Super Eagles Stars Face Off In UEFA Champions League Group Stages
Published: August 30, 2018
One of the attractions of Thursday's group stage draws of the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League is the likely games Nigeria internationals Bryan Idowu (Locomotive Moscow), Henry Onyekuru (Galatasaray ), Kayode Olarenwaju (Shakhtar Donetsk) and Tyrone Ebuehi (Benfica) will play in the European Premier Cup competition.
The duo of Henry Onyekuru and Bryan Idowu are likely to be featured by their Turkish and Russian sides respectively after they were pooled In Group D with the Russian champions the seeded team.
Super Eagles right back, Ebuehi, is unlikely to be fit for the group stages after he was ruled out for at least five months with an injury.
Meanwhile former Super Eagles defender and now AS Monaco Director of Football, Mike Emenalo, who previously worked with Chelsea was at the draw held in Monaco and saw his team grouped along with Atletico Madrid, Borrusia Dortmund and Club Brugge.
The group stages of the competition will start 18 September with the final to be played on June 1 at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.
Izuchukwu Okosi
The duo of Henry Onyekuru and Bryan Idowu are likely to be featured by their Turkish and Russian sides respectively after they were pooled In Group D with the Russian champions the seeded team.
Shakhtar Donetsk striker Olarenwaju is in line to face his former employers Manchester City in Group F which also contains Lyon and 1899 Hoffenheim.
Meanwhile former Super Eagles defender and now AS Monaco Director of Football, Mike Emenalo, who previously worked with Chelsea was at the draw held in Monaco and saw his team grouped along with Atletico Madrid, Borrusia Dortmund and Club Brugge.
The group stages of the competition will start 18 September with the final to be played on June 1 at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.
Izuchukwu Okosi
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