Maduka Okoye showed how much he has improved in his abilities between the sticks with a near faultless performance for Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam in their 1-2 friendly loss against Borussia Dortmund.
The German giants found the Nigerian a hard nut to crack upon his introduction for the second half and even though he later conceded twice, he showed how good a shot stopper he is at the moment.
He pulled a fantastic stop to frustrate a long range effort and he was on hand again to deny Dortmund with another brilliant finger tip save few minutes before he was beaten.
Marco Reus scored the opener but there was very little the Nigerian international can do to stop the effort as he badly exposed by his defenders . Same can be said about the second goal he conceded.
An unmarked Immanuel Pherai was given the time and space to slide home a cross in the box of Sparta for the second goal of the game leaving Okoye with no chance of making a save.
17 year old Nigerian striker Emanuel Emegha pulled a goal back for Sparta upon his introduction but it failed to spark a late comeback for the Dutch team as Dortmund hang on to claim a 2-1 win.
Osas Mahawi
