Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen misses out as Super Eagles star makes Europa League Team of the Week

Super Eagles midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru has earned a spot in WhoScored’s Europa League Team of the Week following his standout performance for SS Lazio in their 3-0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv, Soccernet.ng reports.

Dele-Bashiru played a crucial role in the comprehensive win, scoring and assisting as Lazio eased to victory at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg.

The Nigerian midfielder netted Lazio’s second goal in the 33rd minute, expertly finishing a through ball from Matias Vecino.

Just two minutes later, Dele-Bashiru turned provider, delivering a pinpoint right-footed cross that Boulaye Dia headed home to seal the win with Lazio’s third goal of the match.

Renowned statistics website WhoScored rated Dele-Bashiru’s performance highly, awarding him an impressive score of 8.50.

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His dominant display earned him a place in central midfield in their Team of the Week, set up in a 4-4-2 formation.

Despite his excellent performance for Galatasaray, fellow Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen was notably absent from the Best XI of the week.

Osimhen, who provided a crucial assist to help Galatasaray secure a 3-1 win over Greek side PAOK, was overlooked in favour of Dele-Bashiru’s Lazio teammate Boulaye Dia and Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike, who were named the top-rated strikers for matchday one.