Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, the current Serie A-League leaders in Italy, advanced significantly toward their first-ever UEFA Champions League quarterfinal appearance with a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of their round of 16 encounters.
The in-form Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, and former Empoli defender, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, scored at the 40th and 65th-minute marks, respectively, for Napoli to have their fifth successive win in all competitions.
The Italians kept up their strong play in the Champions League group stage matches, winning five of their six games to claim first place in the group ahead of the previous finalists, Liverpool Football Club.
Napoli has never advanced past this stage in the Champions League, but thanks to Victor Osimhen’s incredible form, the visitors took the lead at Deutsche Bank Park when he scored in his eighth straight game.
Napoli’s Mexican right winger Hirving Lozano made an incredible run down the right flanks, finding Osimhen in the home team’s penalty box, where he confidently tapped the ball into the net.
As Naples showed their five-star performance since the start of the 2022-2023 season away in Germany, Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made a brilliant turn to assist Giovanni Di Lorenzo, who chipped the ball at the left corner of the goalpost.
The Italian league leaders’ 2-0 lead appeared to be magnificent, as it was their first UEFA Champions League knockout win in 11 years, and Victor Osimhen appeared to be flying in all games for Napoli in the 2022-2023 football season.
Osimhen, a Nigerian striker, has scored 20 goals in 24 appearances for Napoli this season, including seven consecutive goals in Serie A for the first time in the club’s history.
Victor Osimhen, a target for Manchester United, has scored 20 goals for Napoli this season, making him the first Napoli player to do so since Arkadiusz Milik in 2018/19.
Osimhen’s statistical performance in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Deutsche Bank Park has been collated below: 19 touches, 5 duels won, 3 shots, 2 shots on target, 2 fouls won, and 1 goal scored.
