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Super Eagles uncapped striker Gift Orbán received a red card in Gent’s 2-1 home win over Eupen in Sunday’s Jupiler Pro League match, Soccernet.ng reported. .
On Thursday, the 21-year-old missed Gent’s 1-1 draw with Ukrainian side FK Zorya Luhansk in the opening game of the UEFA Europa Conference League due to an injury sustained in the previous league match.
Orbán, one of the Buffaloes’ standout players since joining the club in January, remained in place after recovering for KAS Eupen’s seventh game of the season at the KAA Ghent Arena on Sunday. He was inserted into the starting lineup.
But it was a bad day for the Nigerian striker. A few minutes before the end of the first half, Rune Paeshuisse was shown a red card for pushing. Eupen’s defender fell to the grass in pain. His sending off was confirmed after review by a video assistant referee.
🟥 | Gift Orban excuseert zich bij de KAA Gent-aanhang. 👋 #GNTEUP pic.twitter.com/KeYgPGkjSt
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The 21-year-old has developed exemplary discipline from the time he arrived in Europe until his current moment of madness.
Before his visit to Eupen, he had not been sent off in previous matches with his former club Stavik and Gent.
Despite playing with 10 men for more than 50 minutes, Gent fought hard to take all three points thanks to second-half goals from Sven Kums and Tarik Tissoudari.
With this win, Gent now stands at the top of the 16 teams with 17 points after seven games. Hein van Geesebroek’s team will play Antwerp in their next match on Wednesday.
