Spartak Moscow will feature in the group stage of the Champions League after they dumped Joseph Yobo’s Fenerbahce 3-2 on aggregate.
Both teams drew 1-1 in Istanbul as Emmanuel Emenike led the Spartak
attack against a defence anchored by Yobo on Wednesday night.
Speaking with MTNFootball.com after the game, Emenike said he was delighted that he will be returning to Moscow victorious.
“It was a tough game as envisaged but I am happy that we won and
advance to next stage. That was what we aimed for and we have achieved
that,” said Emenike, who did not allow his arrest on Tuesday over match
fixing allegations to affect him.
The Russian club, who won the first leg 2-1 at home, again took the
lead after just five minutes before Senegal striker Moussa Sow equalised
for Fenerbahce in the 69th minute to end the game 1-1.
Spartak played the last 10 minutes with a man down after Demy De Zeeuw was red carded after a second bookable offence.
Red-hot Nigeria striker Brown Ideye was the hero of his Ukrainian team
Dynamo Kiev when he scored the goal that led his team to the group stage
of UEFA Champions League despite a 2-1 loss to Borussia
Monchengladbach.
In a game played at NSK Olimpijs'kyj, Kiev Dynamo Kiev were on the
verge of crashing out of the most prestigious club football tournament
in the world before Ideye scored in the 88th minute to give his team a
4-3 aggregate win.
He also scored the last goal for Dynamo Kiev in the first leg 3-1 away win.
Compatriot Taye Taiwo, who is on loan from AC Milan, was also on for the entire duration of the game for Dynamo Kiev.
Meanwhile, Nigeria striker Victor Anichebe was on song for Everton in an English Carling Cup game.
Anichebe scored his side’s fourth goal in the 36th minute in a 5-0 bashing of Leyton Orient.
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