Africans abroad: Sulemana breaks Atalanta Duck as Lookman and Guirassy Score

African stars had a rewarding weekend in the top league in Europe, with some excelling, while other contrasting assets were confronted.

England

Beto was at the destination for Everton when they secured a comfortable 3-1 win against Fulham in an exciting encounter in Craven Cottage.

The national player of Guinea-Bissau went into the game in the euphoria of his strike in the 2-2 against Ipswich Town.

Beto proved that efforts were no coincidence and reproduced this performance in London to hand over the men of David Moyes all three points on the street.

Raul Jimenez had given Fulham a lead of the 17th minute, but visitors restored the parity at half of the half of Vitalii Mykolenko.

Michael Keane brought her up in the 70th minute before the African confirmed the victory four minutes later thanks to Carlos Alcaraz's assist.

Italy

Ademola Lookman inspired Atalanta as a highly competitive 2-1 win as a Roma in a game in series A.

The reigning African player of the year was still fresh from his destination against Monza and led the goddess attack against Claudio Ranieri's team.

And in the ninth minute, he put his team in the lead thanks to a brilliant support from the Belgian international Charles de Ketelaere.

However, the visitors restored in the 32nd minute thanks to Bryan Cristanses.

In the 76th minute, Super-Sub-Ibrahim Sulemana Atalanta wore the winner.

With the result, the men from Gian Piero Gasperini confirmed their place in the Champions League of the next season.

Keita Balde achieved a last winner for Monza when they scored a 2-1 win against Udinese in a game in Serie A.

After a goalless first half, visitors took the lead in the 52nd minute through Gianluca Caprari.

Samuele Birindelli raced down the right wing, entered the area and hit the woodwork, but Caprari was there to slip into it and achieve the rebound.

In the second half, Lorenzo Lucca equalized for the hosts in the 75th minute, but it was Balde who had the last word.

Patrick Ciurria delivered a cross from left, Neroli pushed it on and Balde shot home from the six-yard box to secure the victory.

Germany

Serhou Guirassy continued his impressive goal in the Bundesliga when he scored 4-2 victory at Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia Dortmund's.

The Guinea scored the last goal of his team for his 2024-25 campaign.

Guirassy achieved the record for most goals in a Bundesliga season of a Dortmund player. A milestone by Friedhelm Konietzka, Norbert Dickel and Stephane Chapuisat, each scored 20 goals.

Elsewhere, St. Pauli took a crucial step towards Bundesliga security with a 2-2 draw in Eintracht Frankfurt with a target of Manoli's Saliacas.

Rasmus Kristensen gave the home side a lead of 24 seconds, but Manoli's Saliacas gloss only three minutes later with a curl that defeated Kevin Trapp.

Guinea International Guilavogui gave his team a surprising lead in the first half.

After his initial shot was blocked by Jean-Matteo Bahoya, his rebound found the network from a narrow angle and made it 2-1.

However, the match ended 2-2 when Michy Bathshuayi compensated for Eintracht in the middle of the second half.

Spain

Celta Vigo suppressed Sevilla 3-2 in the Spanish elite division game, with Ilaix Moriba doing his goal for the Sky Blues.

The Guinea International took the lead in the 19th minute of the five-goal thriller after thinking about Williot Swedberg.

Although Nemanja Gudelj issued the affairs for the visitors, the men from Claudio Giraldez secured all points with the kind permission of goals from Oscar Mingueza and Borja Iglesias.

Also in Laliga, the camera player Karl Etta Eyong was the hero of Villarreal and scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory in Girona.

With his seventh game of the 2024-25 campaign, the 21-year-old scored the winner in Estatia Municipal de Montilivi.

He replaced Ayoze Perez in the 85th minute and four minutes later he fascinated the hosts with a nice finish thanks to Alfonso Pedrazas Assist.

Leganes ended her run of eight games without winning by defeating Espanyol 3-2.

Guineas Seydouba Cisse and Cote d'Ivoires Yan Diomande played a crucial role, with both found the network in the first half.