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Boniface Realizes Dream, Plays UCL After Watching for N30.

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Nigerian striker Victor Boniface expresses euphoria after making his highly anticipated UEFA Champions League debut for Bayer Leverkusen.

Boniface who played a key role in Leverkusen’s commanding 4-0 win against Feyenoord at Rotterdam’s Stadion Feyenoord on Thursday evening.

After being substituted out in the 62nd minute for Patrick Schick, Boniface reflected on his “dream come true” Champions League debut, nostalgically recalling his youth in Akure, Nigeria, where he watched UCL matches for just 30 naira at the 323 Army Barracks.

“From paying 30 Naira to watch champions league football for night back then for 323 army barrack

Akure to playing my first champions league game. Proud of this moment,” he wrote on X.

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