{"id":39259,"date":"2023-02-17T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=39259"},"modified":"2023-02-17T08:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:23:25","slug":"revealed-why-osimhen-doesnt-replicate-napoli-form-for-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=39259","title":{"rendered":"Revealed; Why Osimhen Doesn&#8217;t Replicate Napoli Form For Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">Wednesday Feb 15, 2023. 15:24<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">Former Nigeria international Friday Ekpo has explained why Victor Osimhen is not replicating his club form in the Super Eagles colours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">The 24-year-old striker, who has scored 15 goals from 22 international matches for Nigeria, is in scintillating form for SSC Napoli at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">Osimhen has found the back of the net 17 goals from 18 Italian Serie A matches for the Little Donkeys \u2013 making him one of the most in-form strikers in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">Ekpo, who played in 19 matches for the Super Eagles from 1989 to 1993, stated that Osimhen shouldn\u2019t be put under pressure when he [plays for the West African giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\u201cWhen the coach is assembling the team, they don\u2019t spend an awful lot of time,\u201d Ekpo said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/why-osimhen-performs-better-with-napoli-than-with-super-eagles-friday-ekpo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sports Ration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\u201cSo there should not be too much pressure on him to play for the Super Eagles as much as he does at Napoli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\u201cOsimhen is not a one man riot. 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That\u2019s a huge difference,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\u201cThe Super Eagles coach should put on his thinking cap and have many good options in the striker position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">The Super Eagles are set to take on Guinea-Bissau home and away in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">Coach Jose Peseiro\u2019s side needs three points to secure their place in the finals which will be hosted by Ivory Coast next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1702575176MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday Feb 15, 2023. 15:24 Former Nigeria international Friday Ekpo has explained why Victor Osimhen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Revealed; 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