{"id":146619,"date":"2023-10-29T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=146619"},"modified":"2023-10-29T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T20:49:16","slug":"akor-adams-form-jose-peseiro-major-afcon-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/akor-adams-form-jose-peseiro-major-afcon-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Akor Adams hands Jose Peseiro major headache ahead of AFCON 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montpellier and Nigerian striker Akor Adams continues to deliver the goods for his side in the French Ligue 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

The forward scored twice in his side's 3-0 win over Toulouse on Sunday to continue his scoring run since moving to the French city of Montpellier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adams only joined Montpellier from Norwegian side Lillestr\u00f8m in the summer. The French side reportedly paid \u20ac4.50 million for Adams, who only signed for Lillestr\u00f8m on a free transfer in January 2022 after leaving Sogndal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old is the top-scoring Nigerian forward<\/a> in the French top division with seven goals now after his latest brace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Akor Adams at the double on Sunday<\/h2>\n

Adams inspired Montpellier to climb into the top half of Ligue 1 courtesy of his brace in a 3-0 victory over rivals Toulouse at Stade de la Mosson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Montpellier, who lost both matches in the league to the Violets last term, made good use of their advantage to move up the ladder on Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

A strong start to the season has gone south in recent weeks for Montpellier, whose recent point deduction was made even worse by a 2-0 defeat at Nantes last timeout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite that setback, the hosts started brightly on Sunday as they sought to get back on track in front of their fans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After some moments of dominance by the visitors where they missed a big chance to go in front, Adams opened the scoring at the other end with a moment of magic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The striker showed impeccable class with his first touch as it completely fooled the away side\u2019s defence and allowed him to pick his spot to place his volley beyond Guillaume Restes.<\/span><\/p>\n

That goal was the difference at the break and upon the restart, the home side made it 2-0 before the hour mark through Khalil Fayad who was set up by Boubakar Kouyat\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adams, who opened the scoring on Sunday, had the pleasure of closing it as he completed his brace. The 23-year-old breezed past his markers again to get in behind, and he showed extreme calmness to drill his effort through Restes to make it 3-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Akor Adams scores his sixth league goal of the season for Montpellier \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n

Only Kylian Mbappe has more in Ligue 1 than the Nigerian \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd pic.twitter.com\/KOXR2lYULl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Soar Super Eagles (@SSE_NGA) October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n