Emenike scores fi rst Olympiacos goal

Emmanuel Emenike scored his first goal in a competitive game for Olympiacos Piraeus on Tuesday night as the Greek side beat FK Partizan Belgrade 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League. Emenike netted in the first minute of second-half added time to hand his side a commanding lead in the first leg of the third qualifying round tie. The Nigerian attacker received a defence-splitting pass from teammate Diogo Figueiras and kept his composure to round the Olympiacos goalkeeper, Filip Kljajic, before planting emphatically into an unguarded net. Emenike had been on the pitch for barely 120 seconds before he made the decisive goal scoring contribution as he had replaced El Faroud Ben Mohammed in the 89th minute at the Stadion Partizana. The second leg of the tie between both clubs will be decided at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki on August 2. Emenike joined Olympiacos from Turkish club Fenerbahçe for €2.5 million on July 4. The 30-year-old has previously played for clubs like West Ham United, Spartak Moscow and Karabükspor.

 

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