Jump king: Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen breaks Cristiano Ronaldo’s Serie A record

The Nigeria worldwide scored twice at Spezia on the weekend to steer the Neapolitans to their 18th league victory of an unbelievable title march

Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has change into Serie A’s jump-king after setting a brand new file throughout Napoli’s sensible 3-0 win away to Spezia on Sunday.

Osimhen achieved the unbelievable feat when netting his first objective – Napoli’s second of the day – in opposition to the Little Eagles on the Stadio Alberto Picco.

After a goalless first half, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia handed Napoli the benefit from the penalty spot earlier than Osimhen added the sport’s second within the 68th minute with a surprising effort.

A unfastened ball flung into house contained in the hazard space with Spezia goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski, for a quick second, trying just like the favorite to pluck it off the air.

However Osimhen someway managed to carry himself above the goalkeeper to move the ball into an empty internet.

And based on Corriere dello Sport (by way of Tutto Napoli), Osimhen, with that leap, climbed to a peak of two.58 metres – a mark typical of elite NBA stars.

In doing that, Osimhen set a brand new Italian Serie A file, rubbing off the earlier 2.56 metres mark set by Cristiano Ronaldo for Juventus in opposition to Sampdoria in 2019.

Additionally it is a brand new private profession excessive for Osimhen whose earlier mark was at 2.52m set in opposition to Torino on the Diego Maradona Stadium final season.

The world file of two.62m set by Ugandan defender Bevis Mugabi within the Scottish Championship in January 2021, nevertheless, stays in tact.

Osimhen has now scored 16 Serie A objectives this time period, probably the most he has ever managed in a single season in his profession.