“Party Scatter” – Nigerian music star Fireboy’s song livens up UEFA Super Cup

David Alaba wasn’t the one participant with hyperlinks to Nigeria on the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on Wednesday

Actual Madrid defeated Europa League champions, Frankfurt within the UEFA Tremendous Cup courtesy of targets of Austrian star of Nigerian descent, David Alaba and Karim Benzema.

Alaba gave the European and Spanish champions the lead within the thirty seventh minute earlier than French ahead Benzema doubled the benefit within the sixty fifth minute.

Greater than Alaba, Nigeria had different involvements as Nigerian worldwide sports activities journalist, Oma Akatugba made a dwell video of Fireboy’s now international hit single, ‘Occasion Scatter’ being performed on the background.

They’re jamming Nigerian tune right here on the Helsinki Stadium earlier than the #Supercup2022 match between @realmadrid and @eintracht_eng pic.twitter.com/RSyB9LGU0L

— Oma Akatugba (@omaakatugba) August 10, 2022

Occasion Scatter was a success single from Fireboy’s second undertaking, Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps and has a large airplay and replay worth throughout Nigerian radio and was globally accepted. It was launched greater than two years in the past and has 4.4million views on YouTube.

Its international acceptance got here to the fore once more when it was performed in Finland to the cheer of followers current on the 36,000-plus seater stadium.

Whereas Actual Madrid’s occasion wasn’t scattered as they tidied Frankfurt, followers might additionally relish the second when considered one of Afrobeats’ most interesting songs hit the stadium audio system.

It wasn’t the primary time Nigerian songs shall be performed in European video games with many others heard up to now.