VICTOR BONIFACE BREAK YAKUBU AIYEGBENI 20YEARS UEFA LEAGUE RECORD

Nigerian ahead Victor Boniface placed on an excellent efficiency for Bodø/Glimt yesterday, netting three objectives in house of 58 minutes to interrupt the long-standing 20-year report set by former Tremendous Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni, develop into the second Nigerian to attain a hat-trick in a UEFA Champions League match.

The 21-year-old teenager scored thrice as his Norwegian membership Bodø/Glimt thrashed Faroes outfit Klaksvik 3-0 within the first leg of the Champions League preliminaries on Wednesday evening, making him the primary participant to attain a hat-trick within the 2022/2023 season of the largest soccer match in Europe.

Along with his unbelievable feat, Victor grew to become the second-ever Nigerian participant to attain three objectives in a Champions League match, breaking the 20-year-old report held by former Everton man, Yakubu Ayegbeni when he netted all three objectives in Maccabi Haifa’s 3-0 win towards Olympiacos in 2002. Nonetheless, it was in the primary match.

Victor additionally turns into the primary participant to web a Champions League hat-trick for a Norwegian in 15 years. The final participant to attain that was Abdou Razack Traoré for Rosenborg in August 2007.