Tonight at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin in Ireland, three Nigerians will battle for Europe's second most prestigious inter-club trophy, the UEFA Europa League, Nigeriasoccernet.com writes.
In what has been a great season for Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles winger will hope to end it on high with a trophy but has two other Super Eagles players to contend with, Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella.
Boniface and Tella are currently enjoying their best life ever as professional footballers having won the German Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen weeks back and also ending the league season unbeaten last weekend. They are also in the German's cup final.
With records insight for Nigerian duo of Bayer Leverkusen who could set a new record of finishing the entire season unbeaten with just two games left for their season to end, and a treble insight as well, it's definitely going to be a difficult game for Ademola Lookman's Atalanta who relatively have had a good season thus far having finished runner-up to Juventus in the Coppa Italia Cup final and already secured a place in next season's UEFA Champions League with a game left to end the Italian topflight season.
On his way to the final, Ademola lookman stole the show with his impressive performance, scoring a goal and providing an assist as Atalanta defeated French giants Marseille 4-1 on aggregate to play in their first-ever Europa League title.
In the other semi-final, despite winning the first leg 2-0 away in Rome, Leverkusen had to come from 2-goals down to draw 2-2 with Roma in what could have been a disastrous night at the BAYArena. While Boniface was an unused substitute in the both legs of the semifinal, Tella was brought on by Xabi Alonso and the Nigerian played a role in the build-up to the late equaliser in the second leg played at the BAYArena.
Atalanta have never won an European trophy and Leverkusen on the hand are looking to win their firstever treble and also end the season unbeaten
With the two clubs chasing records, the Dublin convergence for the Super Eagles stars will leave Nigerians divided as to whom they should support on Wednesday night as the trio are largely loved by the country's footballing fans.
By Oluwayemi Omolagba