Joseph Okumu and Eric Johana saw their teams register different results in their respective leagues in Belgium on Sunday evening.Beerschot 0 – 2 Gent (Joseph Okumu)The Kenyan defender featured full minutes as he helped his side KAA Gent see off Beerschot 2-0 in a Belgium Pro League match, keeping a clean sheet in the process.Julien de Sart opened the scoring 1ith one minute left to play in the first half, converting from an Alessio Castro-Montes pass before doubling that advantage slightly after the hour mark courtesy of Darko Lemajic.🇰🇪KENYAN CONNECTIONCame to root for homeboy Joseph Okumu in their clash against PAOK tonight. Escaped with his jersey and the points🙂Nice meeting you @okumu_stanley#Akida_14#PAOKGNT#UECL pic.twitter.com/5Qs6Q2gRaX— Esse Akida (@akida_14) March 10, 2022 Clocking 90 minutes against the bottom-placed side came as a big boost for Okumu who only managed to play 45 minutes in their Europa Conference League first leg match against PAOK on Thursday.The win brought Gent to 55 points, within a point of fourth place after Anderlecht beat Royal Antwerp in another match in the league, with just three matches left to play to the end of the season.
Deinze 3 – 3 Waasland-Beveren (Eric Johana)Eric Johana watched proceedings from the substitutes bench as his side Waasland-Beveren gave away an early 2-0 lead and had to fight to rescue a point against KMSK Deinze towards the end of the match in Belgium’s second tier league.The Kenyan midfielder has made only one appearance for Beneren, coming on for three minutes as they beat Excelsior Virton 3-1 in the last outing.Kevin Hoggas and Lucas Ribeiro opened the scoring within the first 10 minutes before Aleksandar Vukotic converted into his own net to half the deficit for the hosts.Welkom op de Freethiel, Eric Johana Omondi! 💛💙🦁 #wearebeveren🇰🇪 Keniaans international⚽ aanvallende middenvelder / spits👉 Meer info: https://t.co/tTfQcwEwe0 pic.twitter.com/l1WFR2mZT6— Waasland-Beveren (@WaaslandBeveren) January 26, 2022 Youssef Challouk and Bafode Dansoko scored for Deinze in a span of four minutes to take the lead in the match for the first time before Lucas Ribeiro grabbed the equalizer, scoring his second, with five minutes left on the clock.Christophe Janssens and Denis Prychynenko were given their marching orders in the game, the former in the 54th minute and the latter in the second minute of stoppage minutes.