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Osimhen on fire as Napoli grabs first Europa win
 
From: Kelvin Ugo Ubaka
Fri, 22 Oct 2021   ||   Italy, Napoli
 

Friday 22nd Oct.2021:Nigeria’s striker,Victor Osimhen was on fire again as his  Serie A side, Napoli secured their first European win of the season overcoming the previously unbeaten Legia Warsaw 3-0.
 Osimhen took his goal tally to nine for the campaign after Lorenzo Insigne had broken the deadlock for the Italians.
Italy midfielder Matteo Politano then rubbed salt into the Polish wounds with a third in added time.
Monaco remain top of Group B as 21-year-old midfielder Sofiane Diop claimed an 89th winner in the 2-1 success over PSV Eindhoven.
Austria’s Sturm Graz remain pointless after three rounds after Sweden’s Alexander Isak scored a second half winner in Real Sociedad’s 1-0 win.
Fenerbahce were denied a first win of the campaign as Pieter Gerkens scored with half an hour left to claim a 2-2 draw for Antwerp.
Marseille were held 0-0 at Lazio as Italy’s Ciro Immobile hit the woodwork for the hosts.
On Wednesday, Zambia striker Patson Daka scored four goals as Leicester revived their campaign by fighting back from two goals down to beat Spartak Moscow 4-3.
On Tuesday, Celtic beat Ferencvaros 2-0 in front of a crowd of more than 50,000 at Celtic Park despite a 1530 local time (1430GMT) kick-off.
The Hungarians were due to travel to Scotland in two weeks’ time, but policing requirements for the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow forced the fixture to be switched.

 

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