- Nigerian ace makes team-of-the week
Following his super performance at the weekend, Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has been given the tag ‘titan of a striker’ after his brace for Bayer Leverkusen was picked as one of several high points on brilliant Bundesliga weekend.
The 22-year-old who moved to Leverkusen from Belgian club , Royale Union Saint-Gilloise has been on fire since the start of the Bundesliga scoring an impressive six goals in five appearances including Sunday’s double in the 4-1 demolition of Heidenheim.
“I didn’t expect that I would score six goals in five games,” Boniface who made his debut for Nigeria this month against Sao Tome & Principe, said. “Like I said, in football, you just need to keep trying your best and see what happens in the end.”
But in the incisive review of the weekend’s matches, analysts noted that Leverkusen would remain a strong force in the on-going campaign even more so ‘when their fire-starter-in-chief Victor Boniface continues to blaze in the goals for the Bundesliga’s joint-leaders.’
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The Bundesliga experts added: “It is, of course, far too early to wonder where this all might lead to for the high-flying Werkself and their titan of a striker, but it has certainly made for compelling viewing in the opening games of this Unmissable season so far.
Meanwhile, Boniface has been named in the Bundesliga Team-of-the-week by whoscored.com in a dream three-man attacking line up along with Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane and VfB Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy.
While Kane made headlines with his first Bundesliga hattrick in the 7-0 thrashing of Bochum, Guinea’s Guirassy completed a remarkable three consecutive brace as Stuttgart thrash SV Darmstadt 98 3-1.
Boniface who signed for Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, scored his first Bundesliga goals by netting a brace in a 3–0 away derby win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.