Ola Aina, Yira Sor and Bamidele Yusuf will feature in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League courtesy of their respective clubs progression.
Ola Aina’s Nottingham Forest fell 2-1 at home to Fenerbache Thursday night in a reverse tie, but qualified for the next round on the back of a 3-0 win in Turkey.
They thus advanced 4-2 on aggregate with Super Eagles defender Ola Aina providing the assist for Forest to pull a goal back in the 68th minute after they fell behind 2-0.
Genk and former Flying Eagles winger Yira Sor scraped through 6-4 on aggregate against Dinamo Zagreb following a 3-3 draw after extra time in Belgium.
Dinamo, who lost the first leg at home 3-1, went in front on the road, before Yira Sor drew the home team level on 51 minutes to make up for missing a big chance earlier.
Dinamo scored two more goals to take this Playoff tie into extra time during which Genk scored twice to draw level and go through 6-4 over both legs.
Hungary’s Ferencvaros overturned a 2-1 loss at Ludogorets of Bulgaria with a 2-0 home win.
Winger Bamidele Yusuf was Man of the Match with a personal rating of 8.1 points.
He assisted for his team’s second goal, which proved to be most decisive in this tie.
Super Eagles striker Salim Fago Lawal and Viktoria Plzen as well as Red Star Belgrade, who paraded their match winner in France Franklin Tebo, were not lucky in this competition as they were eliminated.
Plzen lost after a penalty shootout to Panathinaikos, while Red Star fell to Lille in extra time.
