KuPS CEO,Heiskanen Reveals Azubuike Egwuekwe Did Not Score An Own Goal

KuPS CEO Jarmo Heiskanen has corrected the notion that Azubuike Egwuekwe scored an own goal in the first half during the Veikkausliiga game against PK-35 Vantaa on Thursday.

With the match at the Savon Sanomat Areena (Kuopio) not televised in these parts, several media outlets, including allnigeriasoccer.com, relied on information from live scores updates and the 35th minute own goal was wrongly credited to the former Warri Wolves star instead of the Senegalese defender  Babacar Diallo.

“You are definitely wrong. It was our other central defender Babacar Diallo, who was unlucky and the ball went in from his knee,” Jarmo Heiskanen told allnigeriasoccer.com when asked about the identity of the player who scored the OG.

Egwuekwe scored on his competitive debut for KuPS in their 3-0 win over MP in the League Cup last month.

The Nigeria international has gone the distance in the first two games contested by KuPS in the top-flight this season and has not been cautioned.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel