Jerome Onguene Stars In Salzburg’s Win Over French Champions Lille

Indomitable Lions Center – half Jerome Onguene stole the spotlight on making his Champions League return against Lille at the Red Arena.

Starlet Karim Adeyemi scored twice via the penalty spot to earn RB Salzburg a 2-1 home victory over Lille as the Austrian champions took command of Champions League Group G on Wednesday.

The unsung hero and perhaps the most influential player on the pitch, Jerome Onguene, was superb throughout and earned a match rating of 7.1, the best return of any Salzburg player.

French champions Lille, who tried reducing the arrears through Burak Yilmaz, ended the night bottom with one point, one behind Wolfsburg who drew 1-1 home draw against Sevilla.

The 19-year-old Adeyemi won his fifth penalty in four competitive games when he was brought down by Sven Botman and the speedy forward converted the spot-kick to put the hosts ahead in the 35th minute.

Salzburg got another penalty — their fifth in two Champions League games — when Yilmaz handled the ball from Mohamed Camara’s free kick and Adeyemi buried it eight minutes into the second half to double the advantage.

Keeper Philip Koehn was at fault as Yilmaz scored with a free kick after 62 minutes to give Lille hope but Salzburg dominated the closing stages.

Next up for Jerome and co is LASK in the Austrian Bundesliga on Sunday October 3.