Saturday, July 6, 2024
HomeSportsNapoli boss banks on Osimhen for victory against Braga

Napoli boss banks on Osimhen for victory against Braga

Napoli manager, Rudi Garcia, hopes Victor Osimhen will regain his scoring form in their UEFA Champions League clash against SC Braga on Wednesday.

Osimhen has failed to register a goal in his last two appearances for the Partenopei.

Napoli will kick-off their campaign in this season’s Champions League with an away clash against Braga at the Estadio de Municipal de Braga today.

Garcia is optimistic the Nigerian will score against the Portuguese side.

Read Also: BBNaija ‘All Stars’ Season 8

“Osimhen started well with two goals in three games and we hope he can get back on target tomorrow (today),” the gaffer said, according to Football Italia.

The 24-year-old scored five goals in the competition for Napoli last season.

Meanwhile, Victor Osimhen failed to find the net again for two successive matches for Napoli when they drew against Genoa away from home.

Goalkeeper Francis Uzoho didn’t play a single minute in Omonia Nicosa’s goalless draw away at AEL.

Sunday
Ademola Lookman was on target for Atalanta as they suffered a 3-2 defeat away from home at Fiorentina.

Isaac Success and Maduke Okoye were unused substitutes for Udinese Calcio in their away draw at Cagliari.

Tyrone Ebuehi was an unused substitute for Paolo Zanetti’s men when Empoli suffered a heavy 7-0 loss at the hands of Roma.

Akor Adams played a big part in Montpellier’s 2-2 away draw at Strasbourg and was substituted in the 70th minute.

Kenneth Omerou played the whole 90 minutes in the 3-3 draw at Alanyonspor for his Turkish side, Kasim Pasa.

Simon Moses’ 48-minute stunning strike handed French side Nantes a win away from home at Clement Foot.

Gift Orban played for Gent until the 68th minute, when they faced OH Leuven, but could not score for his side.

In Spain, Sadiq Umar was brought in in the 81st minute to replace Mikel Oyerzabal as Real Sociedad suffered a 2-1 defeat to league leaders Real Madrid.

For more news update follow us on www.naijatimes-usa.com

RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Most Popular