Victor Osimhen scores, Joe Aribo shines, Semi Ajayi
impresses and other talking points from Nigerian players
performances abroad.
A slew of Nigerians players was in action as usual for
their respective sides all over the world as club football
continued.
From Italy to England and across several countries, we
look at how Nigerian players fared with these five talking
points.
1. Badly needed goal for Victor Osimhen
(Napoli/Instagram)
There will be a respite for Victor Osimhen after he
scored for Napoli on Sunday, November 8, 2020, in
their 1-0 win over Bologna in the Serie A.
It wasn’t a particularly fantastic performance from
Osimhen but he got his goal, a 23rd-minute header from a cross, to
give his side all three points.
The Nigerian has suffered from lack of service at
Napoli where all the attacking midfielders around him
Arkadiusz Milik and Dries Mertens
are more concerned with scoring.
While the lack of creators around him is a genuine
excuse for his low goal return, his huge transfer fee does not give
him any sympathy. That’s how football works and if he is to
continue to get respite, he will have to find ways to come up with
goals.
2. Semi Ajayi impresses
It hasn’t been
easy for Semi Ajayi in the Premier League where his West
Brom side has conceded a league record 17 goals with five
loses in eight games. Ajayi has played in seven of those eight
games but the leaky defence is not any way on him.
The team is devoid of quality and looks certain to
return to the Championship where they are coming from.
Except a ridiculous turn of form happens, all West Brom
players including Ajayi have to play for this season is to market
themselves as Premier League materials. A performance That’s what
Ajayi did against Tottenham on Sunday.
For huge parts of the game, the Nigerian was really
good. Breaking up play and defending solidly against some of the
best forwards in the Premier League- Harry Kane and Son
Heung-min.
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Despite his solid performance, West Brom could not keep
a clean sheet as a goalkeeping mistake allowed Kane to score a
later winner. But Ajayi did show that he can be of Premier League
quality and he has the rest of the season to confirm that.
3. Aaron Samuel promoted in China
He’s only 26, but Aaron Samuel has long lost his way
towards any sort of a career at the top level. He is, however,
holding on to anything, getting decent wages to play football
anywhere he can get a contract.
He has been in China where he popped up in the news
recently after helping Changchun Yatai gain promotion to the
Chinese top flight.
He played and scored in the game that secured that
promotion; a 3-0 win away at Chengdu.
4. Joe Aribo shines again
After a small injury lay-off, Joe Aribo has been in
-form for Rangers who are currently enjoying a good run of
results.
He scored again on Sunday, twice, his second and third
goal in three Scottish Premiership to help Rangers
to an 8-0 thrashing of Hamilton.
His goals came in the 19th and 36th minutes of the
game. Both of his goals came from two deflected shots from inside
the area.
5. William Troost-Ekong gets it going in
England
William Troost-Ekong has been ever-present in Watford’s
lineup since he joined the Championship club in the summer.
He scored his first goal for the Hornets in their 3-2
home win against Coventry.
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