LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –Super Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has sent his congratulations to Victor Boniface for winning the Bundesliga Title with Bayer Leverkusen.
In a resounding 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen on Sunday, Leverkusen etched their name in history by claiming the prestigious title.
Boniface gave Leverkusen the lead from the penalty spot midway into the first half.
The Nigerian forward assisted the club’s second goal scored by Granit Xhaka shortly after the interval. Substitute Florian Wirtz added a 22-minute hat-trick to make sure of the win and send Leverkusen fans into jubilations.
After beating Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen boast 79 points, 16 more than second-placed Bayern Munich, with five games to play.
Boniface contributed 11 goals and eight assists in only 18 matches to Leverkusen’s title triumph.
The 23-year-old striker also has five goals and two assists in six Europa League games to help the Germans put one foot in the competition’s semifinals.
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Leverkusen are also through to the finals of the DFB Pokal, with Boniface netting two goals in his only two appearances in that tournament.
Boniface and Tella become the first Nigerians since Sunday Oliseh to win the Bundesliga title.
Pascal Ojigwe won the Bundesliga title with FC Kaiserslautern in 1998, and Sunday Oliseh repeated the feat with Borussia Dortmund in 2002.
Shortly after Boniface matched Oliseh’s German title feat, the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to felicitate with his younger compatriot.
Oliseh described him as a very skilful and intelligent player who is capable of leading Super Eagles to glory at the Africa Cup of Nations.
He applauded Boniface’s key qualities that make him so important for Bayer Leverkusen and Nigeria.
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“Victor Boniface was once again extraordinary as Leverkusen grabbed its first ever Bundesliga title with 5 games left to play. Boniface is strong, skillful, intelligent, mobile, calm under pressure and I am convinced he will lead Nigeria to AFCON glory & more soon. Congrats,” Oliseh wrote.