Ghanaian youngster, Kelvin Yeboah netted a brace to propel SK Sturm Graz to the group stage of the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League in the Austrian Típico Bundesliga on Saturday evening against Wolfsberger AC.
The 21-year-old Ghanaian attacker played 71 minutes of the match and helped his team to take a commanding and a comfortable 3-1 lead which secured them an Europa League football next season before he was substituted.
The Black and Whites will taste group stage football of UEFA competition for the first time since 2012 when they played in the UEFA Europa League group stages after finishing third on the league table.
Sturm Graz only lost out on Champions League football to Rapid Wien on goals difference as they both finished the season with 36 points from 32 matches.
In their final game away at Wolfsberger, Thorsten Rocher was shown the red card after 28 minutes but the home team shot themselves in the lead through a brilliant goal on the 36th minute scored by Dejan Joveljic.
The visitors ended the first half trailing by a lone goal but were fortunate just nine minutes after the break when defender, Jonathan Scherzer scored an own goal to restore parity for the Black and Whites.
On the 59th minute mark of the game, Yeboah scored with a right-footed effort from very close range into the center of the goal gave the visitors the lead after capitalizing on their one man advantage to make it 2-1.
Six minutes after the hour mark, Jon Gorenc Stankovic set up the Ghanaian forward with a long ball and thethe young striker controlled the ball into the box with his head before beating two defenders and the goalkeeper inside the box to power home the third goal for the away team and grab his brace with another close range finish to make 3-1 on the 66th minute of the match before he was substituted five minutes later.
Sturm Graz won the game with a 3-1 comeback win in their final game of the 2020-21 Austrian Típico Bundesliga.
Kelvin Yeboah played 31 games for his team this season in Austria’s top-flight and scored 10 goals with seven assists to his credit.
The Ghanaian youngster will play in the group stages of UEFA club competition for the first time in his professional career after helping Sturm Graz book their tickets in the next season’s competition.
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