Austrian
side Salzburg‘s young squad is knocking on the door of the Champions League
knockout stage as they went on to win against German side Wolfsburg with a 3-1 margin
on Wednesday.

Noah Okafor
banged in a brace for the Austrian outfit after 19-year-old forward Karim
Adeyemi netted early to put them on course for victory as it bids to reach the
knockout round of the continental tournament for the first time.

Germany
international Adeyemi scored his third goal of the group stage just three
minutes after kickoff, showing off his pace on the counter to beat defender
Kevin Mbabu to a pass and sprint into the penalty area before scoring past Koen
Casteels in the Wolfsburg goal. That was Salzburg’s first goal from open play
in this year’s Champions League after all of its previous three came from the
penalty spot.

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Wolfsburg
responded in the 15th minute when Lukas Nmecha got the equaliser through a
glancing header on a corner to tuck the ball inside the far post. The German
team had only one more shot on target all game.

Okafor, a
21-year-old winger, took full advantage of sloppy defending by Wolfsburg to
score twice at corners. First, he knocked in a loose ball in the 65th after
Wolfsburg twice failed to clear the ball, and then he made it 3-1 in the 77th
with a turn and shot when left entirely unmarked.

Salzburg
has seven points from three games and will stay atop Group G regardless of the
result between Lille and Sevilla in the other game later on Wednesday.

In another game, FC Barcelona won for the first time in the UEFA Champions League this season as they beat Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 at Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Gerard Pique scored the lone goal for Barcelona to give them their first Champions League win of the season. It is also the first time that the Catalans have won in the tournament since Lionel Messi left the club for PSG.

(With AP inputs)