Osimhen savours Champions League victory over Lille
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen is basking in the euphoria of Galatasaray’s impressive 4-2 win away to French club side, Lille in a round 3 UEFA Champions League fixture played on Tuesday night.
Galatasaray claimed their first win of the European campaign at the Decathlon Arena -Stade Pierre-Mauroy after roaring back from a first half deadlock to emerge as winners of the six-goal football thriller.
Yunus Akgun opened the scoring for the away team in the 2nd minute to make it 1-0 before Lille’s Soriba Diaoune scored two goals in the 7th and 39th minute of the game to give his team a 2-1 advantage..
However, Galatasaray found a way back into the game by scoring an equaliser in the 44th minute of the game when Aleksey Betrakov made it 2-2 before the centre referee blew his whistle to end the first half of match.
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The away team started the second half of the game the same way they ended the first half piling pressure on their opponents and their efforts yielded results when Lille’s Nabil Bentaleb scored an own goal against his team before Osimhen hit in the fourth and final goal of the match in the 61st minute.
Osimhen who was voted Man of the Match after the game featured in an interview with Galatasaray’s club website immediately after the match on Wednesday said that he is glad his team bagged all the three points at stake in the encounter which turned out to be their first UCL win this season.
“I love this stadium. The fans are incredible. We had a tough match. I’m very happy for our team; we won. I also wish Lille good luck in their next matches,” Osimhen was quoted by the club’s official website.
“Lille players are very tough. They even took the lead. We managed to win the match together as a team. I’m happy we got the three points.” He added.
The former Nigeria youth international who has just returned from an injury layoff is expected to lead the line when Galatasaray play host to VfB Stuttgart at the RAMS Park in Turkey on Tuesday, November 3, in their next UEFA Champions League match-up.
