By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Super Eagles duo, Samuel Chukwueze and Peter Olayinka are in the running for the UEFA Europa Conference League Goal of the Week, Promptnewsonline.com.
The Nigerians will battle Istanbul Basaksehir’s Hassan Ali Kaldirim and Wouter Burger of Basel for the individual award.
Chukwueze scored once and also provided an assist in Villarreal’s 4-3 win against Polish side, Lech Poznan at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Thursday night.
The 23-year-old restored parity for the Yellow Submarine in the 32nd minute cancelling out Michal Skoras’ opener.
The winger, who captained Villarreal on the night set up Alex Baena for side’s third goal.
Olayinka netted Slavia Prague’s only goal in the 1-1 draw at Sivasspor.
The striker, who was part of Nigeria’s squad to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon won the ball in the Sivasspor half and rushed towards goal before firing under the crossbar from a tight angle.
