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‘Huge Player’ Victor Osimhen Gives Napoli Barca Draw And New Hope | Football News
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‘Huge Player’ Victor Osimhen Gives Napoli Barca Draw And New Hope | Football News

[ad_1] Victor Osimhen was described as "a huge player" after marking his return for Napoli with a goal that gave the Italian champions a 1-1 draw with Barcelona and hope that a dreadful season might have reached a turning point. Nigeria forward Osimhen rolled home the leveller with 15 minutes left of the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, in his first match since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations. The 25-year-old equalised Robert Lewandowski's 60th-minute opener, which seemed likely to be the decisive goal as Barca were for long pe...
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Napoli’s Victor Osimhen Scores As Nigeria Held By Equatorial Guinea | Football News
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Napoli’s Victor Osimhen Scores As Nigeria Held By Equatorial Guinea | Football News

[ad_1] African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen scored for Nigeria as they disappointed in a 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations Group A draw with Equatorial Guinea in Abidjan on Sunday. Osimhen levelled in the first half almost immediately after Iban Edu had opened the scoring in match that ended with both teams on one point, two fewer than leaders and hosts Ivory Coast. The two-yearly African football showpiece kicked off on Saturday with Ivory Coast beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in the same stadium. Nigeria, 46 places higher than Equatorial Guinea in the world rankings, had been expected to begin ...
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Victor Osimhen And Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Fire Napoli Past Cagliari And Into Top Four | Football News
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Victor Osimhen And Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Fire Napoli Past Cagliari And Into Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia combined to give Napoli a 2-1 win over struggling Cagliari on Saturday and send their side into Serie A's Champions League places. The inspiration behind last season's stunning league title triumph, Napoli's attacking stars struck a goal each as the reigning champions moved up to fourth. Kvaratskhelia swept home the decisive strike in the 75th minute, six minutes after Osimhen's headed opener and shortly after Leonardo Pavoletti had equalised for the away side.Walter Mazzarri's side are two points ahead of fifth-placed Roma and Bologna, who face off on Sunday, following their third home win of what has been a troubled league season to date.And Matteo Politano insisted that Napoli's title defence is not over even though they are 11 points be...
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Napoli Reach Champions League Knockouts By Ending Home Hoodoo With Braga Win | Football News
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Napoli Reach Champions League Knockouts By Ending Home Hoodoo With Braga Win | Football News

[ad_1] Napoli reached the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday after seeing off Braga 2-0 and ending a home hoodoo which had stretched back more than two months. The Italian champions qualified second in Group C behind Real Madrid thanks to Serder Saatci's clumsy own goal and Victor Osimhen's first strike since early October, both which came in the first half. Walter Mazzarri's side would have got through even with a single-goal defeat but in the end comfortably qualified for the next round, snapping a six-match winless streak at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. A first win in Naples since beating Udinese there in late September made sure that Napoli finished the group stage on 10 points, six ahead of Braga who drop down to the Europa League. "It was our goal to get out of the gr...
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Real Madrid Finish First After Entertaining Win Over Napoli | Football News
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Real Madrid Finish First After Entertaining Win Over Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Real Madrid romped to a 4-2 win over Napoli on Wednesday to qualify in first place from their Champions League group. Napoli's defeat stopped them following in second place, with the Italians facing Braga in the final group match to decide who progresses. Record 14-time champions Madrid were already through but secured top spot with an entertaining win over the visiting Italian champions. Giovanni Simeone put Napoli ahead early on, with Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham quickly netting to turn the game around.Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa levelled for the visitors just after half-time but Madrid youngster Nico Paz smashed his team in front after 84 minutes and Joselu wrapped up the win in stoppage time."I'm so happy, this is a dream ... for a moment I couldn't believe it," Paz told Movista...
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Inter Milan Crash To First Defeat As Victor Osimhen Boosts Napoli | Football News
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Inter Milan Crash To First Defeat As Victor Osimhen Boosts Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Inter Milan crashed to their first defeat of the Serie A season on Wednesday, going down 2-1 at home to Sassuolo as controversial striker Victor Osimhen starred for Napoli despite an apparent rift with the champions. Inter went into the game with a perfect record of five wins in five and looked in control at 1-0 ahead thanks to a Denzel Dumfries goal on the stroke of half-time at the San Siro. Sassuolo levelled in the 54th minute when Nedim Bajrami scored with a long-range effort which caught out goalkeeper Yann Sommer.Domenico Berardi hit the winner 10 minutes later as Sassuolo claimed all three points to follow up last week's win over Juventus.Inter remain top of the table on goal difference ahead of AC Milan who earlier defeated Cagliari 3-1."After a good first period where we ...
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Victor Osimhen’s Agent Threatens Napoli With Legal Action Over TikTok Post | Football News
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Victor Osimhen’s Agent Threatens Napoli With Legal Action Over TikTok Post | Football News

[ad_1] Victor Osimhen's agent has threatened legal action against Napoli after a video was published on the club's official social media mocking the Nigeria striker for missing a penalty in the weekend's goalless draw at Bologna. The TikTok post, which was subsequently deleted, showed Osimhen failing to score his spot-kick in the Serie A match with a high-pitched voice saying "gimme penalty please", sparking a furious reaction from Roberto Calenda. "What happened today on Napoli's official profile on the TikTok platform is not acceptable. A video mocking Victor was first made public and then, but now belatedly, deleted," Calenda said on Twitter, now called X, late on Tuesday evening."(It is) A serious fact that causes very serious damage to the player and adds to the treatment that the b...
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Victor Osimhen Sinks Fiorentina At Napoli’s Serie A Title Party | Football News
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Victor Osimhen Sinks Fiorentina At Napoli’s Serie A Title Party | Football News

[ad_1] Napoli fans hailed the return of their Serie A title-winning heroes on Sunday as Victor Osimhen shot Napoli to a 1-0 win over Fiorentina in their first home match since being crowned kings of Italy for the first time in 33 years. Nigeria striker Osimhen lashed home the winning penalty in the 74th minute, after missing from the spot just after half-time, to take his league-leading tally to 23 just a few days after netting the goal which sealed Napoli's third Scudetto with a record-equalling five matches to play. The 24-year-old is now the highest scoring African player in the history of Serie A after overtaking George Weah and lapped up the applause of Napoli fans as the team did their post-match lap of honour."I had the confidence I would score the second one. It's a good feeling ...
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A City, A God And A Dream: The Romance In Napoli’s Return To Serie A Peak | Football News
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A City, A God And A Dream: The Romance In Napoli’s Return To Serie A Peak | Football News

[ad_1] The history of Naples dates back to the Stone Ages with the city and surrounding areas even finding proper mentions in Greek mythology. Much like Mount Vesuvius which overlooks the city, Naples also represents the dichotomy of life in the region – tremendous pride in their tradition while enduring some of the worst tragedies imaginable. It is no surprise that it went from being the most-bombed city during World War II to a popular tourist destination with its pizza attaining almost legendary status. For the people in Naples, their culture and heritage play a massive role and if there is one institution that unities all of them in passion, it is their beloved football club – SSC Napoli.While the club was founded in 1926, the league title continued to elude them. A couple of Coppa I...
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Victor Osimhen Fires ‘Dreaming’ Napoli Into Champions League Last Eight | Football News
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Victor Osimhen Fires ‘Dreaming’ Napoli Into Champions League Last Eight | Football News

[ad_1] Victor Osimhen says Napoli are dreaming of Champions League glory after his brace shot the Serie A leaders to a 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt and into the quarter-finals for the first time in their history on Wednesday.Nigeria striker Osimhen struck either side of half-time to ensure no slip-ups in Naples and help his team secure a straightforward, and deserved, 5-0 aggregate win.Piotr Zielinski added Napoli's third from the penalty spot on a perfect night for southern Italy's biggest club, who Osimhen believes can go all the way."It's amazing to make history with this win," said Osimhen to Amazon Prime."We will keep on dreaming, we have the squad to do so (win the Champions League). I think we are on the right path. We have a great coach. We will see what the future holds for ...
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