Ademola Lookman showed off his African Player of the Year award ahead of Atalanta’s Serie A clash with Empoli on Sunday night.
Lookman was crowned African Player of the Year in Marrakech , Morocco last week.
The Nigeria international was applauded by fans at the Gewiss Stadium.
Gian Piero Gasperini also showed off his Manager of the Month award before the game.
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Atalanta defeated Empoli 3-2 in the thrilling contest to make the evening more enjoyable.
The 27-year-old scored La Dea’s second goal of the evening.
The winger has now scored 12 goals and provided five assists in 20 appearances across all competitions this term.
Gasperini’s side have won their last 11 league matches and occupy top spot on the standings.
By Adeboye Amosu
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MANY NIGERIA TALENTED PLAYERS SHOULD HAVE WON CAF AFRICAN FOOTBALLER PLAYERS OF THE YEAR. BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE THEM ARE ALWAYS CARRIED AWAY WITH JUST LITTLE PERFORMANCE, ACHIEVEMENT THEY HAD IN BOTH CLUB & COUNTRY, THEN THE AWARD ELUDED THEM. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT COMMITTED & DEDICATED WHILE PLAYING FOR SUPER EAGLE. SOME PLAYERS ARE DICTATIVE & SELECTIVE WHEN ITS COME TO MATCHES THEY WANT TO PLAY.
*** KING ADEMOLA LOOKMAN HAVE MAKE RECORD, AS BEEN A FIRST NIGERIA FOREIGN BORN PLAYER THAT WILL WIN AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR ***
WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS WILL MOTIVATE MORE NIGERIA FOREIGN BORN PLAYERS TO COMMIT THEIR FUTURE FOR NIGERIA SUPER EAGLE AND PLAY WITH FULL COMMITMENT.
### EXAMPLE OF SUPER EAGLE PLAYERS AWARD ELUDED ### due to their unseriousness:
** OSAZE: he was carried away due to 15 goals he scored during the half season of 2011/2012 EPL
** VICTOR MOSES: he was SELECTIVE after won 2013 AFCON & played in 2014 world cup. And stop playing for super eagle again before he was recall back in 2016 by Gernot Rohr.
** MIKEL OBI: he was carried away with club achievements by winning EPL, EUROPA CUP, UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE without personal improvement.