Tremendous Eagles grasp dribbler Ejuke tipped to make full Champions League debut for Antwerp towards Barcelona

The Nigerian worldwide struggled to get going on the Belgian facet, however he’s slowly getting again to his good finest

Royale Antwerp will hand Chidera Ejuke his full membership debut within the UEFA Champions League once they face visiting Barcelona on the Bosuilstadion in Deurne tonight, Soccernet.ng understands.

Antwerp are already out of the competitors, having misplaced all of their 5 video games, and sit backside of a Group that additionally has Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Ejuke featured in its place in three of these video games, accumulating solely 74 minutes in defeats to Porto (house and away) and Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Tremendous Eagles star struggled to search out his ft in October and early November when Antwerp confronted Porto twice.

Nonetheless, he was The Reds’ finest participant within the 1-0 loss at Shakhtar Donetsk by a rustic mile when he got here off the bench at halftime.

Ejuke posted the third-best dribbling statistics in Europe on that matchday five as Antwerp sought in useless for an equaliser.

The previous CSKA Moscow has scored two objectives in his final three league video games, and Antwerp coach Mark van Bommel is poised at hand him a primary beginning shirt within the Champions League towards, as per Gva.

Barcelona have already sealed qualification to the knockout rounds of Europe’s premier membership competitors and can end high of the group in the event that they keep away from a defeat versus Antwerp.

Of their first-ever look within the Champions League, Royal Antwerp, although, wish to bow out on a excessive, and coach Mark van Bommel is predicted to place ahead his finest eleven to beat the Spanish visitors.

Elsewhere, Zaidu Sanusi and Porto will be a part of Barcelona within the subsequent spherical ought to they keep away from dropping to Shakhtar Donetsk.

Peter Olayinka’s Crimson Star Belgrade will host Manchester Metropolis with the intention of handing the champions their first defeat within the competitors.

Samuel Chukwueze and AC Milan are the visitors of Newcastle, with each groups needing to win to face an opportunity of sneaking previous second-place PSG into the knockout spherical alongside Borussia Dortmund.