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Can Osimhen beat North African influence to win Nigeria’s first African POTY since 1999?

Has Osimhen matched Maradona’s Napoli legacy after Serie A success?

Success has been a long-time dream for Napoli in the Italian Serie A but it finally arrived last Thursday night when Victor Osimhen equalised in the 1-1 draw against Udinese to give the Partenopei their first league crown since 1990. At that time, a certain Diego Maradona was the face of the team, his arrival from Barcelona in 1984 ushering in a moment that changed the...

Osimhen scores 100th career goal in Napoli win

UCL: Can Osimhen’s return give Napoli the needed victory over AC Milan?

Napoli take on AC Milan in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night, needing to overturn the 1-0 loss from the first leg. The Rossoneri have the slender lead courtesy of Algeria midfielder Ismael Bennacer’s first-half strike at the San Siro while Cameroon midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa is suspended after receiving two yellow cards in the first leg. The biggest news...

Match-winner Bennacer offers encouragement to AC Milan teammates

Match-winner Bennacer offers encouragement to AC Milan teammates

Algeria star Ismael Bennacer wants to see AC Milan maintain their momentum after their 1-0 win over fellow Italian side Napoli in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg. Bennacer was the scorer of the only goal in the encounter, netting a fierce shot after a swift inter-play between Portuguese-Angolan Rafael Leao and Spanish-Moroccan Brahim Diaz. It was Bennacer's first-ever Champions League goal and he owed...

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Napoli boss Spalletti reveals Osimhen’s return date

Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti has revealed that star forward Victor Osimhen will be ready for the return leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie with AC Milan. The Nigerian forward has been out with a muscle injury since last month while on international duty with the Super Eagles. He has missed three games since then including Tuesday's first leg clash with the Rossoneri which ended...

UCL: Osimhen helps Napoli to first away win in knockout rounds 

UCL: Osimhen helps Napoli to first away win in knockout rounds 

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen was on the scoresheet once more as Serie A leaders Napoli defeated 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in their Round of 16 tie at the Deutsche Bank Park. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1628150636721352711?t=EtuPKktzvBlB2QhZrM8BLw&s=19 Frankfurt started the game brightly with lots of controlled possession, troubling Napoli's defence, but goalkeeper Alex Meret was up to the task. The Partenopei settled into the tie and eventually got a penalty...