Cyriel Dessers has been nominated for the UEFA Europa Conference League Goal of the Week and Player of the Week awards, reports Completesports.com.
Dessers bagged a brace as Eredivisie club Feyenoord beat Slavia Prague 3-1 to progress into the semi–final of the competition on Thursday night.
The forward outstripped the Slavia defence to open the scoring with a low shot in the second minute.
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The Nigeria international got his second of the game a minute before the hour mark slotting home after intercepting Aleš Mandous’ clearance.
He is now the joint-top scorer in this season’s Europa Conference League, level with Roma’s Tammy Abraham, having scored eight goals in ten appearances.
Leicester City’s James Maddison, Roma’s Nicolo Zaniolo, and Dimitri Payet are the other nominees for the Player of the Week prize.
Dessers will slug it out with Zaniolo, Maddison and PSV Eindoven’s Eran Zahavi for the Goal of the Week award.
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