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Spanish outlet hails Nigerian striker after incredible goal


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Spanish outlet hails Nigerian striker after incredible goal

By Adejuyigbe olorunfemi

A Spanish outlet named Mundo Deportivo, cannot but hail Nigeria international after his goal against Valencia in their 4-1 loss on Tuesday night in the UEFA champions league, Bsnsports.com.ng reports

The Spanish outlet likened him to the great Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, who holds the 100m and 200m world records.

Victor osihmen in the 25 minute found the net after using his pace to get past Valencia's duo Garay and Gabriel Paulista through a deflected ball to his side, due to a defensive error.

''Lille has advanced on the scoreboard (0-1) in his match on Tuesday of Group H of the Champions League against Valencia in Mestalla with a spectacular goal by Victor Osimhen. 

''The young Nigerian striker, 20, has received a deflected ball and has not missed it. As if he were the very Jamaican exvelocist Usain Bolt , Osimhem, a footballer with a brutal stride, has started a spectacular race with the ball at his feet and has beaten, with a great precision Cillessen with a low shot that passed between the legs of the goalkeeper,'' the Barcelona-based sports daily wrote. 

The Super Eagles star has now scored all but one of Lille's goals in this season's Champions league.

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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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