Kelechi Iheanacho don dey show say Bursaspor fit trust am anytime pressure plenty.
The Super Eagles attacker put up another serious performance on Saturday as e score one goal and provide one assist to help Bursaspor turn the game around and beat Kayserispor 2-1 for Trendyol 1. Lig, na weytin Hitvibz dey yan be dat.
Kelechi Iheanacho No Dey Play With Turkey Football
Kayserispor na dem first take control of the match. Just after 30 minutes, Florent Hasani enter box and calmly convert penalty to put the home team 1-0 up.
Bursaspor go enter half-time dey chase the game. But once second half start, na Iheanacho time. Just 13 minutes after restart, Bursaspor get another penalty and the Nigerian forward step forward without fear.
The 29-year-old keep him head cool, send the goalkeeper one way and put the ball for the other side. 1-1. No shaking.
That goal mean say Iheanacho don now score for each of his first four league appearances for Bursaspor. The man don settle for Turkey sharp sharp.
But Iheanacho no stop there. With 77 minutes gone, the Nigerian switched from striker mode enter playmaker mode. He pick out Alperen Babacan with a fine pass, and Babacan no waste the opportunity.
Goal! Bursaspor don turn the whole game upside down. From 1-0 down to 2-1 up. Na comeback victory.
And once again, Iheanacho dey right inside the matter. This one na already the second time this season wey the former Super Eagles attacker don record both goal and assist for one league game.
He first do am against Bodrum FK for the opening league match.
The Nigerian star eventually play 87 minutes before Lewis Baker come replace am.
But before he comot, he don already leave his mark. Four league appearances. Four goals. Two assists. Six goal contributions. Na serious start for the 29-year-old.
Bursaspor supporters definitely get reason to dey smile. The Green and Whites start the league campaign with two straight wins before Fatih Karagümrük hand dem their first defeat.
But instead make dem allow that loss affect them, dem bounce back against Kayserispor — and Iheanacho once again dey the centre of everything.
Now, all eyes go turn to Thursday when Bursaspor face İstanbulspor. If Iheanacho continue like this, defenders for Turkey fit soon begin dey fear to see him name for the team sheet.
Francis Onyeka Steal The Show While Boniface Watch From Bench
Onyeka: This 19-year-old Nigerian-born star don dey make noise for germany! If you dey find one young Nigerian player wey you suppose watch closely this season, make you no sleep on Francis Onyeka.
The 19-year-old forward put up one big performance on Saturday as SV Elversberg shock Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 for their Bundesliga opener.
And the sweet part? Onyeka actually dey face the club wey still own am.
The young attacker, wey dey Elversberg on loan from Leverkusen, set up Lukas Petkov for the opening goal and help the hosts make one statement victory.
If na Nigerian player performance you dey judge from this Bundesliga weekend, Onyeka get strong case.
The youngster dey cause plenty problems for Leverkusen defence during the 65 minutes wey e spend for pitch before Noah Darvich replace am.
Only eight minutes into the match, Onyeka already make his presence felt. He provide the assist for Petkov to score and give Elversberg 1-0 lead. And dem no even wait long before adding another one.
Just 60 seconds later, Cole Campbell make am 2-0. Leverkusen don enter serious wahala. After half-time, Elversberg push am further.
Petkov return the favour by providing the assist for David Mokwa, and Mokwa finish am to make the score 3-0. For Onyeka, the performance continue wetin don already be one promising start to the season.
Before this game, the teenager don already score twice for Elversberg’s 3-1 DFB-Pokal win against MSV Duisburg.
So now, e don get:
⚽ 2 goals
🅰️ 1 assist
And na just the beginning.
While Onyeka dey shine, Victor Boniface dey watch. One interesting part of the game be say Boniface spend almost the whole match for bench.
The Super Eagles striker only enter with five minutes left for normal time, replacing Afonso Moreira. So when the final whistle blow, Onyeka clearly get the more memorable Nigerian performance.
Another Nigerian, Nathan Tella, no even make Leverkusen matchday squad.
Who Be Francis Onyeka?
This young man get Nigerian roots, and his story fit become very interesting for Super Eagles fans. Francis Onyeka born on April 29, 2007, for Gummersbach, Germany, to Nigerian parents.
He also get Igbo heritage from im mother’s side. Football enter his life very early. At just seven years old, Onyeka join Bayer Leverkusen academy in 2014.
Fast forward to November 2023, the youngster sign his first professional contract with Die Werkself.
He don also represent Germany at youth level, playing for their U17 and U19 teams. But here be the interesting part for Nigeria. Onyeka never play senior competitive international football for Germany yet.
That means, under the international eligibility rules, he still dey eligible to represent Nigeria at senior level through his parents.
And if this boy continue to develop like this, Super Eagles fans fit soon get another serious young talent to watch.
Even though Elversberg shock everybody by going 3-0 up, Leverkusen no give up. Patrik Schick pull one back in the 77th minute after Ibrahim Maza create the chance.
Then, deep inside stoppage time, Christian Kofane score another one to make am 3-2. Suddenly, the game don turn tense. But Elversberg hold their ground.
Final whistle blow. Elversberg 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen.
For Onyeka, e no fit be better way to announce himself. At just 19 years old, the Nigerian-rooted youngster don already show say e get something special.
Now, na to watch how far this boy fit go.
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Last Updated on August 29, 2026 8:21 pm by Hitvibz Media
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