African players in Europe: Ghana trio score before World Cup ties

Ghana stars Antoine Semenyo, Mohammed Kudus and Inaki Williams warmed up for important 2026 World Cup qualifiers by scoring successful the apical European leagues astatine the weekend.

Semenyo struck doubly arsenic Bournemouth bushed Fulham and Kudus was the match-winner for Tottenham Hotspur astatine Leeds United successful the Premier League.

Williams converted a punishment to assertion his archetypal extremity of the play and assistance Athletic Bilbao bushed Mallorca successful La Liga.

Ghana request 4 points from matches against the Central African Republic connected Wednesday and the Comoros 4 days aboriginal to suffice for the World Cup.

AFP Sport highlights African headline-makers successful the large European leagues:

ENGLAND

ANTOINE SEMENYO (Bournemouth)

Semenyo netted doubly to animate the Cherries’ 3-1 win. He scored successful the 78th infinitesimal with a composed decorativeness aft easing past Timothy Castagne connected the near flank. The Ghanaian struck again six minutes into stoppage time, slotting location successful composed manner to instrumentality his league extremity tally to six this season.

MOHAMMED KUDUS (Tottenham Hotspur)

Kudus was connected people successful the 2nd fractional to seal a 2-1 triumph astatine Leeds. Kudus, who joined Tottenham from London rivals West Ham successful the adjacent season, bagged his archetypal extremity for Thomas Frank’s broadside with a deflected blast from the borderline of the country successful the 57th minute.

ILIMAN NDIAYE (Everton)

The Senegal midfielder converted a punishment to assistance Everton extremity Crystal Palace’s agelong unbeaten tally with a 2-1 victory. Ndiaye stroked location from the spot successful the 76th infinitesimal to cancel Daniel Munoz’s first-half opener. The 25-year-old’s 3rd extremity this play acceptable the signifier for Everton to unafraid their 3rd league triumph of the run done Jack Grealish’s stoppage-time strike.

SPAIN

KARL ETTA EYONG (Levante)

Among the accustomed apical scorers successful La Liga has emerged Cameroon striker Etta Eyong, enjoying a breakout play astatine Levante. The 21-year-old netted his 5th of the run successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Real Oviedo, showing a poacher’s instinct to dart successful and decorativeness from adjacent scope aft a saved changeable spilled backmost into the six-yard box.

INAKI WILLIAMS (Athletic Bilbao)

Captain Williams won and converted a punishment for Bilbao successful their 2-1 win. The striker was kicked successful the country and, aft dusting himself down, fired location the opener.

AKOR ADAMS (Sevilla)

Nigerian striker Adams applied the finishing interaction for Sevilla’s 4th extremity successful a 4-1 rout of champions Barcelona. On arsenic a substitute, it was his 2nd extremity successful 2 matches for the improving Andalusian side.

GERMANY

BILAL EL KHANNOUSS (Stuttgart)

El Khannouss’ superb solo extremity was the quality successful a 1-0 triumph implicit Heidenheim. Unable to marque their superiority number against stubborn opponents, the Moroccan stepped up connected 65 minutes, cutting successful from the left, dodging respective defenders earlier sliding the shot home.

FRANCE

ANSU FATI (Monaco)/SOFIANE DIOP (Nice)

Guinea-Bissau-born Fati, from 2 penalties, and Morocco planetary Diop scored 2 goals each arsenic Monaco drew 2-2 with 10-man Nice successful Ligue 1. Tunisian Ali Al-Abdi was sent disconnected successful the 34th minute, soon aft Nice had opened the scoring.

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