UEFA Champions League UCL: Olatunji Makes History In Sparta Prague Win Over Salzburg

Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League match saw Sparta Prague upset Austrian team RB Salzburg 3-0, with Victor Olatunji scoring and dishing out an assist.

Three minutes prior to halftime, Olatunji netted Sparta Prague’s second goal of the match.

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This season, the 25-year-old became the first Nigerian to score in the league.

A little over an hour had passed when the striker set up Qazim Laci for the second goal for the home squad.

In the sixty-fourth minute, Olatunji was substituted by Albion Rharamani.

The next Champions League matchup pits Stuttgart against Sparta Prague.

According to Opta, Victor Olatunji is the third African player to score and assist on his UEFA Champions League debut, after Daniel Cousin in 2007 (for Rangers vs Lyon) and Serge Aurier in 2015 (for PSG vs Shakhtat Donetsk).

Indeed, he’s the first Nigerian player to do so.


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