Napoli’s Osimhen, Atalanta’s Lookman, and Cremonese’s Okereke lift Nigeria to Italian Serie A record

The Nigerian attackers have been on the aim scorer’s chart for his or her respective golf equipment on the opening weekend of the Italian Championship

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, and David Okereke have elevated themselves and their beloved nation into the Italian Serie A document books after their goalscoring feats on the weekend.

Ademola Lookman kicked the weekend off in type for Nigeria when he got here off the bench to seal a 2-0 win for Atalanta at Sampdoria on his Serie A debut on Saturday.

The previous Leicester Metropolis loanee had joined Atalanta from Bundesliga facet RB Leipzig for €15 million earlier within the week.

It didn’t finish there, as David Okereke stored the green-and-white flag flying in Florence as he netted his first top-flight aim for Cremonese within the facet’s 3-2 loss away to Fiorentina.

Similar to Lookman, Okereke additionally just lately joined the Gray and Reds for a club-record charge from Belgian giants Membership Brugge.

And on Monday, Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen capped a gorgeous opening day spherical for Nigeria when he grabbed a aim and an help in Napoli’s thrilling 5-2 win at Hellas Verona.

And in keeping with accessible statistics, gamers from twenty international locations – together with the three Nigerians – discovered the again of the web on matchday one of many 2022-2023 Serie A season.

It’s the highest in historical past, equalling the document set on 5 completely different events, as per Italian Statistician Guiseppe Pastore.

With three Nigerian stars on the chart, no different nation – save Italy with eight gamers – has extra illustration than essentially the most populous nation in Africa.

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— Giuseppe Pastore (@gippu1) August 15, 2022

Osimhen, Lookman, and Okereke will look to keep up their scoring kind when the league returns for matchday two this weekend.