Victor Osimhen bagged a brace as Galatasaray defeated Bodoe Glimt 3-1 on matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
It is now three goals in two matches for Osimhen in Europe’s elite club competition this season.
Also, Galatasaray have recorded two wins (one loss) from three matches in the competition this term.
Osimhen opened the scoring just three minutes into the game as he raced on to a through pass from Mario Lemina before slotting past the opposition keeper into the far corner.
In the 33rd minute the Super Eagles star got his second goal and put Galatasaray 2-0 up, as he pounded on a poor back pass by a Bodoe Glimt player, rounded the keeper and rolled the ball into an empty net.
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On the hour mark Yunus Akgun made it 3-0 to the Turkish giants while Andreas Helmersen pulled a goal back for the visitors on 76 minutes.
Earlier on Wednesday, Osimhen was shortlisted for the 2025 African Player of the Year award.
The 26-year-old was one of the 10 players nominated for the award which he won in 2023.
He will be up against the likes of Achraf Hakimi, Mohamed Salah, Serhou Guirassy and former Napoli teammate Frank Anguissa for the award.
By James Agberebi
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Victor Osimhenn is a goal machine. May God keep him healthy and safe for Nigeria to be available for the world cup playoff and for his club and family. Amen
Osi-Bomber!!!!
12 goals in 19 matches in the “tolotolo” UEFA Champions League…..10 goals in 15 matches in the “tolotolo” UEFA Europa League. Highest scoring Nigerian of all time in European competitions.
The numbers continue to speak for itself.
Only God knows when again we will ever produce a striker of the caliber of Osimhen in Nigeria
Should have scored easy 3 goals, why passed that ball to sane?
Lmao….. yesterday a small boy, a Spaniard by name femin Lopez of just 22 year old scored a “HAT TRICK” thereby becoming the first Spanish player to score THREE TIMES in one match for Barcelona in the history of Europe’s premier club competition.
Hahahaha Spaniards and the Spanish media didn’t make much noise about it….. hahahaha
Hahahaha but in Nigeria a man approaching 30….the drogba, etoo, Yaya toure, amokachi, Johan Cruyff all in one in the same competition scored just a brace against his fellow cheap club from a poor league (Norwegian league) and they are organizing Thanksgiving mass….. smh……
Ah yes, @Monkey Post has arrived again — the Chief Judge of Selective Football Logic Court.
So your entire thesis is:
“Barcelona’s 22-year-old scored a hat-trick, so Nigerians must not celebrate a brace from Osimhen”?
Bro, who hurt you in arithmetic class?
Let me help you since simple numbers seem to be causing emotional damage:
1. A hat-trick in Spain does not automatically reduce a brace in Champions League to pure water.
2. Scoring twice in the Champions League is apparently only
“Thanksgiving-worthy” when the player isn’t Osimhen. No, Sir. You’re so wrong.
3. The age obsession — so a 25 or 26-year-old suddenly becomes “approaching 30” the moment he wears a mask and his jersey reads Osimhen at the back? Interesting biology! Every foreign striker is “young and promising,” but once it’s Osimhen, he becomes “old, overhyped, and arrogant.” Truly, hypocrisy must be the new football formation in your book of tactics.
The funniest part? When Osimhen scores for Nigeria, you roll your eyes in your room — pretending not to care — even though your heart is quietly moonwalking with joy. When he finds the net for his club, you grab your calculator and start shouting random statistics like a disappointed accountant, calling him every name you can think of. But the moment a Barcelona “small boy” scores, suddenly the entire Spanish media becomes your moral compass.
Let’s be honest — if Osimhen scored five yesterday against Real Madrid, you would still find a reason to sneeze in his direction:
“Why five? Why not six? Why did he celebrate? Why didn’t he celebrate enough?”
Your outrage settings are permanently stuck on attack Osimhen mode” — it must be exhausting.
Spain not making noise about their player doesn’t mean Nigeria should copy their silence.
They have multiple UCL legends.
We — at this very moment — have one man carrying his nation’s and club’s dreams like JAMB result. Let us jubilate in peace abeg. We like am like that.
And when Osimhen scores again (because he will), you’ll be back with your calculator, your microscope, and your “smh” — because deep down, even you know…
the goals pain you, but they also sweet you.
Just admit you love the guy.
Your constant analysis is nothing but obsession in disguise.
Hahahaha @papafem well-done o…one who understands arithmetic and numbers so well but his understanding of English and football knowledge seems to be dwindling…. hahahaha
22 year old femin Lopez scored a hat trick in the champions league… Lmao oga thought is just a Spanish la Liga game … hahahaha
Lmao osimhen is 26, by December he will be 27 and then I used “approaching” 30 lmao oga is confused when English wise I am very correct… lmao except @papafem you are trying to tell me that there is a difference between 6 and half a dozen lmao if not my brother I repeat I am very correct English and even arithmetically wise ( that you claim you know so well) when I said osimhen is approaching 30… lmao…
I’ve always loved players who reply their critics the old-fashioned way — not by typing motivational quotes on Instagram or granting pity-seeking interviews, but by scoring goals and walking away. Victor Osimhen must have a PhD in that field by now. Because every time one of his professional talk-nonsense-specialists opens their mouth, he simply laces his boots tighter and adds another goal to their migraine.
And the funniest part? Many of these same critics are secret members of the Osimhen Appreciation Society. They will call him names in public, but the moment he scores for Nigeria, like that hat-trick against Benin, weren’t they the ones shouting “Up Eagles!” and updating their WhatsApp status with “We move!”? If hypocrisy was a football formation, some of them would be head coaches.
They pretend not to like him, yet when he scored again in the Champions League, they were smiling like they just received credit alert. But instead of admitting they’re happier than the Gala fans in that “Tolotolo” league, they’ll come online and analyze him like a malfunctioning generator. Sorry, dear experts — this particular generator is powering Nigerian football, whether you plug in or not.
What they refuse to accept is simple: Nigeria is blessed with a striker who is basically a weapon of mass destruction, tested and certified. They can form panel of enquiry on his hairstyle, his celebrations, his attitude, or the way he ties his boots or responded to Coach Finidi George— the scoreboard continues to support him like Wi-Fi with full bars.
As for us, the Osimhen faithful, we will continue to support him loudly, proudly, and without hiding in the shadows like a secret admirer who lacks the ball to shoot his shot. Because unlike his traducers, we don’t need to pretend. We will gladly celebrate all his goals — both the ones that make us jump and the ones that make his haters start calculating their life choices. And trust me, there are many more of those celebrations on the way.
Up Osimhen; more blessing, Bro.
Hahahahaha Papafem,
It reminds me of one Gary Lineker who couldnt take it any longer he had to set up a ring light and camera in his living room to publicly apologize to Osimhen…….LMAOoooo
There’s a way a man will show you the middle finger, your own conscience will start lecturing you every time you lay down to sleep of how stupid you have been……..LMAOoooo
I also saw a clip from England where they were re-analyzing Victor Osimhen again as if they had been blind all these while, or as if Victor had been playing in the Burundian 4th division all the while…….LMAOooo. This is a player they heavily demarketed in the media because according to them, he cant be earning as much as their national team captain.
The one that said it would make sure Osimhen never knows peace again is suddenly the one in severe pains and without peace every champions league night and international window…….LMAOOoo.
2 MOTM awards in 2 matches in the “tolotolo” UCL…….12 goals in 19 UCL matches overall, highest scoring Nigerian of all time in “tolotolo” European competitions, 10 goals in 13 WCQ matches, 17 goals in 16 AFCONQ matches, Nigeria’s 2nd overall all time top scorer…….. aren’t we loving this version of Osimhen that does not know peace…….??? LMAOooooo
Hahahaha scoring against a nowelgian club ranked twenty something by fifa is a way of answering critics??
Please sit this one out!!!
@Monkey Man, Osihmen Mosimen Osihmen Zigizaga Osihmen Zegeboyo.
He is the best, forget the rest.