Super Eagles’ buffs are celebrating starting roles for Victor Moses at Fernebahce of Turkey and Alex Iwobi at Arsenal of England in Thursday’s UEFA Europa League fixtures.
Also receiving recognition in the European second-tier competition on Thursday night were the duo of Dennis Bonaventure at Club Brugge of Belgium and Stephen Odey at FC Zurich of Switzerland, as they also got on the starting 11 of their respective teams.
Footballlive.ng can report further that Olarewaju Kayode started from the bench for Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Samuel Chukwueze was not dressed by Villarreal of Spain.
Consequently, Moses, Iwobi, Odey and Bonaventure took top spot in the social media spotlight, as Eagles’ fans celebrated the quartet long before the early kick-off matches on the night of Europa League action.
Writing on @Supereaglescomp, the post read: “Nigerian players involved in the Europa League. Moses, Dennis, Odey and Iwobi all start for their respective clubs!!”