Nigeria head coach Finidi George has defended the tactical omission of Victor Boniface in the 1-1 draw against South Africa on Friday. Boniface was an unused substitute in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match in Uyo with Paul Onuachu handed a rare start to lead the Super Eagles attack while Terem Moffi was brought on later in the game. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru’s strike in the 47th minute...
Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, on Friday, announced his 23-man star-studded list for Nigeria's upcoming matches against South Africa and Benin Republic in Group C of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 53-year-old former Nigeria international has called upon Eagles' leading marksman Victor Osimhen, Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final hat-trick hero Ademola Lookman, newly-crowned German Bundesliga champion Victor Boniface, as well...
Super Eagles and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface has put Wednesday's defeat to Atalanta in the UEFA Europa League final behind, and is looking forward to Saturday's German Cup final against Kaiserslautern. The German Champions were beaten 3-0 by Atalanta in Dublin, courtesy a hattrick by Nigerian winger Ademola Lookman. While reacting to the defeat on his official X handle, Boniface acknowledged that defeat is part...
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...
Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface flew his childhood coach, Johnson Blessing Perez from Nigeria to Germany for their Bundesliga title party on Saturday. Coach Perez, as he is fondly called in Akure - a city in the southwestern part of Nigeria, mentored Boniface through his youth academy - Royal Gold Soccer Academy during his teenage years. Boniface starred in Germany in his debut season at Bayer...
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