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Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen And Bamidele Yusuf Each Wins Man Of The Match Award To Push Teams To Next Round As Other Nigerians Also Shine In Europe Continental Competitions With Mouthwatering Round of 16 Pairings
Some Nigerian players shone like million stars as they helped push their various teams to the next round with the duo of Victor Osimhen and Bamidele Yusuf even going ahead of winning the Man of the Match Awards in the second leg decisive matches for their respective clubs.
In the UEFA Champions League, Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen left nothing to chance as he gave Galatasaray fc that usual push, scoring in extra time to aid Galatasaray to the Round of 16, they qualify above Juventus 7-5 on agreegate and in the process won the Man of the Match Award.
Galatasaray fc will entertain Liverpool in the two legged Round of 16 encounter.
A 76th minute assist by second half substitute, Super Eagles attacker, Ademola Lookman, who was in his usual best, was more than enough to give Atletico Madrid 7-4 aggregate win over Club Brugge.
Ademola Lookman, barely 6 minutes of introduction, gave an assist to hatrick hero, Alexander Sorloth.
Atletico Madrid will lock horns with Tottenham Hotspur in the Round of 16.
In the UEFA Europa League, Nigeria’s best player therein, who needs Super Eagles call up now, judging by his sterling and superlative performance, especially in the Europa League for his club, Ferencvarosi fc, Bamidele Yusuf, gave the all important assist for his team’s second goal against Ludogorets of Bulgaria on Thursday night to make the Round of 16 via a 3-2 aggregate win.
Bamidele Yusuf, who has scored 5 goals out of the 13 his team has netted thus far in the Europa League this season, was awarded the Man of the Match Award by Flashscore having scored the highest of the night with an impressive 8.1 points.
His team will face Braga fc of Portugal in the Round of 16.
Another Nigerian player that qualify with his club, Panathinaikos, to the Round of 16 although played no part due to a thigh injury is Cyriel Dessers. His team qualify 4-3 on aggregate over Plzen of Czech Republic who also has another Nigerian in their squad, Salim Lawal.
Panathinaikos will face Betis in the Round of 16.
Another Nigerian through to the Round of 16 of the Europa League with his club, Genk of Belgium is Yori Sor.
Sor Yori netted in the return leg against Dinamo Zagreb to qualify to the Round of 16, 6-4 on aggregate.
Yori Sor now has two goals to his name.
His team will face Freiburg in the Round of 16.
The duo of Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi also made it with their club, Nottingham Forests to the Round of 16 after they saw off Fenerbahce 4-2 on aggregate.
Their team, Nottingham Forests will confront Midtjylland fc in the Round of 16.
In the Conference League, Papa Daniel qualified Celje fc of Slovenia to the Round of 16 after knocking out Drita of Kosovo 6-4 on aggregate.
Celje fc will battle AEK Athens of Greece in the Round of 16.
Ahmad Ghali will also play in the Round of 16 after his team, Sigma Olomouc of Czech Republic beat Lausanne of Switzerland 3-2 on aggregate.
Sigma Olomouc will meet Mainz of Germany in the Round of 16.
Another Nigerian that will be seen in action for his club in the Round of 16 Conference League is Taofeek Ismaheel. His team, Lech of Poland defeated Kups fc of Poland 3-0 on aggregate to qualify.
His team will confront Shaktar Donestk of Ukraine in the Round of 16.
