AFCON 2025
Super Eagles of Nigeria star Ademola Lookman scored for Atalanta in their Champions League clash to record an away 0-2 win against VfB Stuttgart.
In a very tight affair, there would be no goals scored in the first half.
In the 51st minute, Lookman took advantage of a deft assist from Charles De Ketelaere to score the game’s first goal for Atalanta.
Lookman rushed to the cutback to beat the goalkeeper already off his line.
In the 88th minute, the Italian team doubled their lead as Nicolo Zaniolo took advantage of a lapse in Stuttgart’s defense to curl a precise shot.
Lookman who finished 14th in the recent Ballon d’Or ranking is now the favorite to win the CAF Player of the Year award,
The victory raises Atalanta’s just-below teams straight to the knockout rounds after surviving another tough encounter in the Champions League.
Nigerian head coach Austin Eguavoen has called up Lookman for the upcoming 2024 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Amavubi of Rwanda and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic.
