Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman returned to Serie A action on Saturday with a goal in Atalanta's 3-1 defeat of Cyriel Dessers' Cremonese. Lookman came off the bench immediately after the half-time break to score a stoppage-time goal for Gian Gasperini's side after goals Matern De Roon and Ivory Coast's Jeremie Boga gave them a 2-1 lead. The strike was Lookman's 13th Serie A goal of...
Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has released his 23-man squad for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea-Bissau. The 62-year-old manager included a number of familiar faces, with the in-form Napoli forward Victor Osimhen leading a list of household names that include team captain Ahmed Musa, Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi, and Spanish-based center back Kenneth Omeruo. List of invited players for #GuineaBissau...
Following their outstanding performances in Serie A, the Super Eagles duo of Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the Player of the Month award for January. Osimhen and Lookman are the two leading scorers in the Italian top flight, with the latter on 12 goals from 19 games, two behind his compatriot Osimhen, who has 14 goals in 16 appearances. The duo have...
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has responded to compatriot Ademola Lookman's comment about catching up to him with a sublime strike in a nailbiting 2-1 win over AS Roma on Sunday. The strike was the Super Eagles forward's 14th in the Italian top flight this season, tying his last season's record in eleven fewer games. Osimhen and substitute Giovanni Simone scored either side of Stephan El Shaarawy's...
Ademola Lookman believes the race for the Serie A top goalscorer is not important after grabbing his 12th league goal of the season in Saturday's 2-0 win over Sampdoria. The effort took Lookman within a goal of compatriot Victor Osimhen who leads at the top of the charts with his side Napoli taking on AS Roma at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday. "Individual awards are...
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