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Soccer News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Super Eagles stars fire blank as Konyaspor stuns Sivasspor at home

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Super Eagles strikers Kayode Olanrewaju and Leke James failed to score as Sivasspor lost their first league game of the 2021-2022 Turkish Super Lig Season.

Sivasspor was beaten 1-0 by Konyaspor at Monday's fixture at the Yeni 4 Eylul Stadium.

Both men who joined the Turkish side this season started in the attack for Sivasspor along with Max Gradel.

The three forward struggled to create meaningful chances all game, before coach Riza Calimbay decided to change Olarewaju and James, Brila.net reports.

Riza Calimbay replaced James with Mustapha Yatabare in the 65th minute, before sending Sefa Yilmaz on for Olarewaju with six minutes left to play.

Sokol Cikalleshi scored the goal of the game for Konyaspor with two minutes left on the clock.