Kenyan defender wins Dutch Super Cup as Oduor features for Barnsley

Kenyan defender Philipp Mwene started for PSV Eindhoven as they thumped Ajax Amsterdam 4-0 in the Dutch Super Cup with Clarke Oduor and Jonah Ayunga both featuring for Barnsley and Morecambe respectively. 

Philipp Mwene

Mwene was again trusted with a start in the Dutch Super Cup after PSV earned a place in the tie by virtue of finishing second in the Eredivisie with Ajax winning the double.

PSV had a frenetic start to the game as Noni Madueke opened the scoring for PSV in the second minute going on a solo run before rippling the back of the net for his third goal in three consecutive games.

Madueke scored the second of the game a minute before the half-hour mark, as he netted from an impossible angle after being fed by Eran Zahavi.

Ajax game went from bad to worse in the 40th minute when Nicolas Tagliafico was handed his marching orders for a dangerous tackle on Andre Ramalho.

With one eye in the Champions League Third Round Playoff against FC Midtjylland this week, Mwene was rested for Jordan Teze at the start of the second half. 

PSV bagged the third goal of the game in the 76th minute when Yorbe Vertessen played a give and take pass with Cody Gakpo that ended with the former slotting the ball into the back of the net.

Former Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze drilled the final nail in Ajax coffin with a curling effort to the far post. 

Clarke Oduor

Kenyan international Clarke Oduor was handed the final 18 minutes of Barnsley’s draw against Cardiff City in the English Football League (EFL) Championship.

Marlon Pack broke the deadlock for Cardiff in the 54th minute as he nodded in a corner while Toby Sibbick rescued a point for Barnsley in the 69th minute.

Jonah Ayunga

Kenya forward Jonah Ayunga was a 62nd-minute substitute for Morecambe as they settled for a 2-2 draw against Ipswich Town in the English League One.

Ipswich registered their goals courtesy of Scott Fraser and a 91st equalizer from Macauley Bonne while Cole Stockton scored a brace for Morecambe.