. Happy Scoring In Victory At Venezia
. Gets Spalletti Praises After Victory At Venezia
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, is the first Napoli player to reach double figures this season following his goal against Venezia.
In his first start since returning from a facial injury that ruled him out for two months, Osimhen put Napoli ahead with a superb header before Andrea Petagna wrapped up the win in stoppage time.
The goal was Osimhen’s sixth in the Italian Serie A this season, making him Napoli’s second-highest goalscorer in the league after Dries Mertens.
However, the Nigerian striker is the club’s top scorer in all competitions this season. In addition to his six league goals, Osimhen also has four goals in the Europa League.
The 23-year-old has now scored ten goals in 17 games for Napoli this season despite missing two months of action.
He has also equalled his tally for last season, although he scored all the ten goals in the league. But with 14 games to go, Osimhen is on course to equal and eclipse the ten league goals he scored last season.
Only Tammy Abraham has a similar record in the Italian top-flight this season, having scored ten league goals for AS Roma without taking a penalty.
Meanwhile, Osimhen was happy scoring in victory at Venezia. “It feels good to play from the first minute, I trained well this week and of course I am really happy with the performance from the whole squad and my goal,” Osimhen told DAZN.
Similarly, the Napoli coach, Luciano Spalletti, is pleased with Osimhen for his contribution to the team’s victory over Venezia.
“He has the quality, it’s us who have to improve in serving him, not dribbling all the time and not putting the defenders in a position to defend against his qualities,” said Spalletti.
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