Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong returned to action for Udinese who defeated Empoli 3-2 in their Serie A clash on Sunday at the Dacia Arena.
Troost-Ekong missed Udinese ‘ s 1-1 away draw against AC Milan on Tuesday due to a minor injury.
The centre-back has featured in 29 Serie A games for Udinese this season.
In Spain, Samuel Chukwueze ended on the losing side with Villarreal going down to a 2-1 away defeat against Real Betis.
Chukwueze who has scored four goals in 20 LaLiga games for the Yellow Submarines this season started the game and was replaced by Carlos Bacca in the 64th minute.
Also in Spain, Moses Simon featured for 68th minute in Levante ‘ s 2-2 home draw against Huesca at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.
Simon has made 14 league appearances for the club and has scored once.
Former Super Eagles winger was in action for Fenerbahce who held their hosts Ankaragucu to a 1-1 draw at the Eryaman Stadyumu ,Ankara.
Moses was replaced by Mathieu Valbuena three minutes before the hour mark.
He has made nine league appearances for Fenerbahce with two goals to his name.
New Super Eagles sensation Paul Onuachu came in as a second half substitute in Midtjylland’s 2-2 away draw against Esbjerg.
Onuachu replaced Mayron Clayton a minute after the hour mark.
Nigeria midfielder Ogochukwu Onyeka Frank scored the opening goal for Midtjylland in the game.
By Adeboye Amosu
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Star performer:
My star performer yesterday was Moses Simon who was in the thick of it for Levante as he continues to add defensive capabilities to his all-round play in a 3-5-2 formation.
The diminutive winger, who was recently on national team duties, laid a sublime though pass (that is more technical than it looks) in the build up to his team’s first goal.
In that same build up, he could be seen drifting into dangerous areas in case the ball finds his way back to him so he can inflict some harm on the opposition.
Simon was a key performer yesterday.
That shows that the battle for places is getting tougher