Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Boniface traveled to Spain to observe his compatriot Chidera Ejuke as Sevilla fell to a 4-1 defeat towards Barcelona on the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Soccernet.ng stories.

Sevilla welcomed Barcelona for the second installment of their La Liga conflict towards Sevilla on Sunday. Recall that the primary installment of the tie resulted in a 5-0 loss for Sevilla. That was additionally the sport during which Ejuke suffered his hamstring harm.

Los Nervionenses at present have two Nigerians on their books, however Akor Adams missed the tie as a result of an harm whereas Ejuke began from the bench.

Simply earlier than the sport began, Bayer Leverkusen star Boniface shared a video of Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. After the sport, Boniface shared an image of himself with Ejuke and their brokers.

Barcelona dominated the primary half of the encounter, with Robert Lewandowski giving them the lead after simply seven minutes. Nevertheless, simply seconds later, Sevilla pulled one again courtesy of Ruben Vargas.

The sport remained like that till the break. However Barca switched it up a notch within the second half. They usually had been rewarded, as Fermin Lopez and Raphinha scored within the first ten minutes to provide Barcelona a 3-1 lead.

Sadly, their momentum decreased after Lopez received despatched off for a nasty deal with within the 61st minute. Only a minute later, Ejuke was launched into the sport.

The Nigerian changed Vargas, however he couldn’t pepper the Barcelona backline. Identified for his immaculate capacity to dribble, he was on the receiving finish this time, with Lamine Yamal and Jules Kounde dribbling previous him on a number of events.

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He couldn’t do a lot in the long run, as Eric Garcia added the fourth objective for Barcelona within the 89th minute to make sure that it ended 4-1 after 90 minutes.

Ejuke has to do higher than his Barcelona efficiency

Ejuke was out of motion for 3 months, however he has not been himself since he returned from his harm. Ejuke normally likes to hug the ball and carve out open areas for his crew, however he couldn’t do this towards Barcelona.

Vargas, who began the sport, was more practical and regarded extra harmful at any time when Sevilla attacked. Ejuke’s efficiency was not sufficient to persuade coach Garcia Pimienta that he deserves extra time, and that’s one thing he ought to work on.

If Ejuke doesn’t decide up the tempo quickly, he could possibly be relegated to being a bench hotter.