“From Paying N30 To Watch Champions League, To Playing My First Champion League” – Victor Boniface ‘Proud’ Of UCL Debut

Nigerian striker Victor Boniface has expressed his excitement after making his first UEFA Champions League appearance for Bayer Leverkusen.

Boniface featured in Leverkusen’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Feyenoord at the Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, on Thursday night.

Reflecting on the match, Boniface spoke of how the experience was a dream come true, particularly recalling his childhood in Akure, Nigeria, where he paid just 30 naira to watch Champions League games at the 323 Army Barracks.

He wrote; “From paying 30 Naira to watch champions league football for night back then for 323 army barrack
Akure to playing my first champions league game. proud of this moment”.