Kenyan international Joseph Okumu featured full minutes as KAA Gent booked a semi-final spot in the Belgian Cup, easing through Standard Liege 3-0 who had to finish the game with a man less.Gent took an early lead in the eighth minute courtesy of Sven Kums who got onto the end of an Andrew Hjulsager ball who only came on in the sixth minute to replace Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.Standard Liege had a perfect start in the second half, scoring in the first minute of resumption through Aron Donnum to open up the game for both teams.However, their celebrations for an equalizer were short-lived as Tarik Tissoudali restored the lead for the hosts eight minutes later, being set up again by the substitute Hjulsager.Kenyan International Joseph Okumu is part of the KAA Gent squad that will take on Standard Liege in a Cup game tonight #StarsAbroad pic.twitter.com/qE0miFWjH6— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) December 22, 2021 Chasing the game once again, the visitors made a couple of changes in an attempt to get the team ticking for an equalizer but Okumu and Gent held on to their lead.Tissoudali grabbed his second for the game to complete his brace in the third minute of stoppage time to put the game out of reach for Standard Liege and book a semi-spot for his side.Marveille Bokaidi, who had come on for Nicholas Raskin 57 minutes in the game, was given his marching orders following a tackle on Michael Ngadeu in the sixth minute of stoppage time.In the semifinal, Gent will face off with the winner in the match pitting RSC Anderlecht and KV Kortrijk set for Thursday evening.FT 3-1 | Op naar de halve finales van de #CrokyCup! 👊🏻🔵⚪ #COBW #gntsta #BaloiseMatch pic.twitter.com/FlqRLKWEme— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) December 22, 2021 Anthony AkumuIn South Africa, Anthony Akumu missed out on the matchday altogether as Kaizer Chiefs saw off Maritzburg United 2-0 to move third on the log after playing 16 games.Two goals, one in each half, with Khama Billiat being involved in both, were enough to condemn Maritzburg to their ninth defeat of the season.The former Mamelodi Sundowns forward opened the scoring with just nine minutes left to play in the first half, connecting a Njabulo Blom pass to give the hosts the lead into the break.90 + 4’| #KC 2 : 0 #MU Full time score: (Billiat 36’, Nk. Ngcobo 80′) Kaizer Chiefs 2 : 0 Maritzburg United DStv Man of the Match: Njabulo Blom#Amakhosi4Life #DStvPrem pic.twitter.com/FUQabLHyRS— Kaizer Chiefs (@KaizerChiefs) December 22, 2021 Billiat was involved again for the second goal, setting up Nkosingiphile Ngcobo for the second Amakhosi goal in the 80th minute.
