Osimhen matches Belgian star’s feat as he scores his ninth goal of the season for Napoli

The Nigerian cannot just stop scoring, and he was at it again on Thursday night as the Neapolitans picked up their first win in this season’s Europa League

Victor Osimhen came off the bench to score his ninth goal of the season and help Napoli beat Legia Warsaw 3-0 in their Europa League clash at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

The Nigerian international came on the second half for Hirving Lozano to put Napoli two ahead after Lorenzo Insigne had opened the scoring.

It was his ninth goal in ten matches for the Neapolitans this season. With the goal, he becomes the second Napoli player after Dries Mertens to score in the first three matches in a single season in European competition, having scored in the first two games against Leicester City and Spartak Moscow, respectively.

Napoli went into the game looking for their first win in the Europa League this season, but they had to wait until the latter stages before finding the breakthrough.

The Neapolitans dominated possession but could not find the opener in the opening half. Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti then made two changes in the 57th minute, bringing on Osimhen for Lozano and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa for Fabian Ruiz.

The two changes brought more urgency to Napoli’s play, and they took the lead in the 76th minute through Insigne.

Osimhen then doubled the advantage four minutes later before Matteo Politano wrapped up the win with a strike in the added minute.

This post was last modified on October 21, 2021 10:08 pm

Joba Ogunwale

Oluwajoba Ogunwale has many years of experience as a sports content writer. The most recent of these was at Opera News, after which he took up the role of Editor-in-Chief at Soccernet.

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  • This guy is an asset to Nigerian football. You can almost certainly claim that we've got another lethal Rashidi Yekini in our attacking arsenal. Just combining cleverly with Iheanacho, Ejuke or Chukwueze & no team can fathom the super Eagles in depth. If only fluctuations in selection & form could permit, this lad is the golden boy of African football.

  • He is a blessing to Nigeria right from U.17 days. I pray that God will continue to uphold him in his scoring abilities

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