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Victor Osimhen scores hat-trick as Super Eagles trash Sao Tome 6-0
Victor Osimhen scores hat-trick as Super Eagles trash Sao Tome 6-0
Nigeria have comfortably defeated Sao Tome and Principe in the final match of the group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Victor Osimhen scored his hat-trick in the game which ended 6-0.
Jose Peseiro’s team came into the game having secured 12 points from five matches and on top of Group A. They have already secured enough points to qualify for the 2023 Nations Cup.
Their opponent, Sao Tome even before the clash were out of contention having managed to get just a point and were bottom of Group A.
Sao Tome however, hoped to prove a point after their captain, Luis Leal, boasted his team are in Uyo to “thrash” and “humiliate” the Super Eagles.
But the Nigerian side excited their fans at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo early in the game when the Eagles pressed and scored the opener in the 13th minute.
Ademola delivered a pass for prolific striker, Osimhein, who didn’t waste time to strike into the Sao Tome goal post.
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After mounting further pressure on the visitors, Ademola, who provided the assist for the first goal, got his in the 27th minute through an assist from Wilfred Ndidi.
The first half ended 2-0 in favour of the Super Eagles who dominated the whole half.
Taiwo Awoniyi got his goal six minutes into the second half scoring an acrobatic kick after Kelechi Iyeanacho passed the ball onto his chest in the 18-yard box.
Victor Boniface replaced Awoniyi in the 64th minute to make his debut for the Nigerian team.
Ronaldo Silva, the Sao Tome goalkeeper fouled Osimhen, popularly called the ‘King of Napoli’ which made the Algerian referee, Lahlou Benbraham to award a penalty.
The Napoli star took the spot kick and sent the keeper diving in the wrong direction while the ball went into the bottom right corner.
Osimhen scored his hat-trick after substitute Chukwueze made a creative pass to the striker who sent it into the Sao Tome net in the 80th minute.
Chukwueze also scored his goal in the 86th minute to make the score 6-0. He was assisted by Boniface.
Victor Osimhen scores hat-trick as Super Eagles trash Sao Tome 6-0
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My adventure at PSG will end in few weeks – Mbappe
My adventure at PSG will end in few weeks – Mbappe
France striker Kylian Mbappe said he will leave Paris St-Germain at the end of the season.
“I’ve always said that I would speak with you when the time comes,” Mbappe said. “It’s my last year at Paris St-Germain. I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks.
” Mbappe’s contract with PSG expires in June and BBC Sport reported in February that he has agreed a deal to join Real Madrid in the summer.
The World Cup winner is PSG’s record goalscorer with 255 goals and will play his final home game at the Parc des Princes against Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday at 20:00 BST.
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After that PSG have away fixtures at Nice (15 May) and Metz (19 May) before the French Cup final against Lyon at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on 25 May.
Paris-born Mbappe, who joined PSG from Monaco for £165.7m in August 2017, said the club helped “grow as a player” and “grow as a man as well”.
He added: “It’s a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and the great honour to be a member of the biggest French club, one of the best in the world. “It allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player of course, by being alongside some of the best in history, some of the greatest champions.
“It’s hard and I never thought it would be this difficult to announce that. But I think I needed this, a new challenge, after seven years.”.
My adventure at PSG will end in few weeks – Mbappe
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Lookman scores as Atalanta reach first European final
Lookman scores as Atalanta reach first European final
Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman was on the scoresheet as Atalanta makes history as the club reaches its first European final, after a 3-0 (4-1 aggregate) victory over Marseille in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.
With the tie so delicately poised after a draw in the first leg, it was La Dea who took the initiative in an utterly one-sided first half. The only surprise at the break was that Atalanta’s one-goal lead wasn’t any bigger, such had been their dominance.
Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere had both come close before Ademola Lookman found the breakthrough midway through the opening period. Cutting in from the left, Lookman’s curled shot took a hefty deflection off Samuel Gigot, before whistling into the far right-hand corner.
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The visitors had a chance to atone for their dreary first half display following the restart, but Iliman Ndiaye squandered the opportunity.
The ex-Sheffield United man had an empty net to aim for after goalkeeper Juan Musso found himself in no man’s land, but his lobbed effort fell wide of the upright. That miss was punished emphatically by Matteo Ruggeri, who put the tie beyond the Olympians.
Breaking into the Marseille penalty area, the 21-year-old drilled into the top corner of Pau López’s goal, giving Atalanta an unassailable advantage on the night and breathing space in the tie.
It just wasn’t Marseille’s night in the end, with Atalanta a cut above the Ligue 1 outfit, even adding a third through El Bilal Touré’s stylish effort in stoppage time.
That kickstarted the celebrations, and having knocked out competition favourites Liverpool en route to the final, La Dea will contest the final against Bayer Leverkusen on the 22nd of May confident they can secure just a second-ever major honour.
Lookman scores as Atalanta reach first European final
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Tijani Babangida in fatal road accident, brother dies
Tijani Babangida in fatal road accident, brother dies
Tijani Babangida, former Super Eagles forward, was involved in a car accident on Thursday that tragically claimed the life of his younger brother, Ibrahim Babangida.
Babangida was part of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic team that won the gold medal and is currently the President of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria.
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Former teammate, Emmanuel Babayaro, the General Secretary, PFAN, announced the incident in a statement.
“Comrades! Let us be in prayers for our president, Tijani Babangida, who just had a ghastly motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Road,” Babayaro said.
“Ibrahim Babangida, his younger brother, died on the spot from the accident while Mr President (Babangida) and his family were taken to the hospital.
“May the soul of Ibrahim Babangida Rest In Peace with God, amen,” he announced.
Tijani Babangida in fatal road accident, brother dies
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