Victor Osimhen has said it is important for Galatasaray to maintain the same momentum as they continue their quest for a third consecutive Turkish Super Lig title.
The Yellow and Reds maintained their unbeaten streak in the Turkish top-flight this season with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Antalyaspor on Friday night.
Osimhen bagged a hat-trick with Alvaro Morata scoring the other goal.
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Okan Buruk’s side top the standings with 71 points from 27 matches.
“First of all, I think we need to congratulate the team and then our fans. We definitely did a great job from the first whistle to the last whistle. Everyone tried to play their best. Barış played an incredible match. He made us feel very valuable in the last matches,” the Nigeria international told the club’s official website.
” Yunus is back and he is also a very important player for us. We will try to reflect this result in the next matches. Our team is a team built on love and we are all brothers, not only on the field but also off the field. Morata is also a very important and great player. We show mutual respect to each other.
“I think he can give me the ball in the same situation. He is a name that has proven himself with what he has done in football. In fact, all of my teammates are very valuable to me. We actually owe being a team at the highest level to this. We will try to continue in this way. We want to continue by building on this momentum.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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This is the only player I pray should not cop an injury, going into WCQ matches.
Whilst I wish no injury to any Super Eagles players, no player is indispensable.
Osihmen is on cloud 9 at the moment. He looks lean, fit and lethal. Dare I say he is enjoying his football better now than when he was in Napoli.
I watch his Galastasaray highlights and see a smooth, intricate and precise sharpshooter. Little wonder Osihmen himself never entertains discussions linking him away from Turkey.
I really don’t care about Osihmen’s reputation as a megastar rockstar footballer, that for me is distraction.
Osihmen is a highly capable centre forward who (like we saw in the Afcon last year) is supremely effective upfront whether he is scoring or not.
Honestly, I will make a bold statement that Victor Osihmen is the complete centre forward. For Nigeria, I will controversially recommend he plays as the support striker because playing behind a centre forward and dropping deep to cause havoc maximises the meticulous mechanics that drive his engine.
For those of us who watched Daniel Amokachi play, I think that sort of all-action approach suits Osihmen rather than just languishing up front and waiting for hit-or-miss supply.
Let Boniface, Umar or Arokodare languish up front, waiting for passes that may never come. The more we see Osihmen in action, the better.
Seeing how trim, fit, sharp, prudent and chiselled that Osihmen, honestly I don’t mind if he stays in Galastasaray for another season. So long as he is earning mega mega bucks.
4 WCQ matches. 3 draws and a loss. Not a single win and no Osimhen in any of the matches.
Yes, I agree with you @deo that no player is indispensable if the coach deploys his assets well as you stated, but all players are equal, but some are more equal than others.
So, I’m really praying like @Papafem that Osimhen in particular is as fit as a fiddle by Friday.
England today only plays at half strength without Kane, and even Nigeria beat a Messi-less Argentina 4 -2 prior to the 2018 WC, but lost to the same Argentina, which was now Messi-ful at the WC proper.
For una mind osimhen go come dey score hatrick for wc matches like him dey score for that tolotolo league? Lol. Omo is a different vibe all together. World cup is the most superior football competition on earth compared to that inferior league that nobody watches…
And if I were you guys I will redirect that prayers to lookman cos that guy seems to be the new Messiah of the team now but am not you guys sha cos like deo I believe all players are important
And the osimhen in question self has no world cup experience..
The 2022 world cup he was suppose to get experience from in the run up baba was busy doing keke napep kick all over the pitch and insulting legends like the prince of Monaco..(He featured but we lost the ticket to Ghana) Lmao
So this @Monkey Post is still on Osimhen’s case in 2025? It is well o