Scorecard: Osimhen enters record books, Iheanacho still at his best
Nigerian players are still making a good impact in Europe even as football season is gradually winding up in Europe and other parts of the world.
Napoli star, Victor Osimhen, has fully destroyed the initial hassles that slowed down his career when he moved to Italy from the French league. The Nigerian is making headlines positively with his goals.
Osimhen is now Napoli’s joint-highest scoring African in the Italian Serie A after he scored twice in Napoli’s 4-1 win against Spezia on Saturday.
10 – Only Haaland is younger than Victor #Osimhen among the top-5 European Leagues players with 10+ goals scored in both the last 2 campaigns (2019/20 and 2020/21). Jaguar.#SpeziaNapoli pic.twitter.com/goRz4pOuzF
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) May 8, 2021
The Nigerian international has equalled Kalidou Koulibaly’s ten goals for the Neapolitans- although he did it in 21 games in contrast to Koulibaly’s 210 games.
He has now scored ten or more league goals in consecutive seasons, having scored 13 for Lille in the Ligue 1 last season. Osimhen is the youngest player after Haaland to achieve this feat in Europe’s top five leagues in the previous two seasons.
Osimhen’s brace also takes his league tally to five goals in his last four games for Gennaro Gattuso’s team. The ex-Lille man scored his first of his two goals in the 23rd minute to put Napoli two goals up after Piotr Zielinski had opened the scoring.
The Super Eagles star then scored his second and Napoli’s third just before half-time, firing into the roof of the net after he was picked out by Lorenzo Insigne.
Osimhen has now scored in four consecutive league games for the first time in his club career. The Nigerian has managed to overcome Covid-19 and injury problems to hit form at the right time.
Although Kelechi Iheanacho’s club, Leicester City failed to win their last league duel, the player remained consistent by scoring them in that match.
Leicester City have a huge battle to stay in the Premier League Top-4 after a 4-2 loss at home to struggling Newcastle United, but their Super Eagles striker continued to score after he fired one of his team’s consolation goals in that loss. He has now netted 14 goals in his last 15 games. He has now scored 11 goals in the Premier League, by far his most productive since his debut in the 2015/16 season, when he scored eight goals for Manchester City.
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Paul Onuachu has been firing in the goals for Genk in the Belgian top-flight, while Simy Nwankwo has been the stand-out player for a Crotone side already relegated.
Simon Moses was one of the influential figures that helped Nantes clinch a much-needed 1-0 victory over fellow strugglers Girondins Bordeaux at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
Simon scored and provided an assist to power Nantes to an excellent 4-1 triumph at Brest last weekend.
Rave of the moment, Paul Onuachu, scored his 31st goal in the Belgian Jupiler League as Genk smashed past defending champions Club Brugge 3-0 and open up the championship playoffs. Genk have already qualified for the UEFA Europa League by virtue of winning the cup, but they could be elevated to feature in the Champions League should they finish as champions or runners-up. You cannot rule them out of going all the way with the regularity their Nigeria giant striker has been banging in the goals.
Kevin Akpoguma will soon be back for Super Eagles. The central defender scored his first-ever goal in 67 Bundesliga appearances against relegated Schalke 04. He has only recently bounced back from injury, which limited his appearances this season for Hoffenheim. He will also be in line to return to action with the Super Eagles now.
Barcelona Ladies, who parade Super Falcons skipper Asisat Oshoala, have won a second straight Spanish league title.
They sealed their championship conquest today with a 1-0 win at Tenerife. This was their sixth championship.
Samuel Chukwueze is likely to miss the Europa League final clash against Manchester United after Villarreal confirmed the extent of the injury he picked up against Arsenal.
Chukwueze went off on a stretcher in the clash against Arsenal, although he returned after the match to join the celebrations.
Sadiq Umar has taken the Spanish second division by storm, having already scored six league goals for Partizan Belgrade before joining Almeria.
Terem Moffi is another player tearing defences apart in the French Ligue 1.