Nigerian international, Stephen Odey scored the winning goal to help FC Zürich earn an impressive 3-2 win at home to Bayern Leverkusen in the Europa League tonight, NaijaSportsPlanet reports.
Leverkusen's season continues to twist and turn and in Switzerland it took another turn for the worse on their side.
The early press from Heiko Herrlich's charges wasn't as effective as desired, as Zurich looked the more likely to score.
Stephen Odey had a great chance to convert one of those chances, but Lukas Hradecky made a smart save to deny the the former MFM forward. Eventually though, that pressure paid.
A wonderful piece of skill from Kevin Ruegg allowed the wingback to nutmeg Sven Bender and get the ball into the box for Antonio Marchesano to sweep home.
With 10 minutes of the restart though, Leverkusen were ahead. Kai Havertz fed Karim Bellarabi on the right side of the box, and he hammered home a strike before the winger scored almost exactly the same goal thanks to another pass from Havertz.
And yet, like much of Leverkusen's season, that joy didn't last long. A defensive error invited Zurich into the box and Toni Domgjoni's deflected effort leveled the scores once more.
After a frantic nine minute period that saw three goals scored, the game hung in the balance. With just over 10 minutes to play, Leverkusen's defense opened again and Jagne Modou crossed for Odey to sweep home for the hosts.
Fc Zurich 3-2 Bayern Leverkusen: (Marchesano 44', Toni Domgjoni 59', Stephen Odey 78' - Bellarabi 50', 54')
