Super Eagles and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman is set to face Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, Soccernet.ng reports.
La Dea lost their final group phase game to Union Saint-Gilloise, leaving them 15th on the Champions League table.
Elsewhere, Club Brugge's Raphael Onyedika, Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen, and Olympiacos ‘ Bruno Onyemaechi helped their team progress to the play-offs spot, where they'll battle to get into the Round of 16.
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Ademola Lookman set to take on Karim Adeyemi
The play-off fixtures were seeded a few hours ago by UEFA, and the path to the final in Budapest has been laid down.
Atalanta will play against Borussia Dortmund over two legs. The first game will be played on February 17th at the Signal Iduna Park, while the return leg will be played at the New Balance Arena a week later.
Whoever comes out on top in the tie will face either Arsenal or Bayern Munich in the round of sixteen, a tough outcome for both sides.
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Raphael Onyedika's Club Brugge will play against Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid, and both legs will be played on the same dates Dortmund take on Atalanta, home and away.
The winner of the tie will lock either lock horns against Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool in the round of sixteen.
Both legs will be played on the same dates Dortmund take on Atalanta, home and away. The winner of the tie will face either Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool in the round of sixteen.
Bruno Onyemaechi's Olympiacos will battle Bayer 04 Leverkusen over two legs, and the winner of the tie will play against either Arsenal or Bayern Munich.
