Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues on Friday.<br /><br />Nigeria U23s hopeful <b>Viv Solomon-Otabor</b> played the last four minutes of Birmingham City<span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough at </span>St. Andrews Stadium in the Championship.<br /><br />Two second half goals from <b>Kingsley Onuegbu </b>(47th minute) and <b>Victor Obinna </b>(58th minute) earned MSV Duisburg a 2-1 win over <b>Kevin Akpoguma</b><span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s </span>Fortuna Duesseldorf in the German 2 Bundesliga.<br /><br />In the last ten minutes, Onuegbu was replaced while Obinna joined him on the bench six minutes later. Germany youth-teamer Akpoguma was yellow-carded in the 89th minute and played the full game. Teammate <b>Emmanuel Iyoha</b> came on in the 60th minute.<br /><br />Despite lasting the distance, <b>Taiwo Awoniyi </b>fired blanks as FSV Frankfurt were humiliated 4-1 by Kaiserslautern in front of their fans.<br /><br />Austria international <b>Rubin Okotie </b>entered the fray in the 68th minute as 1860 Munich won 2-0 on the road against St Pauli.<br /><br /><b>Eke Uzoma </b>was benched for the entirety of Chemnitzer FC<span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s 3-0 win at </span>Fortuna Koeln in the 3rd Liga.<br /><br />In Belgium, Super Eagles striker <b>Joseph Akpala</b> started and played for 90 minutes in Oostende<span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s hard fought 2-1 win at </span>Zulte-Waregem. Nigeria U23 international <b>Saviour Godwin</b> was not involved for Oostende.<br /><br />Over to Finland, HJK have lost top spot in the Veikkausliiga after losing 1-0 to PS Kemi. <br /><br /><b>Taye Taiwo </b>made his sixth straight start for the capital team, <b>Nnamdi Oduamadi</b> was introduced immediately after the intermission, while <b>Vincent Onovo</b> wa not selected in the 18-man squad.<br /><br /><b>Godfrey Oboabona</b>, whose name has not been included in the latest Nigeria squad, went the full 90 minutes as Rizespor defeated Mersin 2-0.<br /><br />Finally, in Russia, <b>Fegor Ogude,</b> <b>Brian Idowu</b> and <b>Bright Dike</b> all started Amkar Perm<span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s goalless draw with Dinamo Moscow. <br /><br />Dike subbed out in the 59th minute while ex-Norway youth international <b>Chuma Anene</b> joined the fray in the 86th minute. Ogude was cautioned in the 79th minute.<br /></span><br />Igho Kingsley<br /><br /><br />