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Soccer News of Saturday, 20 March 2021

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Aina and Maja tastes defeat with Fulham against Leeds United

Fulham lost to Leeds United Fulham lost to Leeds United

Super Eagles stars Josh Maja and Ola Aina featured in Fulham’s 2-1 defeat to Leeds United at the Craven Cottage on Friday night.

The duo started the match, but were replaced by manager Scott Parker in order to give the team something extra.

Maja was substituted immediately after the first half for Alexander Mitrovic, while  Kenny Tete took the place of Ola Aina in the 74th minute.

Luke Ayling missed golden opportunity to put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot early in the game, but they did break the deadlock in the 29th minute through Patrick Bamford.

Joachim Anderson restored the parity for Fulham in the 38th minutes after a good work from Ademola Lookman.

Raphinha scored the winner for Leeds two minutes before an hour mark and condemned the Cottagers to their 14th defeat of the season.

The remain 17th on the log with 26 points with eight games left to play in the league.