Red Hot Osimhen fires Lille into Coupe de France next round

Free scoring Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen was on target once more on Saturday, grabbing a 92nd minute goal to hand Lille next round place in the Coupe de France.

Osimhen who has become a beautiful bride with top clubs seeking to have him for keeps increased the tally for Lille after teammate and homeboy Loïc Rémy had grabbed the opening goal in the 69th minute of the match.

Lille proved they were the better and more experienced side playing against a fifth division side Gonfreville who only managed to keep 23% possession.

Interestingly Osimhen started the game from the bench after replacing Luiz Araujo in the 61st minute, but got the consolidation goal that sent the fans into frenzy.

An elated Osimhen did celebrate the goal adding “There it is!!! The @victorosimhen9 GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL that seals our passage through to the @coupedefrance last 16 🙌#ESMGOLOSC 0-2

The Nigerian now boasts of 15 goals in his debut season for the French topflight outfit having joined from Sporting Charleroi as Nicolas Pepe’s replacement. Demand for Osimhen’s services continues to grow with clubs like Liverpool and Real Madrid reportedly showing interest, but it does appear that the Nigerian international is now allowing the buzz of possible transfer bother him as he continued to do his job of goal scoring.

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Only recently former international Joseph Dosu advised Osimhen to  look before leaping adding that it is important if and whenever he moves it must be a club that will not only pay well but where he must have regular playing time.