WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Nigerian defender Ashleigh Plumptre contributed four goals as Al Ittihad secured a commanding 13-1 win over Jeddah in the SAFF Women’s Cup on Friday night, Soccernet.ng reports. In only her second appearance of the season following her return from an injury spell, Plumptre grabbed a goal and assisted three others to propel Al Ittihad to their biggest win since a 14-0 mauling of Albayraq in 2022. Plumptre, playing as a central midfielder, assisted Lili Iskandar for Al Ittihad’s second goal in the fourth minute before getting in on the act to make it 5-0 eleven minutes later. The Super Falcons star added two more assists in the 29th and 45th minutes as Al Ittihad ended the first half with a 9-nil advantage. Plumptre was substituted at halftime. Back to Europe, where Super Eagles star Peter Olayinka assisted one of the goals for Red Star Belgrade in their 5-1 Serbian Super Liga win over Radnički Niš. In Finland, Nigeria international Roosa Funmilayo Ariyo grabbed both goals to inspire KUPS to a fine 2-0 away victory over HPS in their Kansallinen Liiga game week 6 relegation round clash. Nigeria’s Adakole Benedict came off the bench to net a late equaliser for Portimonense but Sporting Lisbon fired a stoppage-time winner to secure a 2-1 victory in the Taça de Portugal.
Elsewhere at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Medina Joy Jerry got the consolation goal as Al Riyadh fell to a 2-1 defeat to Al Ula to crash out of the SAFF Women’s Cup.