Victor Boniface scored two incredible goals including a goal-of-the-season contender, Gift Orban also continued his goal-scoring run as at least 8 Nigerian footballers were involved during midweek European Club competition games.

Below is the report of all the Nigerian players listed for European Club Competition games during the midweek.

UEFA Champions League

1. Raphael Onyedika: Benfica 5-1 (Agg 7-1) Club Brugge

Came in the second half just at the restart of the second 45 minutes but couldn’t help save his team from Benfica’s destruction and round-of-16 elimination.

After keeping the clean sheets during the group stages, Club Brugge shipped in more goals over two legs against Benfica than they conceded during 6 Group games.

UEFA Europa League

2. Victor Boniface: Union Berlin 3-3 Union Saint-Gilloise

Victor Boniface scored a brace for Union Saint-Gilloise as they played out a 3-3 draw away to Union Berlin in their UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg. He is the Europa League joint-top scorer with five goals.

3. Anderson Esiti: Leverkusen 2-0 Ferencvaros

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Anderson Esiti was on the pitch the entire time as his Hungary club Ferencvaros lost 2-0 in the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first-leg game to Baye Leverkusen in Germany.

4. Bright Osayi-Samuel: Sevilla 2-0 Fenerbache

Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel was introduced in the second half for Fenerbache who lost 2-0 to Sevilla in Spain in a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first-leg game.

UEFA Europa Conference League

5. Samuel Chukwueze: Anderlecht 1-1 Villarreal

Samuel Chukwueze was impressive for Villarreal who were forced to a 1-1 draw by the host in Belgium on Thursday in a UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg game.

He provided the assist for Villarreal’s goal as he take his goal contribution for the Yellow Submarines this season to 22 (10 goals, 12 assists).

6. Gift Orban: Gent 1-1 Basaksehir

Gift Orban just can’t stop scoring. He scored the equalizer for Gent to make it another back-to-back goal for his Belgian side.

He scored the winner against Anderlecht over the weekend and now in the Europa Conference league first-leg game.

7. Ishaq Abdulrazak: Anderlecht  1-1 Villarreal

Ishaq Abdulrazak was an unused sub as his Belgian club forced Villarreal to a 1-1 draw in a UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg game.

8. Terem Moffi: Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 Nice

Terem Moffi was on the pitch the entire time as Nice secured an important 1-0 away win against Sheriff Tiraspol in a UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg game.

9. Iyayi Believe Atiemwen: Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 Nice

Iyayi Believe Atiemwen played for 55 minutes before he was taken out as his Sheriff Tiraspol lost 1-0 in a UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg game.

10. Ahmed Musa: Firentina 1-0 Sivasspor

Ahmed Musa was an unused sub as his Turkish club Sivasspor suffered a 1-0 away defeat to Fiorentina in Italy in a UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg game.