Villarreal, Spain – Football no dey ever carry last minute small, but this time, e really burst brain! Andreas Cornelius, di former Cardiff striker, show say e sabi how to make entrance at di right time. As match dey enter di dying minutes, Cornelius no waste time to pounce on a chance wey fit change wetin don happen for Champions League.
Di game start sharp sharp, as Copenhagen open di scoring just after 71 seconds. Na Mohamed Elyounoussi, di man wey sabi how to score, wey collect fine cross from Marcos Lopez and bang am for net. You fit imagine, people still dey settle down for di stadium, and just like that, goal don drop! Villarreal fans just dey shake their head, dem no fit believe wetin dey happen.
But no fear, Villarreal no wan carry last position for di Champions League table. After dem shake di gales a small, Ilias Akhomach find Santi Comesana with a sweet cross, and Santi no wait make anybody tell am twice before he level am, just like that! Di crowd don stir, Villarreal fans start to believe say dem fit turn di game around.
No let dem fool you sha, Copenhagen no wan gree make di match turn from dem. Just as di excitement de peak, Elias Achouri wey just come inside di game bang one back for Copenhagen. Na true experience be dat! Achouri use im first touch collect cross from Yoram Zague and now, dem dey ahead again. You fit imagine di kind shout wey dey for dia? Ehn!
But di Spaniards no mounch like dem go just sit down dey take am anyhow, Tani Oluwaseyi wey be like say e get plenty energy, poke shot through Junnosuke Suzuki’s legs, and level di match again. Wetin go happen next? Man go just think say na di last chance di match go finish like dat, but no! Cornelius, di late king for di party, come ready do wetin e sabi best.
As di last-minute inspection dey, Cornelius no just wan carry last minute tension; e dey hungry for victory. E scatter di net with left foot from center of di box straight to di top right corner. Gbam! And just like dat, Copenhagen don secure their chance for di knockout phase play-offs.
Dis match fit look like ordinary game, but na wetin dey happen wit Copenhagen and Villarreal dey sweep di table like broom! Copenhagen don move up di table as dem dey ride high on dose last-minute joy, while Villarreal dey look like say dem wan go home with dem head down (na wah for dem!). No be only padi dem be, na football dem dey play. Wetin you go call am, if no be ‘drama’? Na dat one nah!
For now, make we dey watch as di Champions League dey unfold. Who no go like James Bond kind twist for football? Na only di result wey dem fit recover from dis jibe go tell wetin fit happen next. As di saying go, ‘we go still dey here to enjoy di show, no matter di wahala wey dey come!’ When e come to football, last-minute goals dey always get their sweet taste.
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