Connect with us

Latest News

“He’s unstoppable” – Sassuolo coach hails excellent Super Eagles forward likened to the great Pelé

Published

on

“He’s unstoppable” – Sassuolo coach hails excellent Super Eagles forward likened to the great Pelé

The Nigerian ahead has been one of many prime performers within the European circuit this season, driving fears into the hearts of opposing defenders and managers alike

Sassuolo head coach Alessio Dionisi has praised Napoli’s Victor Osimhen as an unstoppable power who makes all of the distinction for the Italian Serie A leaders.

Osimhen has made mincemeat of lots of Serie A’s most infamous defences this season, scoring an astonishing 17 objectives in 18 league video games.

The Nigerian ahead was named the winner of the Serie A objective of the month award for his gorgeous Pele-like objective in opposition to Roma in January. And some days in the past, the 24-year-old deservedly beat others to be declared the league’s greatest participant of that month.

Subsequent up for Napoli is a league conflict in opposition to Sassuolo and the membership’s head coach is cautious of

dealing with an Osimhen who has discovered the again of the online in every of his final six video games.

What has been stated? 

And the Italian supervisor has voiced his admiration for the Tremendous Eagles striker.

“In Serie A, he’s a participant who makes the distinction,” Alessio Dionisi instructed Dazn as per Tutto Napoli.

“Should you defend low within the space he’s nearly unstoppable, for us he’s unstoppable. Should you defend excessive, he assaults areas, perhaps he can develop within the straits.”

Alessio Dionisi shouldn’t be the one soccer character who has been impressed by Osimhen’s feats in current occasions.

Like Osimhen, like Pele? 

Brazil legend and former Napoli striker Antonio Careca was stuffed with reward for Osimhen after he scored his sensible objective in opposition to AS Roma on January 29.

Remarking that he sees one thing of Pele in Osimhen’s strike, Careca instructed Calciomercato: “Within the objective scored in opposition to Roma, I noticed one thing much like Pelé.

“He dominated the ball, dominated the defender, and smashed the objective. In that objective, there’s all the things, method, malice, and energy.”

Napoli’s matchday 23 face-off with Sassuolo will likely be performed on the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio nell’Emilia on Friday, February 17.