A great night in Germany it was for Super Eagles duo of Nathan Tella and Victor Boniface as their Bayer Leverkusen survived AS Roma scare, coming from two goals down to pick the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League final ticket, Nigeriasoccernet.com can report.
After winning the first leg 2-0 in Rome, one would think the game in Germany will be a wak in the park for the newly crowned German Champions. However, the team went from dominance from almost having their hands in their fingers but once again thanks to two late goals, they did only pick the final ticket but also extended their unbeaten records to 49, the highest ever to be achieved by an European club in a season across all competition.
Leandro Parades' brace from the spot helped Roma level 2-2 on aggregate as at the 66th minutes, leading 2-0 on the night at the BayArena, and with the game setting for an extra time, Bayer Leverkusen like they've done all season got two late goals, an own goal from Mancini in the 82nd minute and the leveller from Josip Stanisic.
Xabi Alonso's men have not only taken Germany by a storm but also the all of the world with the way they've win and drawn matches to maintain their unbeaten record since the start of the season.
Meanwhile, Super Eagles duo of Nathan Tella and Victor Boniface were unused sub in the BayArena encounter. While Victor Boniface had struggle to break into the starting 11 since his return from injury, Nathan Tella have been on and off the starting lineup and with four games to end the season it is let to be seen if both players can regain their place in the starting 11.
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The duo will be up against national teammate, Ademola Lookman who got a goal and an assist as Atalanta defeat Marseille 3-0 in Italy in the May 22nd final.
By Oluwayemi Omolagba