Ghanaian defender Jerome Opoku scored his second goal of the season in Istanbul Basaksehir’s 3-2 loss to Rizespor.
The Ghanaian defender put up a spectacular performance but his efforts were not enough to get his team the maximum three points.
Istanbul Basaksehir opened the scoring on the 6th minute through a goal from Piatek.Six minutes on, Rizespor’s Olawoyin scored the equalizer to make the score 1-1.Rizespor scored again on the 17th minute to take a 2-1 lead but before recess, Jerome Opoku found the back of the net with a left footed strike to the top left corner after joining his team’s attacking overloads to make the halftime score 2-2.
The second half saw both teams equally make attempts to score but to not avail until stoppage time when Ibrahim Olawoyin scored again to steal all three points for Rizespor.
Jerome Opoku completed the most dribbles of the match (4) and was rated 7.5.
