It was mixed fortunes for three Nigerians who were involved in the Champions League play-offs on Tuesday night
Nosa Igiebor’s Macabbi Tel Aviv reached the group stage of the Uefa Champions League for the first time in 11 years after holding Basel to a 1-1 draw and 3-3 aggregate on Tuesday night.
The Israeli club progressed courtesy of their better away goals.
Igiebor played for 70 minutes before being substituted by Peretz but it was clear the hosts would hold on having equalized via captain Eran Zahavi’s fifth goal of the competition after Basel went ahead in the 11th minute through Luca Zuffi’s goal.
It was contrasting fortunes for the other Nigerians involved on the night as Elderson Echiejile fell with Monaco despite scoring as a late substitute in a 2-1 win and Efe Ambrose watched from the bench as Celtic lost 2-0 to Malmo.
Echiejile, unsettled for a while about his future at the Municipality club, came on in the 62nd minute in place of Kurzawa to score his side’s second goal 13 minutes later but it was not enough as they fell 4-3 on aggregate to Valencia.
On Wednesday night, two other Nigerians, Ahmed Musa and Ogenyi Onazi, would hope to reach the group stages of the Champions League with their clubs.
The group stage draw of the Champions League will take place on Thursday. [GOAL]
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