Chukwu Ndukwe urges Osimhen to be more focussed

Former Nigeria international, Raphael Chukwu Ndukwe has urged Lille metropole Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen to be up-and-doing and continue to work hard after hitting his 13th ligue un goal in Lille’s 1-2 home loss to Olympic Marseille.

Chukwu-Ndukwe speaking in a chat with brila.net, he said the national team will be better for all of his performance at the club level considering the resurgence of Kelechi Iheanacho at Leicester city.

“For Lille he is playing regularly, he just have to keep his focus, work hard and get ready.

“There is competition in the national team and that is good for the national team.

“We have a lot of strikers now who are also fighting to get a shirt into the team. So everybody has to work hard to be able to represent Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Vincent Enyeama has described Osimhen’s Lille goal in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Olympique Marseille as at a “very high level”.

The 21-year-old controlled a defence-splitting pass from Jonathan Bamba to beat a stuck Steve Mandanda for the Great Danes’ goal.

However, a change of fortune saw Andre Villas-Boas’ men seal maximum points following Reinildo Mandava’s own goal and Dario Benedetto’s effort.

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Despite his former team ending up on the losing side, Enyeama reserved special words of praise for Osimhen, who is now three goals behind leading scorer Wissam Ben Yedder.