By James Agberebi:
Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong scored his first ever goal for Bursaspor in their 4-2 away win against Yeni Malatyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday.
Also in action was Troost-Ekong’s Super Eagles teammate Mikel Agu who played 90 minutes for Bursaspor while Rio 2016 bronze medal winner Azubuike Okechukwu featured for Malatyaspor.
Troost-Ekong opened the scoring for Bursaspor in the 12th minute before Pablo Martin Batalla doubled the lead on 45 minutes.
Jires Kembo-Ekoko scored the third goal on 48 minutes while Bogdan Stancu got on the score sheet on 63 minutes to put Bursaspor 4-0 up.
In the 76th minute, Khalid Boutaib pulled a goal back to make it 4-1 and Emanuel Dening scoredfor Malatyaspor to end the game 4-2.
The win saw Bursaspor move up to fourth on nine points, four points adrift of leaders Galatasaray who have 13 points in the league table.
Troost-Ekong expressed his delight after his goal.
“All Glory to God! So happy my first goal for Bursaspor Sk,” Troost-Ekong wrote on Twitter.
Troost-Ekong was impressive for the Super Eagles in their double header FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia qualifiers against Cameroon in early September.
COMMENTS
Good job, Ekong! Better to play regularly and keep fit, than stay in some fancy club with inadequate match time, even when we know that you’re a solid player, anytime.
Keep it up!