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Chidera Ejuke denied historic feat in Sevilla’s loss to Girona

Super Eagles forward Chidera Ejuke was denied his first goal for Sevilla after a VAR review in their 2-0 loss to Girona at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Sunday, Soccernet.ng reports.

Nigeria forward Ejuke was named in Sevilla’s lineup for their La Liga game while Kelechi Iheanacho started from the bench.

Los Nervionenses were yet to win any of their first three games of the campaign and were looking to claim thwir first three points of the season. But going against a Girona side that finished third in La Liga last season was always going to be a difficult proposition.

The game was quite balanced, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring early on through Ivan Martin in the 41st minute.

Just two minutes later, Chidera Ejuke thoight he had equalized after a perfectly worked goal- or so it seemed. Unfortunately, it was ruled out for offside after a VAR review.

If the goal had not been ruled out, Ejuke would have become the only Nigerian footballer to have scored for Sevilla.

Girona took their one-goal lead into the break, but Sevilla failed to present a solid fight early in the second half.

Ejuke was quite lively as usual, as he tried to weave some magic from the left, but he was caged. Despite their home advantage, Los Nervionenses failed to score, allowing the game to drag on.

Girona eventually capitalized in, as they scored against in the 73rd minute, courtesy of Abel Ruiz from the penalty spot.

That was the final goal, as it ended 2-0 in favour of Girona after full time. Iheanacho was an unused substitute, while Ejuke played the entre fixture.

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