Kenyan International Erick Johanna Omondi’s impressive exploits with the Romanian Superliga side UTA Arad continued on Sunday as he scored in his second straight game for the six-time league champions and assisted twice as they emerged 3-1 winners over Universitatea Cluj at the Stadionul Francisc von Neuman.The former Mathare United winger opened the scoring with 13 minutes on the clock after they had survived a late scare following Cluj’s goal that was overturned by VAR after a short review. Omondi turned the provider in the 36th minute as he set Netherlands attacker Kevin Luckassen through the goal to double UTA’s lead but Cluj reduced the arrears in first-half stoppage time through Daniel Popa to give his side a fighting chance in the second half.Cluj’s dreams of fighting back and snatching a point from the match were quashed ten minutes after the restart when the former Vasalunds IF man Omondi once again turned provider to Andrej Fabry for UTA’s third of the game.The win was UTA’s second on a bounce after seeing off Sepsi OSK the previous week to bring an end to their poor start to the year and now climb two places on the table to eleventh place with 30 points.Bidding process opens for hosting 2024 CECAFA tournamentsOkumu features in Toulouse defeat Harambee Stars defender Joseph Okumu played the entire minutes as Rems went down 3-2 to Toulouse in a French Ligue 1 encounter on Sunday.Okumu who made the move to the club at the start of the ongoing 2023-2024 campaign from Belgian side Gent had a good outing despite failing to help his side pick points at the Stadium de Toulouse. He made two clearances and four tackles. He was commanding as he won both his attempted areal duels, and won eight of his 12 ground duels.Nzoia Sugar sign Dan Musamali from Kenya PoliceFinal de meci pe Cluj Arena.#ToțiPentruU #Superliga #UvsUTA#SimbolulUnorInimiRomânești pic.twitter.com/lkrMyJbnk9— FCUniversitateaCluj (@FCUCluj) February 4, 2024 The defeat saw Reims drop out of the European football brackets and now occupy seventh place with 30 points, five behind fourth-placed Lille.Elsewhere, Johnstone Omurwa played for 66 minutes as Estrela Amaradora lost their second league game in a row as they fell 1-0 to Estoril on Sunday.Omurwa was subbed off in the 66th minute for Andre Luiz shortly after they had gone a goal down as Sergio Vieira tried in vain to find an equalizer.##NAJAVA_MECA_7845573##On Saturday, Ayub Timbe started as Sabail went 2-1 down to Qarabag in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Both Umar Yasin and Kevin Owino featured in Apolonia Fier’s 1-0 win over Luzi 2008 in the Albania second tier to move close to the promotion play-offs brackets.
