VICTOR OSIMHEN SCORCHED THE NET JUST SIX MINUTES AFTER COMING ON FOR VICTOR BONIFACE IN NIGERIA’S CLASH AGAINST BENIN AT GODSWILL AKPABIO STADIUM LAST SATURDAY.
THE GOAL CAME FROM A WELL-TIMED MOVE AND A PRECISE CROSS INTO THE BOX FROM HIS TEAMMATES. OSIMHEN SHARED INSIGHTS INTO THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PRACTICE THAT MADE THE GOAL POSSIBLE.
OSIMHEN REVEALS HOW HE FOOLER BENIN DEFENCE
OSIMHEN DESCRIBED HOW HIS TEAM’S TRAINING PAID OFF, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF SEMI AJAYI IN THE PLAY. HE NOTED THAT THE ROUTINE HAD BEEN PRACTICED EXTENSIVELY IN TRAINING WITH OLA AINA, TAIWO AWONIYI, AND WILFRED NDIDI.
“WHEN HE [NDIDI] DID THE CROSS, SIMI WAS ALSO GOING TOWARDS THE BALL. IF HE HITS IT, HE CAN SCORE, OR MAYBE THE GOALIE PARRIES IT,” OSIMHEN EXPLAINED.
“BUT I SAW THAT I HAD A CLEARER CHANCE THAN HIM, SO I TOLD HIM ‘FILE FILE’ IN YORUBA, AND HE LEFT IT.”
OSIMHEN ELABORATED THAT ‘FILE’ MEANS “LEAVE IT” IN YORUBA. AJAYI, THOUGH BORN IN ENGLAND, SPEAKS YORUBA FLUENTLY, AND OSIMHEN, RAISED IN LAGOS, IS A NATIVE SPEAKER.
NIGERIA PREPARES TO TAKE ON RWANDA
THE SUPER EAGLES HAVE ARRIVED IN KIGALI TO FACE RWANDA IN THEIR SECOND MATCH OF THE 2025 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, AT 2 P.M. NIGERIAN TIME. OSIMHEN, EAGER TO EXTEND HIS SCORING STREAK, WILL BE TARGETING A STARTING SPOT TO SCORE IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES FOR NIGERIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JUNE 2022.
