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‘African Player of the Year’ – Nigerians celebrate Lookman after Europa League final heroics

Football enthusiasts are tipping Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman to be the 2024 African Footballer of the Year after scoring a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League final on Thursday. Lookman single-handedly powered Atalanta to a 3-0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen at the Aviva Stadium. His heroics in the second-tier European competition puts him in the running to succeed compatriot Victor Osimhen who is the reigning African football...

UEL: Nigeria’s Lookman scores historic hat-trick as Atalanta wins first European title

by Ibikunle Salako

22 May 2024

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman scored a brilliant hat-trick for Atalanta in their exhilarating 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Nigerian made history at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, as he became the first African player to score a hat-trick in the final of a major UEFA competition, and the first player to score thrice in...

Lookman makes African history with hat-trick in Europa League final

by Taiye Taiwo

22 May 2024

Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman became the first African player to score three goals in the final of a major UEFA tournament. Lookman scored two quick-fire goals in the first-half with a third in the second half to give Atalanta a 30 lead in the first half of the UEFA Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. The hat-trick also made Lookman the third Nigeria international...

UEL Final: Boniface, Lookman & five other Africans in search of European glory

by Ibikunle Salako

22 May 2024

As the curtains continue to draw on club football for the 2023–24 season, major finals will be played across European leagues, as well as huge showdowns on different continental stages, one of them being the Europa League. The second division of European club football will see a new champion crowned when German champions Bayer Leverkusen take on Italian side Atalanta in the competition’s final at the...

Europa League final: Xabi Alonso confident of Leverkusen victory over Atalanta

by Kunle Fayiga

22 May 2024

Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso is confident that his team will claim victory in the Europa League final against Atalanta in Dublin on Wednesday night. The German outfit have been the talk of the season having gone unbeaten in all competitions this season and clinched a first-ever Bundesliga title. They are now on course for an unprecedented treble but will face a stern test against an...

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‘African Player of the Year’ – Nigerians celebrate Lookman after Europa League final heroics

UEL: Nigeria’s Lookman scores historic hat-trick as Atalanta wins first European title

Lookman makes African history with hat-trick in Europa League final

UEL Final: Boniface, Lookman & five other Africans in search of European glory

Europa League final: Xabi Alonso confident of Leverkusen victory over Atalanta

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