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Osimhen matches Maradona’s milestone with hattrick in Napoli’s thrashing of Sassuolo

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Osimhen matches Maradona’s milestone with hattrick in Napoli’s thrashing of Sassuolo
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Osimhen has been in very good type for Napoli since he returned from the AFCON

Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored a hattrick for Napoli of their 6-1 drubbing of Sassuolo on the Mapei Stadium- Citta del Tricolore on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng stories.

Napoli returned to Serie A motion with a fixture away at Sassuolo. The Partenopeans had drawn their final two video games underneath the tutelage of Francesco Calzona and wanted a win to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League alive.

As anticipated, Osimhen led the road for the Partenopeans, supported by Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Napoli had a poor begin to the sport, as they fell behind after 17 minutes, courtesy of a objective from Uros Racic. Nonetheless, Napoli got here storming again, and Osimhen led the comeback.

Amir Rrahmani scored the equalizer for Napoli within the twenty ninth minute. Then, Osimhen struck twice within the thirty first and forty first minute, slotting previous Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli to provide Napoli a 3-1 lead.

They took the lead into the break, and so they began the second half with a bang, as Osimhen cooly transformed a cross from Kvaratskhelia to make it 4-1.

Then, within the 51st minute, Osimhen turned supplier, organising Kvaratskhelia for Napoli’s fifth. The Georgian then wrapped up the scoring within the seventy fifth minute, making it 6-1.

Osimhen had an incredible sport. In his 76 minutes of motion, he registered 5 objective makes an attempt and scored three. His hattrick takes him to 10 objectives this season, and he is now the third player in Napoli’s historical past to attain no less than ten objectives in 4 consecutive Serie A seasons, after Diego  Maradona (1984/85 – 1987/88) and Attila Sallustro (1929/30 – 1932/33).

3 – Victor #Osimhen is just the third participant in Napoli’s historical past to attain no less than 10 objectives in 4 consecutive seasons in Serie A, after Diego Armando Maradona (between 1984/85 and 1987/88) and Attila Sallustro (between 1929/30 and 1932/33). Legendary.#SassuoloNapoli #SerieA pic.twitter.com/NEgXXaDU1t

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) February 28, 2024

It completed 6-1 at Sassuolo, and with the win, Napoli now sit eight factors behind the Champions League spots.

Kelvin Omachonu

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