Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: AFCON 2025 Qualifiers - CAF.
Going by the statistics, Ademola lookman has been doing remarkable well for himself, that hat trick against Bayern Leverkusen in that UEFA Europa final really brought him to an incredible limelight. I saw Atalanta's last match in the UEFA Champions League encounter with Real Madrid, Lookman was all dazzling with an incredible moves and passes in and out of the Madrid defence line, a match they lost 3-2 but he was still recognised and given match of the match because of his exceptional brilliance. Is good to see him wearing the Yoruba native attire. Congratulations champ.
That hat-trick against Leverkusen in the Europa League final was a record breaking hat-trick as he became the first African to score a treble in a Europa League finals, cresting his team the champion title after many decades.
sourceAs a Nigerian am proud to see that the CAF men's player of the year is moving from one Nigerian (Victor Osimhen) to another Nigerian, Ademola Lookman is one of such exceptional winger whose creative impact helped made Nigeria to get to the last African Cup of Nations although Ivory Coast managed to win in that final game with a late goal. Congratulations to him for a well deserved achievement.