scoring in the ninth minute but the game changed as Giacomo Raspadori nodded in an equaliser before strikes from Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Piotr Zieliński, Raspadori's second and Giovanni Simeone.
