By 
West Ham United of England youngster, Ajibola Alese had a sort start to his spell in The Hammers’ first team, as he senior debut with the London-based English Premier League club ended in defeat.
Megasportsarena.com reports that the night of history for the youngster came in the UEFA Europa League, but his aspirations for a happy ended were dented with his side’s 1-0 loss away to with GNK Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia.
That meant The Hammers’ lost their unbeaten streak in the second-tier European competition with suffered a defeat in Thursday’s Group H tie.
The 20-year-old England youth international, who captains West Ham U23 squad, was one of five academy products in the starting lineup and made his European debut 13 years after joining the club.
Allnigeriasoccer.com added: Prior to his Europa League debut, the Anglo-Nigerian had played just once for the London club, helping them beat Hull City in the League Cup in September 2020.
He got a taste of first team football during loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Cambridge United, making seventeen appearances combined for the Football League clubs.
West Ham were already certain of topping Group H before Thursday’s fixture but their unbeaten run ended with defeat to Dinamo Zagreb.
Mislav Orsic scored what proved to be the game-winning goal when he curled a brilliant effort in off the far post in the fourth minute.
Alese came close to netting an equaliser twice in second half stoppage time but was unlucky not to put away any of the chances.
Comments