Ghanaian trio dumped out of UEFA Champions League

Ghanaian trio, Richmond Boakye Yiadom, Joseph Paintsil and Majeed Ashimeru have their respective clubs dumped out of the UEFA Champions League after the group stage matches.

Richmond Boakye Yiadom’s of Crevna zvezda failed to book a place in the Europa League as they lost the final game to Olympiacos by 1-0 on Wednesday.

Red Star needed a win to qualify ahead of the Greek giants on match day six.

The Serbian giants finished bottom on the group with three points.

Boakye Yiadom scored a goal in the group stage against Olympiacos on match day four.

Joseph Paintsil’s Genk finished bottom of Group E with just a point. The Ghanaian International made his debut on matchday five against Salzburg.

The Belgium giants were the whipping boys in the group as they failed to beat any of the side in the group stage.

Genk lost heavily to Napoli in the final group game by 4-0.

Majeed Ashemiru was able to help Red Bull Salzburg book a spot in the UEFA Europa League.

Salzburg picked the third spot in Group E with seven points.

The Austrain giants lost the final game to Liverpool by 2-0. Ashimeru played a few minutes in that game