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Napoli celebrate Osimhen after record-breaking feat at Bergamo
The Tremendous Eagles hitman has been phenomenal for the Partenopeans, however he hit a brand new excessive final Saturday
Italian Serie A leaders Napoli have celebrated Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen for his purpose at Atalanta that made him the highest-scoring Nigerian in Serie A historical past.
Osimhen began the season on hearth, scoring two targets in Napoli’s opening two video games of the season. Sadly, he suffered a hamstring harm that dominated him out of motion for over a month.
Nonetheless, the 23-year-old Nigerian hitman returned to motion with a bang in October, scoring within the Partenopeans’ 4-2 win towards Ajax.
Since then, Osimhen has scored six targets in 5 appearances for Napoli, together with a hat-trick towards Sassuolo.
The Partenopeans traveled to Atlanta final weekend, and once more, Osimhen shone like 1,000,000 stars.
Regardless of inflicting the penalty that led to Atalanta’s purpose, the Tremendous Eagles striker redeemed himself with a purpose and an help to make sure it ended 2-1 at Bergamo.
Asides from the three factors, the purpose additionally meant loads to Oshimen, because it took him to the summit of Nigerian goalscorers within the Serie A.
Earlier than the sport, Osimhen was stage with Simy Nwankwo on 31 targets. Nonetheless, his Twenty third-minute strike pushed him to 32 targets.
?? @victorosimhen9‘s purpose towards Atalanta on the weekend noticed him grow to be the top-scoring Nigerian in @SerieA_EN of all time!
? #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/e0CjY32amA
— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) November 8, 2022
Osimhen has an opportunity to interrupt one other document when Napoli welcome Empoli on Tuesday.
If he scores, he would be the first Napoli participant to attain 5 consecutive Serie A matches since Arkadiusz Milik, in 2019.
