{"id":844192,"date":"2025-04-28T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/everything-victor-osimhen-said-after-hitting-goal-milestone-against-eyupspor\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:12:08","slug":"everything-victor-osimhen-said-after-hitting-goal-milestone-against-eyupspor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/everything-victor-osimhen-said-after-hitting-goal-milestone-against-eyupspor\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Victor Osimhen said after hitting goal milestone against Ey\u00fcpspor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker, Victor James Osimhen, was delighted to have helped his side by getting on the scoresheet against Ey\u00fcpspor, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old set up the opening goal at the Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan Stadyumu for ex-Freiburg midfielder, Roland Sallai, in the 29th minute before finding the back of the net in the 71st minute himself.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen headed towards the far post from a corner kick, and Sallai was there to tap it home from close range to break the deadlock for Okan Buruk\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"cy\">ROLAND SALLAI \u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EYPvGS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#EYPvGS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeH5LVIFn8\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/HeH5LVIFn8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FATIH BA\u015e (@FATIH_BAS40) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FATIH_BAS40\/status\/1916531246001213642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/victor-osimhen-galatasaray-record.html\">Victor Osimhen nears 119-year Galatasaray record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/victor-osimhen-vs-nwakame-turkish-cup.html\">Confirmed: Victor Osimhen to battle another Super Eagles star in Turkish Cup final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/osimhen-amorim-manchester-united.html\"><strong>Ex-Manchester United forward describes Victor Osimhen as \u2018perfect\u2019 for Ruben Amorim\u2019s side<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_Galatasaray-v-Adana-Demirspor-Turkish-Super-League.webp\" alt width=\"1023\" height=\"681\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156363\">Victor Osimhen in action for Galatasaray. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alvaro Morata came off the bench to score a brace after he\u2019d initially gone five games without finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen\u2019s strike tonight was his 31st of the season for Galatasaray this season in all competitions. He\u2019s also provided eight assists. The ex-LOSC Lille man equalled his best goalscoring form of the 2022\/2023 season that saw him lift the Scudetto with Napoli.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1042143200-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158594\">Victor Osimhen of Napoli is heading the ball during the Serie A soccer match between SSC Napoli and Torino FC at Stadio Maradona. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the game, the Napoli loanee was delighted his side sealed all three points in style, as it lit up the path for them to become league champions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m<\/span> <span>very<\/span> <span>happy<\/span> <span>because<\/span> <span>we<\/span> <span>won.<\/span> <span>Winning<\/span> <span>this<\/span> <span>match<\/span> <span>was<\/span> <span>very<\/span> <span>important.<\/span> <span>We<\/span> <span>needed<\/span> <span>more<\/span> <span>points.<\/span> <span>I\u2019m<\/span> <span>very<\/span> <span>happy<\/span> <span>to<\/span> <span>have<\/span> <span>contributed<\/span> <span>with<\/span> <span>1<\/span> <span>goal<\/span> <span>and<\/span> <span>1<\/span> <span>assist.<\/span> <span>I\u2019m<\/span> <span>also<\/span> <span>happy<\/span> <span>for<\/span> <span>Morata.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese<\/span> <span>points<\/span> <span>are<\/span> <span>very<\/span> <span>important<\/span> <span>on<\/span> <span>the<\/span> <span>path<\/span> <span>to<\/span> <span>the<\/span> <span>championship.<\/span> <span>As<\/span> <span>Galatasaray,<\/span> <span>we<\/span> <span>are<\/span> <span>focused<\/span> <span>on<\/span> <span>ourselves<\/span> <span>and<\/span> <span>approach<\/span> <span>each<\/span> <span>match<\/span> <span>separately.<\/span> <span>We<\/span> <span>will<\/span> <span>look<\/span> <span>forward to<\/span> <span>the<\/span> <span>next<\/span> <span>match,\u201d the former VFL Wolfsburg striker said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yenisafakspor\/status\/1916572135146872931\" target=\"_blank\">SPOR<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060547643-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156521\">Victor Osimhen of celebrates victory after the Ziraat Turkish Cup Quarter Final Match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray at Ulker Stadium in Istanbul. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With five league games left to play, Galatasaray are currently five points clear at the top of the Turkish Super Lig. Victor Osimhen is leading the race for the league\u2019s golden boot with 22 goals, three above Krzysztof Piatek.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/victor-osimhen-galatasaray-eyupspor.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker, Victor James Osimhen, was delighted to have helped his side by getting on the scoresheet against Ey\u00fcpspor, Soccernet.ng reports. The 26-year-old set up the opening goal at the Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan Stadyumu for ex-Freiburg midfielder, Roland Sallai, in the 29th minute before finding the back of the net in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1272,2005,29917],"tags":[7839,7669],"class_list":{"0":"post-844192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-everything","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-victor","10":"tag-everything","11":"tag-victor"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844192","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=844192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}