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Osimhen Dethrones Ballon d’Or Winner as African Serie A Goal King
Victor Osimhen has now made historical past after he scored Napoli’s winner towards Fiorentina of their first recreation since clinching the Scudetto.
Osimehn has now surpassed former AC Milan striker, George Weah, because the highest-scoring African in Serie A with 47 targets to his identify.
The Nigerian had endured a day filled with frustrations as he missed a penalty three minutes into the second half.
He additionally had a shot come off the woodwork, however he was lastly in a position to rating and etch his identify within the historical past books.
Osimhen made no mistake from the penalty spot within the 74th minute to redeem his earlier misses.
Then he was taken off 4 minutes later and was changed by Giovanni Simeone to the applause of the house crowd.
Osimhen’s inventory has taken a gradual rise and the brand new report would definitely add to his rising fame as probably the greatest strikers on the planet for the time being.
It’s predicted that it could go even greater by the point he seals the Capocanonniere on the finish of the season, if he continues his goal-scoring kind.
The Napoli striker is at the moment on 23 targets and 4 assists, above Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinex who’s on 19 targets and 5 assists.
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