Peter Olayinka’s Slavia Prague will battle Rangers, who parade fellow Super Eagles stars Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun, for a place in the quarterfinal of the UEFA Europa League.
Slavia Prague, who sent Leicester City packing in the previous round of the competition, will host the first leg on March 11 with the return leg a week after.
Olayinka is the most impressive Nigeria star in the Europa League after Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City.
He will be expected to improve his players’ ranking at this stage of the competition.
Another Nigerian interest in the Europa League Round of 16 will be represented by Samuel Chukwueze, whose Villarreal will be away at Dynamo Kiev.
Iyayi Atiemwen’s Dinamo Zagreb face a most daunting task even at home against star-studded Tottenham on March 11 with the return game in London a week later.
The Serbian club eliminated Krasnodar of Russia in the Round of 32.
