The clock is ticking as another Bundesliga season. Just four more days, and the season will be over. There will be no last-game battle for the title like last season, as Bayer Leverkusen was dominant and already won its first Bundesliga championship in history. But the fans are still vibrant as they are just four games away from finishing the entire season undefeated, which has never been done before. And the guest is not a weak team, it’s another surprise team of the season – a third placed Stuttgart. But, all the players are full of confidence and among them is Victor Boniface. Xabi Alonso shops a defender from Real MadridThe Nigerian is the top scorer of the team with 18 goals, even though he was out with an injury for two months. His secret for a successful maiden season in one of the Top 5 European leagues? The coach. “Imagine you’re training and your coach is doing better than you. Then you want to step up your game. For him to be involved in training gives us a boost. He has won everything that can be won in football. Sometimes he tells me of players he played with, with similar abilities to me. He tries to improve me in my weakest areas” Boniface told AFP in an interview.Victor Boniface shared an inspiring picture of his journey from Nigeria to becoming a Bundesliga champion 🤩🏆 pic.twitter.com/NMY9xnI03J— SPORTbible (@sportbible) April 16, 2024 Boniface was born in the southern Nigerian city of Akure and admitted he was always a football fan. And the Gunners fan too, but he didn’t want to talk about the future as he is concentrated just on the first next game. But he admits that playing in the Champions League next season “will be one of the proudest moments for me”. Until that happens, they have four more games in the league, plus a Germany Cup final and a duel with Roma in the Europa League semi-final. “With this team, we can do something. Right now, I don’t think anyone is talking about Roma in the dressing room. We are focus on the game on Saturday. After the Stuttgart game, we can focus on Roma” he said. Xhaka: ‘I love the African mentality’Boniface’s journey to Bayer was from Norway (played for Bodo/Glimt) through Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium. Everywhere he was playing, he scored goals but was injured. He tore his ACL twice in Norway and later said he considered quitting the game. He also got injured in Germany just near AFCON and then they lost to hosts Ivory Coast.”It was really difficult when I got injured. When I got injured, in my head I said ‘OK, I’m missing AFCON, I’m going to miss a lot of games for Leverkusen. During that time it was difficult for me, but I have my teammates and a club which takes care of me. It’s difficult but at the same time it’s just football. There are good moments and bad — it’s just how you take it” admits Boniface. BUNDESLIGA – MATCHDAY 31Friday21:30: (2.25) Bochum (3.60) Hoffenheim (3.05)Saturday16:30: (1.68) RB Leipzig (4.00) Dortmund (4.90)16:30: (2.30) Freiburg (3.40) Wolfsburg (3.10)16:30: (1.85) Augsburg (3.60) Werder (4.30)16:30: (1.43) Bayern (4.60) Eintr.Frankfurt (7.25)16:30: (2.30) M’ gladbach (3.45) Union Berlin (3.30)Sunday18:30: (1.58) Mainz (4.00) Koln (5.90)20:30: (3.60) Darmstadt (3.60) Heidenheim (2.15)***odds are subject to change***
