Stars Abroad: Draws for Okumu, Matazo in Europe as Maina’s game is abandoned

Eliot Matazo was an unused sub as his French club, AS Monaco was heled to a one-all draw by Hungarian side, Ferencvárosi Torna Club in a UEFA Europa League match on Thursday, a result that saw them climb to second in Group with seven points.Harambee Stars prospect Matazo was left on the bench as his side fought to secure a vital point. Captain Wissam Ben Yedder gave Monaco a 31st minute lead before Kristoffer Zachariassen earned his side a point with a goal nine minutes from time.##NAJAVA_MECA_6767480##The draw, coupled with Trabzonspor’s loss to Red Star Belgrade moved Monaco from third to second in group B. Monaco need to beat Red Star in their final group match on Thursday to seal qualification to the knock out phase.Elsewhere Joseph Okumu’s Gent boosted their chances of reaching the knock out phase in the UEFA Conference League after managing a 1-1 draw against Norway’s Molde. Rory Gaffney gave Molde a third minute later before the visitors leveled the scores in the 74th minute through Hyunseok Hong. This came a minute after Molde’s Justin Ferizaj had been sent off. Okumu featured for 90 in the game.It ends all square – frustrating that we couldn’t hold on for the win, but victory at home to @crvenazvezda_en in our final group game will see us through.1⃣-1⃣ #FERASM | #UEL pic.twitter.com/bj7eLcaTUW— AS Monaco EN (@AS_Monaco_EN) October 27, 2022 The result leaves Gent in group F with five points, second-placed, Molde have two more. The two sides meet again in a week’s time in Belgium where a win for Gent will send them to the knock out round.In Czech Republic, the match between Slavcko and Linton Maina’s FC Koln was abandoned due to poor weather conditions. The match was called off a few minutes in due to heavy fog that caused visual impairment. Maina had been named on the bench in that game.Elsewhere in Group D, Nice overcame Partizan Belgrade 2-1. That leaves 4 points between Köln and the all-important 1st and 2nd positions in Group D. It means that they have to get a minimum of four points from the remaining games against Slavcko and Nice.Rookie Odoyo sets lofty targets in pensive wait for top-flight dabble with Tusker

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