{"id":4012,"date":"2023-10-27T11:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/27\/read_news-phpnid49255\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:49:05","slug":"read_news-phpnid49255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/27\/read_news-phpnid49255\/","title":{"rendered":"Europa League: 2022-23 top scorer Boniface battles West Ham, Roma, Molde stars for Goal of the Week\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/26859Boniface.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\" Europa League: 2022-23 top scorer Boniface battles West Ham, Roma, Molde stars for Goal of the Week\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Victor Boniface has been nominated alongside West Ham midfielder Lucas Paquet\u00e1 and two others for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuropaleague\/goal-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA Europa Goal of the Week<\/a> for matchday 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 22-year-old \u00a0got the third goal in Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s 5-1 mauling of Azerbaijan side Qaraba\u011f FK on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Nigerian star got his goal ten minutes before half-time with a thunderous effort from outside the penalty area which couldn&#8217;t be stopped by Qaraba\u011f shot stopper Andrey Lunyov.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 22-year-old is in the running with Brazilian midfielder \u00a0Paquet\u00e1 who scored with a powerful volley to give West Ham a lifeline in their defeat to Olympiacos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEdoardo Bove&#8217;s long-range strike for Roma in the first minute of their 2-0 victory over Igoh Ogbu&#8217;s Slava Prague and Magnus Eikrem&#8217;s brilliant free-kick for Molde against H\u00e4cken complete the list.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPrior to Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s triumph over Qaraba\u011f, Boniface received his top scorer award for most goals scored in the Europa League last season having notched 6 goals for his previous club,Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHe has started this campaign where he left off last season as he has notched 2 goals in three games in the competition this term.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayer04_en\/status\/1717613953734324620\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc6 Two in the Team of the Season<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6 One Young Player of the season<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6 And the Top Goalscorer!<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bayer04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bayer04<\/a> class of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropaLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@EuropaLeague<\/a> 22\/23 Season! \u26ab\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B04QAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#B04QAR<\/a> |\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bayer04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bayer04<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/aCROSSeurope?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#aCROSSeurope<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#UEL<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a0kwlI7dZS\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/a0kwlI7dZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayer04_en\/status\/1717613953734324620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAbdulkareem Abdulhamid<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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