More than a month after making the switch to Swedish top-tier side IF Elfsborg, Timothy ‘Babu’ Ouma finally made his debut albeit in the Under 21 league as they beat Skövde AIK 3-2.The budding midfielder joined Elfsborg from Nairobi City Stars at the start of August following a long transfer saga that also saw him linked with fellow Swedish side IFK Norrköping.Mixed bag for Kenyan stars abroadElfsborg were facing Skövde AIK in the final league clash of the U21 Allsvenskan Mellersta with a victory in the game enough to send them to the quarter-finals of the junior league.Babu was trusted with a start in the clash as he made his debut after being an unused substitute in Elfsborg’s 2-0 win over GIF Sundsvall back on Sunday 11 September in a top-tier match.##NAJAVA_MECA_6660754##Elfsborg who were playing away from home suffered a tough start to the clash when Jacob Ondrejka handed Skövde AIK the lead inside the opening 27 minutes.The torrid first half for Elfsborg showed no signs of abating as Skövde AIK doubled their lead in the 44th minute through Oscar Aga as they went into the half-time break leading 2-0.NSL side calls for week-long trialsPrince Isaac Kouame who is on loan at Elfsborg however halved the deficit with a goal in the 64th minute and went on to draw his side level 12 minutes later.With the game seemingly headed to penalties, up stepped Amer Jusic who netted in the third minute of added time to snatch victory for Elfsborg.Elfsborg will now face Helsingborgs IF in the quarter-finals of the competition.
