A muscle injury with his national team in October kept Victor Osimhen in dry dock for several weeks but, now recovered, the new African Ballon d’Or, trophy that he received on Monday, is back in its full glory.
Napoli needed their goals and opened the scoring against Cagliari in Diego Maradona Stadium. But the team Claudio Ranieri He equalized immediately and Osimhen showed all his class and power to prove the victory (2-1).
From another galaxy
This time he did not score but gave the goal to his best teammate, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, after starring in an individual play from another galaxy.
The Nigerian striker received with his back to the front of the place, He scrambled after a first control on his chest, touched the ball three times on his thigh without letting it fall, supported himself on his head and pushed himself between three rivals, spur pipe included, before jumping into the grass to graze. Only Kvaratskhelia had a shoot.
A great game, a compendium of Osimhen’s great qualities in one memorable play.
Source: La Verdad
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