Karl Toko Ekambi
AFCON 2021: Aboubakar bags a brace as Cameroon seal 4-1 victory over Ethiopia
Cameroon have become the first team to make it to the knockouts of AFCON 2021 as they thrashed Ethiopia 4-1 on Thursday. Vincent Aboubakar and Karl Toko Ekambi both earned a brace to claim an emphatic victory for the Indomitable Lions at the Olembe Stadium. The host nation fell behind early in the match when Dawa Hotessa Dukele shocked them by smashing a goal. However, Toni Conceicao’s side made a strong comeback and neutralised Ethiopia’s advantage through Ekambi’s strike. The score remained the same until the end of the first half but Cameroon ran riot after the interval. Vincent Aboubakar almost decided the fate of the AFCON match early in the second half as he powered a thunderous header home before quickly adding another. Ekambi then grabbed his sec...
Super Eagles star helps Villarreal extend unbeaten run vs Cadiz
Samuel Chukwueze was in action as Villarreal played out a 0-0 draw against Cadiz in Sunday’s La Liga game. The 21-year-old has featured consistently for Unai Emery’s men in the 2020-21 campaign and against Alvaro Cervera’s charges, the winger was handed his seventh league appearance. The Nigeria international gave a good account of himself during the time he spent on the pitch to help the Yellow Submarine extend their unbeaten run to five games across all competitions. The game started with both sides aiming to outwit each other but despite their efforts, they failed to find the back of the net. The best chance of the game fell to Alvaro Negredo in the seventh minute of the encounter and he hit the back of the net, but the strike was ruled out for offside by the Video Assistant Referee (VA...
Lyon return empty-handed with prospect of losing key players
Had Olympique Lyonnais’ Memphis Depay and Karl Toko Ekambi found the back of the net in the opening 16 minutes against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the Champions League may have had its first ever all-French final. Instead, Paris St Germain will now face the German champions while Lyon return home empty-handed and without the opportunity of righting those wrongs next season after they failed to qualify for Europe’s premier club competition. Ligue 1 was the only top-flight league from the ‘Big Five’ to prematurely end its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Lyon in seventh place on a points-per-game basis — thereby missing out on the Europa League as well. The 3-0 scoreline flatters Bayern as Lyon had their chances but playing in only their second semi-final on the big stage, their ...
