{"id":2906,"date":"2023-08-13T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/13\/former-flying-eagles-star-akor-adams-nets-brace-on-ligue-1-debut\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T17:39:50","slug":"former-flying-eagles-star-akor-adams-nets-brace-on-ligue-1-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/13\/former-flying-eagles-star-akor-adams-nets-brace-on-ligue-1-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Flying Eagles star Akor Adams nets brace on Ligue 1 debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"609\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" is_main_img=\"1\" data-attachment-id=\"90419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/former-flying-eagles-star-akor-adams-nets-brace-on-ligue-1-debut\/20230813_160007\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?fit=900%2C609&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,609\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230813_160007\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?fit=350%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?fit=450%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?resize=350%2C237&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?resize=450%2C305&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?resize=768%2C520&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?resize=220%2C150&amp;ssl=1 220w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230813_160007.jpg?fit=900%2C609&amp;ssl=1&amp;is-pending-load=1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>Former Flying Eagles striker Akor Adams announced his arrival by scoring twice for Montpellier on his debut for the club as they played out a 2-2 draw at home to Le Havre in their Ligue 1 opener.<\/p>\n<p>Having arrived from Lillestrom this summer, Adams was highly-rated with 17 goals in 17 appearances for the Norwegian club this year. The 23-year-old led the line for Montpellier, starting on his debut for the side.<\/p>\n<p>French defender Gautier Lloris, younger brother to Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo, opened the scoring for newly-promoted Le Havre inside the opening five minutes of the encounter as they looked to claim an upset away from home.<\/p>\n<p>The minnows held onto the lead until the 58th minute when Montpellier captain Teji Savanier stood up a cross into the box for debutant Adams to head home for his new side and draw them level.<\/p>\n<p>Just two minutes later, the striker doubled his tally with a composed finish. Centre-back Boubakar Kouyate played a ball into space for the striker to run in behind, and the young striker showed good pace and composure to drill a left-footed finish into the far corner to put his side in the lead.<\/p>\n<p>After an impressive debut, Adams was substituted in the 77th minute and replaced by French youngster Elye Wahi.<\/p>\n<p>In the 90th minute, Le Havre managed to steal a point when substitute striker Samuel Grandsir notched up and scored a late equaliser.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/former-flying-eagles-star-akor-adams-nets-brace-on-ligue-1-debut\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Flying Eagles striker Akor Adams announced his arrival by scoring twice for Montpellier on his debut for the club as they played out a 2-2 draw at home to Le Havre in their Ligue 1 opener. Having arrived from Lillestrom this summer, Adams was highly-rated with 17 goals in 17 appearances for the Norwegian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}