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“In 10 years time, you will know what you’ve done.” Balotelli tells Osimhen

The name Victor Osimhen will forever be revered in Napoli and the reason isn’t far-fetched. He scored the title winner

The Nigerian forward ushered Napoli into their first Serie A title, the Scudetto title after 33 years. His equalizer in Napoli’s 1-1 draw with Udinese on Thursday is the club’s first since the Diego Maradona era.

Osimhen has also now equalled Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah’s record for the highest African goalscorer in Serie A with 46 goals, broken Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o’s record for the most goals scored by an African player in a single Serie A season. With 22 Serie A goals, 4 assists in 27 games this season, he will become the first African to win the Serie A Golden Boot.

Former Italian player, Mario Balotelli, congratulated the man of the moment on his Instagram live session on Thursday,  adding that  he would realize how huge of a feat it is later on.

 “I have been calling some friends from Napoli, it is crazy. Trust me, you did something incredible. You still don’t know what you did. You will realise with the years. Not tomorrow, not next year. In ten years, you will understand what you did.” Balotelli said.

Reacting to the victory, the forward tweeted, “A Prophecy Fulfilled! GOD Is The Greatest.”

We can safely say he has become the greatest Napoli player in the club’s history.

Take a bow champ!

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Victor Osimhen to join Bayern Munich this summer

Super Eagles player, Victor Osimhen is set for a sensational switch to German side, Bayern Munich this summer. The 24-year-old who joined Napoli from Lille for a club-record fee of €75m in 2020, still has two years left on his contract and is currently valued at €100m.

The serie A top marksman who has netted 21 goals in 23 games is expected to replace Lewandowski  at the club. 

Victor Osimhen, who suffered an injury while on international duty with Nigeria will miss Napoli’s #UCL quarter-final first-leg against AC Milan tomorrow evening due to an abductor injury.

“Victor is not in the conditions to play, unfortunately — so we hope to have him back for return fixture at the Maradona on April 18”,  Aurelio De Laurentiis, Napoli President disclosed.

He has four goals in five UCL games this season

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“He has everything it takes to be better than Zidane.”Alessandro Del Piero on Pirlo’s appointment as Juve coach.

Ex Italian footballer, Alessandro Del Piero has backed his former team-mate Andrea Pirlo to be successful in his new manageria role in Juventus. The 45 year-old is confident that the midfield maestro can even do better than his counterpart at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane. 

Pirlo was announced as the new coach of seria A side, Juventus following the sack of ex manager, Maurizio Sarri after their Champions League last-16 exit to Lyon on Friday.

Piero spoke of his surprise about Pirlo’s appointment to Sky Sport Italia, ‘To be honest, I wouldn’t have bet on him becoming the coach. It’s a surprise for me too, I was already pleased for him taking the Under-23 role and thought that was the right move for him, but he’s skipped ahead, so I can only wish him luck. I think the general perception of former players who become coaches is changing in Italy. Before, there was this need to go through a long process in the lower leagues to learn the trade, but in recent years we’ve seen Filippo and Simone Inzaghi succeed, plus Gennaro Gattuso. They were great players and started straight away with great teams.’

He is also confident that Pirlo can also be reverred like Zidane at the Bernabeu.

‘It’s not a fair comparison, because Zizou had already worked with the Real Madrid youth team and then was Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant manager, but Pirlo has everything it takes to do even better than Zidane, He already knows the club, the players, the directors, so I think they communicated in a very clear way.’

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Serie A to resume on June 20.

Italian Minister for Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora has given the all-clear for Serie A fixtures to resume, with matchday 27 set to take place on June 20. The decision was reached in a video conference meeting on Thursday, involving Spadafora, the Lega Serie A, Players’ Association, FIGC, and Association of Italian Sports Medics.

Serie A games were put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the last game played on March 9. They are set to play 127 games over the span of 50 days. Four outstanding matches from Week 25 that were postponed include Atalanta-Sassuolo, Inter-Sampdoria, Torino-Parma, and Verona-Cagliari.

Also Read: The English Premier League set to resume on June 17.

The CTS (technical-scientific committee) approved the medical protocol for matches and one of them states that if one member of the squad or staff tests positive for COVID-19, then the entire Team Group must remain isolated for 14 days in their training ground. The individual who tests positive will be quarantined.

 

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Sad! Zlatan Ibrahimovic suffers potential career-ending injury.

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

The Swedish football legend, reportedly sustained a calf injury during training this morning and this may put an end to his football career. The 38-year-old who signed a short-term deal with AC Milan on a free transfer midway through the season has netted four goals and one assist in 10 games in all competitions for the Seria A side this term.

Also Read: “Been scratching my head to work out how I got it.” Adrian Mariappa on positive coronavirus test.

AC Milan fears his 2019/2020 season could be over and he is out of contract in June 2020. SportMediaset journalist Pietro Balzano Prota wrote on Twitter: “Bad injury for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Medical tests are expected but it could be a long stop.”  Tests will take place tomorrow to understand the extent of his injury.

Get well soon Ibra.

 

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