It was Sweet and Super Saturday as the Super Eagles trio of Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface and Samuel Chukwueze scored for the respective clubs after the end of the October international football break, Sports247 reports.
The Super Eagles hit worldwide headlines after their ordeals in Libya Abraq Airport and returned to Nigeria without achieving their mission of picking their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after Matchday four of the qualifiers.
It seems the players have put the ordeal behind after returning to club action on Saturday as Victor Boniface and Samuel Chukwueze scored and shine for their respective clubs after their 20 hours of no accommodation, food or access to the internet at the Libya Airport.
Victor Boniface secured the winner for Bayern Leverkusen in their hard fought 2-1 Victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga match played on Saturday at the Bay Arena to continue his great run in front of goals this season for the club.
He nodded home the winner at the death, a redemption of a sort for him after he missed a penalty early in the game.
Elsewhere in the Italian Serie A, Samuel Chukwueze waited for the best time to grab his first goal of the season for AC Milan, as his lone strike secured all the three points for San Siro lord against Udinese on Saturday.
A huge relief for the Nigeria forward who has been battling to stay with consistent form early season as he repaid coach Stefan Pioli faith in him for his third start of the season.
His moment early in the first half of the game after he coolly converted from close after a teed up from Christian Pulisic as AC Milan returned to winning ways having lost their last match against Fiorentina 2-1 before the international break.
It was a goal scoring return for Victor Osimhen after recovering from the injury which ruled him out of the Libyan ordeal as Galatasaray crushed Antalyaspor 3-0 in the Turkish Super League match played on Saturday.
Osimhen made an emphatic statement about his fitness level, after coming from the bench to an audacious acrobatic goal to extend Galatasaray’s goals advantage in the match.
The Nigerian striker floated his body in air to connect a cross into the box with his legs as the ball evaded everyone and landed at the back of the net to send filled stadium to a rapturous applause.
He now has 3 goals and four assists since he joined the Turkish giant on a season loan move from Italian Serie A side, Napoli FC during the 2024 summer transfer window.
