Super Eagles shot-stopper shines for Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie win
Super Eagles shot-stopper Maduka Okoye kept another clean sheet for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch topflight after Saturday’s 2-0 home victory over Waaleijk.
The 20-year-old was impressive for Henk Fraser’s led side as they made it a back-to-back win in the Dutch Eredivisie since December.
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— Sparta Rotterdam (@SpartaRotterdam) March 14, 2021
It was the second consecutive clean sheet for the former Fortuna Duesseldorf goalkeeper after last Tuesday’s heroic performance against VV Venlo.
Okoye, who is enjoying his football again also made many fantastic saves to deny the visitors, a point on Saturday night.
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ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ʜɪᴍ ᴅᴇғᴇɴᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ʜɪᴍ sᴄᴏʀᴇ
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After the goalless first half, Tom Beugelsdijk opened the scoring for Sparta Rotterdam in the 57th minutes, after connecting with a fine pass from Laros Duarte.
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Sparta Rotterdam secured all the points with almost the last kick of the game when Bryan Smeets doubled the lead with a sublime finish.
The 2-0 win over RKC Waalwijk football club catapulted Sparta Rotterdam FC to 12th position in the Netherlands Eredivisie League log with 30 points from 26 matches.