{"id":813167,"date":"2024-12-19T23:18:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/olusegun-bags-first-half-hat-trick-and-first-career-red-card-onuachu-aribo-akinsanmiro-crash-in-england-italy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T23:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:18:50","slug":"olusegun-bags-first-half-hat-trick-and-first-career-red-card-onuachu-aribo-akinsanmiro-crash-in-england-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/olusegun-bags-first-half-hat-trick-and-first-career-red-card-onuachu-aribo-akinsanmiro-crash-in-england-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Olusegun bags first-half hat-trick and first career red card; Onuachu, Aribo, Akinsanmiro crash in England, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nigerian footballers had a dramatic night across Europe and Asia on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, with contrasting fortunes marking their performances, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Soccer England: Southampton Fall to Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Joe Aribo and Paul Onuachu featured for Southampton as the Saints were eliminated from the League Cup following a narrow 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1041642779-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144449\">Football \u2013 2023 \/ 2024 Emirates FA Cup \u2013 Round Five \u2013 Liverpool vs Southampton \u2013 Anfield \u2013 Wednesday 28th February 2024 Joe Aribo of Southampton heads at goal. Photo Credit \u2013 IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aribo started the game and played until the 84th minute, while Onuachu was introduced in the 83rd. Despite their efforts, Liverpool\u2019s superior firepower proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Harvey Elliot found the net for the Reds, while Cameron Archer\u2019s second-half strike provided only consolation for the home side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144447\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1054203399-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"1997\" height=\"2560\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144447\">Football \u2013 FA Premier League \u2013 Southampton FC v Liverpool FC SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND \u2013 Sunday, November 24, 2024: Liverpool s captain Virgil van Dijk L challenges Southampton s Paul Onuachu during the FA Premier League match between Southampton FC and Liverpool FC at St Mary s Stadium. Photo by David Rawcliffe\/IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer Italy: Sampdoria Crumble Against Roma<\/h2>\n<p>In Italy, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro\u2019s Sampdoria endured a humbling 4-1 defeat to AS Roma in the Coppa Italia.<\/p>\n<p>Akinsanmiro featured for 78 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico, but his exit marked the end of Sampdoria\u2019s resistance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144448\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1055683575-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144448\">December 18, 2024, Rome, Italy: Evan Ndicka of A.S. Roma and Ebenezer Akinsanmiro of U.C. Sampdoria seen in action during the Frecciarossa Italian Cup round of 16 match between A.S. Roma and U.C. Sampdoria at the Olympic Stadium. Final Score A.S. Roma 4:1. Photo Credit- IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Artem Dovbyk\u2019s brace and Tommaso Baldanzi\u2019s strike had already put Roma in command, with Gerard Yepes scoring Sampdoria\u2019s only goal.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after Akinsanmiro\u2019s substitution, Eldor Shomurodov added a fourth to seal the victory for Roma.<\/p>\n<h2>Soccer Malaysia: Olusegun\u2019s Hat-Trick and Dismissal<\/h2>\n<p>In Malaysia, Ifedayo Olusegun was the star of the night as PDRM FC thrashed Kelantan Darul Naim 5-0 in a Super League clash at Selayang Municipal Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Olusegun delivered a sensational first-half hat-trick, scoring in the 5th, 32nd, and 39th minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26bd\ufe0f Ifedayo Olusegun with opening goal ????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>???? : Astro &amp; MFL<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LigaSuper?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LigaSuper<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PDRMKDN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDRMKDN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PDRMFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDRMFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IfedayoOlusegun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IfedayoOlusegun<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SNESports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SNESports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LifeTelco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LifeTelco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KelmeMalaysia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KelmeMalaysia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FBVxnMVhQ6\">pic.twitter.com\/FBVxnMVhQ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNE Sports (@SNE_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNE_Sports\/status\/1869584691583431110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, his night took a turn when he was sent off after a collision during a goal attempt. It is the first time in Olusegun\u2019s career that he would be shown a red card.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being reduced to 10 men, PDRM remained dominant, with Muhammad Shahrel Fikri Md Fauzi scoring twice in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The result lifted PDRM to fifth in the league table, while Kelantan remained second from the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Olusegun, 33, now has eight goals in 13 league appearances for PDRM this season.<\/p>\n<p>Only Darul Ta\u2019zim ace B\u00e9rgson (with 21 goals) and Kuala Lumpur\u2019s Paulo Josu\u00e9 (11) have more goals than Olusegun in the Malaysian Super League this term.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/olusegun-bags-first-half-hat-trick-and-first-career-red-card-onuachu-aribo-akinsanmiro-crash-in-england-italy.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Imhonlamhen Eronmhonsele<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nigerian footballers had a dramatic night across Europe and Asia on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, with contrasting fortunes marking their performances, Soccernet.ng reports.\u00a0 Soccer England: Southampton Fall to Liverpool Joe Aribo and Paul Onuachu featured for Southampton as the Saints were eliminated from the League Cup following a narrow 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110175,140268,2005],"tags":[110174,140267],"class_list":{"0":"post-813167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-first-half","8":"category-olusegun","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-first-half","11":"tag-olusegun"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}