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Super Eagles
skipper, Joseph Yobo, didn’t have the dream debut he had hoped for as
he picked up an injury in his first game for Turkish club Fenerbahce.

Yobo arrived at the
Turkish giants on the last day of the recent transfer window on loan
from English Premier League side Everton, but didn’t get to train with
his new team mates until he returned from international duty with the
Super Eagles who were in action penultimate Sunday in a 2012 Africa Cup
of Nations qualifier against Madagascar in Calabar. He featured from
start to finish in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over the Madagascans, but last
Saturday he only managed to remain on the field of play for 59 minutes
before he was carried off the pitch after pulling a muscle in
Fenerbahce’s league match against Kayserispor. Yobo is expected to be
out for at least two weeks and will be unavailable for this weekend’s
Istanbul derby against Besiktas which is one of the fiercest derby
games in world football.

To make matters
worse for the Nigerian, Kayserispor defeated Fenerbahce 2-0 to keep
their unbeaten status intact and consign Fenerbahce to their second
defeat of the season. The score line was goalless up until the time
Yobo was taken off, but it wasn’t long afterwards before Jonathan
Santana broke the deadlock for the hosts in the 66th minute before
Furkan Ozcal doubled their advantage two minutes later to secure a win
for Kayserispor.

Etuhu dedicates win to Zamora

Yobo’s injury was
however small fries when compared to the broken leg suffered by Fulham
striker Bobby Zamora in the English side’s Premier League game against
Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Fulham nevertheless went on to win
the game 2-1 and Nigerian midfielder Dickson Etuhu was quick to
dedicate the win to his teammate. “That win was for Bobby,” said Etuhu
moments after the game at Craven Cottage. “It was hard because Bobby’s
one of our best players and he’s going to be a big loss for us. We’re
going to go and see him now in the hospital but that win was definitely
for him.” The club’s website reported on Sunday that Zamora’s operation
was “viewed as successful” by the surgeon. The fracture to the fibula
was repaired and ligament damage was also discovered and repaired
during the treatment.

Zamora, who last Friday signed a new four-year contract with the
London based club, is now expected to be out until the new year. Etuhu
also praised his teammates for putting up yet another spirited effort
to claim all three points against Wolves despite the difficult
conditions. “It was a tough game in difficult conditions,” explained
Etuhu. “It was extremely humid out there and it was difficult to get
about, but I thought we deserved the win. The Premier League is a very
difficult league. You can be on top of a game and then one chance –
goal. That was really Wolves’ only chance of the game but we showed
character. Mousa [Dembele] did well again and got two goals but we kept
going. There’s a tremendous sense of togetherness at this Club. We want
to turn the draws into wins and today was a game that we definitely
wanted to win and we delivered.”