Former Nairobi City Stars midfielder Timothy Babu Ouma featured in Elfsborg’s entire 1-0 win over Italian giants AS Roma in the UEFA Europa League.This comes barely a week after reports emerged that English Premier League side Brentford and Championship outfit Luton are interested in the services of Ouma. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8387074##Elfsborg manager Oscar Hiljemark trusted Ouma with a start in the historic clash that saw the two teams meet for the first time in their storied history. The Swedish side took the lead just a minute before the half-time whistle with Ghanaian midfielder Michael Baidoo converting his spot kick.Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee predicts Harambee Stars back to back Cameroon AFCON qualifiersHis goal proved to be the match-winner as Elfsborg survived an onslaught in the second half to secure the historic win over AS Roma. The win extended Elfsborg’s fine form that now sees them unbeaten in 14 of their last 15 matches across all competitions, claiming nine wins and five draws since the start of August.##NAJAVA_MECA_8387091##The stats keep getting better for Elfsborg as they have now gone eight straight home matches without defeat, picking up six wins and two draws since a 2-1 loss against Djurgarden on Sunday 28 July.Elfsborg now move to 16th in the Europa League table after opening their European campaign with a narrow 3-2 defeat to Dutch side AZ Alkmaar which brought an end to their 12-game unbeaten run in all competitions. 5 FKF presidential aspirants raise 7 concerns ahead of electionsOuma was also linked with a move to Italian Serie A side Empoli but the deal fell through as both teams could not agree on the player’s valuation.With such performances against high-level competition like Roma, it is not hard to see this being the last season for Ouma at Elfsborg.
