Kenyan forward Henry Meja featured for 70 minutes as his side Norrby were hammered by Brage in their final Swedish Cup group match on Sunday evening.Norrby came into the match with no hopes of making it to the quarters, but their opponent had a slim mathematical chance of progressing . However, it was all pegged on Hammarby IF losing in the other match but, instead, they won with an even bigger scoreline of 8-0.##NAJAVA_MECA_7069094##The former Tusker FC forward was named in the starting line up just like in the other two group games, playing until the 70th minute when he was replaced by Oscar Gutafsson with the team already trailing by four goals.Pontus Jonsson opened the scoring in the seventh minute before Kevin Appiah hit two back-to-back goals to see Brage head into the break with a three-goal advantage.On resumption, Emil Tot scored the fourth after just four minutes, with Douglas Karlberg scoring the fifth at the death.Tusker winger Stewart Omondi delighted after ending goal drought in styleMeja moved to Sweden in 2022 after punching above his weight in his first full season in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League where he won the league with Tusker in the 2020-2021 campaign but failed to nail a place in AIK’s starting team, with the club opting to ship him out on loan ahead of the new campaign.
In Belgium, Kenyan defender Joseph Okumu missed the 1-0 win over Anderlecht with an injury he picked during the 2-0 loss over Club Brugge last weekend.Nigerian forward Gift Emmanuel Orban scored the all-important goal in the 57th minute in a game that Guinea had to play the last 14 minutes with a man less after Guinea’s Amadou Diawara was sent off for a second bookable offense.