Cyrl Dessers made the headline in Thursday’s UEFA club’s competition after running Fernabache ragged as Rangers ran away with a 3-1 victory in Instabul, Sports247 reports.
Cyril Dessers was pivotal to Rangers famous victory as he scored one and provided one assists in the demolition of Fernabache in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Round of 16 played in Instabul.
The Super Eagles forward has been trending and his performance has been getting rave reviews over all the world in the last 24 hours after the conclusions of the first round of matches in the round of 16 of the competition.
But beyond Cyril superb performance, here are other Nigerians who also found back of the net like Dessers on Thursday, 6th March 2025 for the various clubs
Rafiu Durosinmi scorer Viktorian Plzen only goal in the ir 2-1 defeat to Lazio FC on Thursday.
Durosinmi restored parity for Viktoria Plezn to cut out Lazio’s lead in the game.
Unfortunately his effort was not enough as Lazio rallied back to get the winner in the stoppage time and won the match with a 2-1 victory despite finishing the match with nine men.
Nigerians also found the back of the net in competitions outside of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.
Malomo Taofeek scored Bylis in the Albania’s Superliga while Odion Ighalo scored for Al Wehdah in the Saudi Arabia Pro league.
The former shooting Stars FC player scored the only goal for Bylis to ensure maximum points against Teuta Durrës.
He better his fifth goal of the season in 26 League match appearances in the Albania Super league.
Like Ayodeji,
Odion Ighalo also netted his fifth league goal of the season to help Al Wehda to a 3-1 home win over Al Raed at the King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Mecca.
The strike ended Ighalo’s two-month goal drought as he last found the back of the net in January.
The club has been struggling to keep their stay in the league and the win on Thursday was their first since January to underline their struggle in the season so far.
