Miya makes debut but cannot stop Standard Liege defeat

Miya (Left, jersey no15) and team-mates after

 their defeat on Sunday.

It wasn't the dream start players pray for, but Farouk Miya took his first steps in European professional football as a substitute when 10-man Standard de Liege suffered a 4-0 league loss yesterday.

Ugandan football ace Miya came on as a 2nd half substitute, replacing Colombian Andrade with the team already 3-0 down and a man down. This after Milos Kosanovic was red carded early in the game. 

Miya then got a yellow card as KV Mechelen hammered his new club Standard de Liege 4-0 in Belgium's Jupiler Professional League.

Miya came on for Darwin Andrade

Standard Liege, who have had a poor season by their high standards, dropped to 7th on the table but are still good enough for the Belgium League Play-offs 1 for the top 7 teams. Mechelen remained in 10th and will play in the Play-offs 2.

Miya's club return to action in the Cup Final on Sunday against Club Brugge.

Standard starting XI yesterday: Valdés, Goreux, Scholz, Kosanovic, Andrade, Dossevi, Maniatis, Trebel, Dompé, Boschilia, Santini 

Substitutes: Hubert, Fai, Arslanagic, Fiore, Miya, Badibanga, Emond.

Photographs from Sunday's game

                            P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
Club Brugge 30 21 1 8  64 30 64
AA Gent 30 17 9 4 56 29 60
Anderlecht         30 15 10 5 51 29 55
Oostende           30 14 7 9 55 44 49
Racing Genk 30 14 6 10 42 30    48
Zulte Waregem 30 12 7 11 51 50 43
Standard Liège 30 12 5 13 41 51 41
Charleroi            30 10 9 11 36 39 39
Kortrijk              30 10 9 11 31 35 39
KV Mechelen    30 10 7 13 48 50 37
Lokeren 30 8 10 12 35 40   34
Waas-Beveren 30 9 6 15 40 57    33
STVV                30 8 6 16 28 47 30
Mouscron           30 7 9 14 39 51 30
Westerlo            30 7 9 14 35 59 30
OH Leuven         30 7 8 15 42 53 29



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Miya was handed shirt 15 when he joined 

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