Victor Osimhen has handed Super Eagles’ interim manager, Augustine Eguavoen a huge fitness boost ahead of the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Libya in October.
Osimhen gave Eguavoen the kind of news the manager was waiting to hear ahead of the AFCON qualifiers after the former declared that he doesn’t have a serious injury but only felt a little discomfort on Saturday.
Osimhen has finally opened his goal account for Galatasaray in a Turkish Super Lig game against Kasimpasa with the Nigerian striker netting a brace on Saturday evening.
After three assists in his opening three games, Osimhen took it a notch higher by netting twice as Galatasaray and Kasimpasa played out a 3-3 draw at the Rams Global Stadyumu.
Osimhen opened his account in the 20th minute when his attempted control from a cross fooled a committed goalkeeper and the Super Eagles striker watched the ball cross the line.
If the first was ingenious, the second goal eight minutes later reeked of pure class. Osimhen latched on to a deep cross and swiveled despite the presence of a defender on him.
The former Lille striker thereafter lashed a volley into the roof of the net for 2-0 to his club before coming off for Dries Mertens in the 46th minute as a result of an injury.
Osimhen in his post-match comments, however said that he doesn’t have a serious injury. “We are unhappy as a team. We deserved three points. Football is like that sometimes.
“You can play the way you deserve and not win. I am happy to score two goals. We are all unhappy because of the draw. We need to work hard and focus on winning the next match.
“I was happy with my own performance but we will work harder and try to do better in the upcoming matches.” Osimhen stated that his injury was not serious: “I do not have a serious injury.
“I felt a little discomfort. I thought I should tell my coach. If I reduced the team, it would be bad. I did not want my other friends’ performance to decrease. I told Mauro and the coach. That is why I left the game.”
