Iyayi Atiemwen was among the goals and teammate Shehu Abdullahi got an assist as Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia shocked Antwerp, who paraded another Nigeria star, Alhassan Yusuf.
Omonia Nicosia won 4-2 with Atiemwen proving to be a super sub when he came off the bench to net his team’s fourth goal from the penalty spot.
Shehu, who played at right full back, assisted for his team’s third goal.
Alhassan Yusuf started and finished the encounter for Antwerp, who will now hope to turn around the tie next Thursday in Belgium.
The Belgian club started brightly to take the lead only for the home team to fight back to record a famous victory.
The overall winners of this tie will advance to the group stage of the Europa League.
