Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles striker Victor Osimhen opened his goal account for the 2023/2024 Serie A season with a brace in Napoli’s 3-1 away win against Frosinone on Saturday evening.
Napoli went 1-0 down early in the game thanks to a 7th minute penalty converted by Abdou Harroui.
Matteo Politano restored parity on the 24th minute before Victor Osimhen gave the champions the lead on 42nd minute with a thunderous strike.
Frosinone were resolute to fight back but it was Osimhen who found the net again eleven minutes before full time when he beat the offside trap to slid the ball home after going past the goalkeeper.
The 2023 Serie A Golden Boot winner was subbed off in the 81st minute and the champions held on to record their first victory on the opening week of the new season.
Nigeria star Osimhen scored 26 goals as Napoli won the league title for the first time in 33 years.
Osi, but he turned down the offer equivalent of a N1b (one billion naira) every week.
Before the Saudi Arabian invasion into the European market, Osimhen drew interest from Chelsea and Manchester United.
Hot on the heels of the Nigerian marksman for the top scorer award early in the season is Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez who also scored twice Saturday night in his club’s win over promoted side Monza.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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