Eagles Roundup; Osimhen, Nwankwo on target; Alex Iwobi stars in Everton draw

By Editor   BSNSports.com.ng round-up of the Nigeria-eligible players on target for their European clubs in league matches on Saturday, October 17. In the Italian Serie A, Victor Osimhen scored his first goal in Serie A as Napoli hammered visiting Atalanta 4-1. Osimhen got on the score sheet with two minutes left in the first half to make it 4-0 for Napoli. Super Eagles striker, Simeone Nwankwo scored for struggling Crotone who held Serie A champions Juventus to a 1-1 draw at home. Nwankwo has now scored in back-to-back games after opening his Serie A goals account in Crotone’s 4-1 defeat to Sassuolo. He broke the deadlock in the 12th minute after converting from the penalty spot for his second goal in four games in the campaign. In English Premier League, Alex Iwobi was in action as Everton held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw in the Merseyside derby at the Goodison Park on Saturday. Iwobi took the place of Abdoulaye Dacoure in the 78th minute. In Scotttish League, Joe Aribo returned to action for Rangers who defeated Celtic 2-0 away in the Old Firm derby in Saturday’s Scottish League. His Super Eagles teammate Leon Balogun was an unused substitute for Steven Gerrard side. In French Lique one, It was a mixed feeling for Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward Josh Maja late on Saturday as his goal counted for little in their against Olympic Marseille. Maja who started the day on the bench was brought in, in the 65th minute for Benito but his introduction failed to stop Marseille from getting the third goal. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Super Eagles winger Samuel Kalu was not dress for the match. French Lique 2 side Amiens FC returned to winning ways on Saturday evening as they defeated Grenobles 1-0 in the match day 7 of the league. It was Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker Stephen Odey who netted the only goal of the game and helped Amiens back to winning ways. He scored the only goal of the match in the 64th minute of game before he was replaced by Florian Bianchini in the 76th but his goal was enough to ensured that Amiens secured the maximum points.