{"id":19926,"date":"2023-03-16T00:35:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/victor-osimhen-achieved-something-last-night-that-not-even-diego-maradona-could-at-napoli\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:35:20","slug":"victor-osimhen-achieved-something-last-night-that-not-even-diego-maradona-could-at-napoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/victor-osimhen-achieved-something-last-night-that-not-even-diego-maradona-could-at-napoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Osimhen achieved something last night that not even Diego Maradona could at Napoli"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Victor Osimhen takes to the pitch, Victor Osimhen<\/a> scores goals. The competition doesn’t matter, the stadium doesn’t matter, the opposition don’t matter either.<\/p>\n


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The Nigerian has quickly become one of the globe’s best strikers and indeed one of most highly sought-after players in the whole of Europe.<\/p>\n

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He has been simply devastating for Napoli and in their Champions League<\/a> win over Frankfurt on Wednesday evening, bagged twice to send the Italian side into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

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That was a landmark moment for several reasons.<\/p>\n

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Firstly, it marks the first time three Italian teams reached the last eight of Europe’s premier competition since 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It is the first time the Naples outfit have ever reached that stage of the campaign too. That is a remarkable achievement, particularly when you consider they once had the late great Diego Maradona in their ranks.<\/p>\n

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However, not even the Argentine would take them this far in the tournament, with Osimhen now beginning to surpass certain elements of the great forward’s legacy at a club where the stadium is now fondly named after him.<\/p>\n

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As the current Napoli attacker once alluded to, Maradona’s legacy is impossible to match up to, but the 24-year-old is certainly doing all he can to catch a man he labelled as a “Demigod<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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Fans will stand to applaud his talent and why wouldn’t you? His brace in a 3-0 win on Wednesday took him to 23 goals<\/a> in 28 outings.<\/p>\n

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These were two of his most pivotal strikes yet, though, scoring a remarkable header before an easier strike from close range followed.<\/p>\n

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So good was his performance that plenty took to social media in order to praise him. You can see the best of the reaction below.<\/p>\n

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