{"id":834155,"date":"2025-03-15T10:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/victor-osimhen-sends-stern-warning-to-rwanda-zimbabwe-with-hat-trick-against-antalyaspor\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:13:15","slug":"victor-osimhen-sends-stern-warning-to-rwanda-zimbabwe-with-hat-trick-against-antalyaspor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/victor-osimhen-sends-stern-warning-to-rwanda-zimbabwe-with-hat-trick-against-antalyaspor\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Osimhen sends stern warning to Rwanda, Zimbabwe with hat-trick against Antalyaspor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored a hat-trick for Galatasaray in their 4-0 bashing of Antalyaspor at Rams Park on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Osimhen has been on fire this season and he continued with his brilliance when Galatasaray welcomed Antalyaspor to Istanbul. The Lions had drawn their last four games across all competitions and they needed to return to winning ways.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles star led the line for the reigning Turkish champions and they started the game on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray had some good looks at goal in the opening minutes with Davinson Sanchez and Przemyslaw Frankowski missing chances early on. Osimhen had a chance in the 25th minute but he flunked his opportunity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ICONSPORT_246110_0058.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1380\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145045\">Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray during the Turkish Super League match between Galatasaray and Eyuspor Photo by Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, just five minutes later, he scored. Osimhen got on the end of a square ball from Alvaro Morata in the box and sent a low finish into the net.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the break, Galatasaray struck again. This time, it was courtesy of Morata. The Lions won a penalty in the 44th after a VAR review, but Osimhen left it for Morata. The Spanaird made no mistake from the spot as he converted to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victor Osimhen El Bicho Hattrick edit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erister9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@erister9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2Ip5XzM3u\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/i2Ip5XzM3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 via: erister (@eristerxarsiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eristerxarsiv\/status\/1900645811605688553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Galatasaray didn\u2019t stop there. Osimhen struck again in the third minute of first half stoppages to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray started the second half well, and they nicked the fourth in the 52nd minute. Thus time, Osimhen received a through pass from Yunus Akgun and struck a low shot into the net to make it 4-0.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146533\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago1057111533-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146533\">Galatasaray player Victor Osimhen [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Osimhen was eventually taken off in the 68th minute after his impressive showing for the Lions. His goal was eventually the final goal in Antalyaspor\u2019s coffin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GalatasaraySK\/status\/1900630211051339815?t=coYclpL4K19kKVsVerO1jw&#038;s=19\" target=\"_blank\">as it ended 4-0.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Soccer Rwanda, Zimbabwe watch out, Victor Osimhen is on fire!<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1050088284-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen for Super Eagles (Photo credit: Imago)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153470\">Victor Osimhen for Super Eagles (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Victor Osimhen\u2019s hat-trick against Antalyaspor is just a testament of his quality. Heading into the games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe, he is expected to lead the line.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, he is in form, and coach Eric Chelle will hope that he carries this form into the Super Eagles\u2019 games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-15-at-12.53.46.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Vcitor Osimhen\n\" width=\"1687\" height=\"2109\"  ><\/p>\n<p>If Chelle can work out a good playing style that will ensure that the team create plenty chances, Osimhen could have a good day in front of goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Kelvin Omachonu\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240522-WA0001-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/kelvin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu is a writer with many years of experience covering sports events in Nigeria and abroad. He is fueled by his love for the job, and is dedicated to delivering captivating stories.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/victor-osimhen-sends-stern-warning-to-rwanda-zimbabwe-with-hat-trick-against-antalyaspor.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Kelvin Omachonu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored a hat-trick for Galatasaray in their 4-0 bashing of Antalyaspor at Rams Park on Friday, Soccernet.ng reports. Osimhen has been on fire this season and he continued with his brilliance when Galatasaray welcomed Antalyaspor to Istanbul. The Lions had drawn their last four games across all competitions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96184,2005,29917],"tags":[96183,7669],"class_list":{"0":"post-834155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-osimhen","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-victor","10":"tag-osimhen","11":"tag-victor"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}