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Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has called on Galatasaray teammates to build on their convincing 4-0 victory against Antalyaspor in their Super Lig fixture at RAMS Park on Friday.
The Super Eagles forward continued with his fine run of form putting his side ahead in the 30th minute before Alvaro Morata bundled home the second in the 45th minute. With the game heading into the half-time break, Osimhen made it 3-0.
Yunus Akgun then laid a neat pass to Osimhen to complete his hat-trick and seal the emphatic win for Galatasaray in the 52nd minute. The former Napoli forward was later withdrawn in the 68th minute for Dries Mertens.
“First of all, I think we need to congratulate the team and then our fans. We definitely did a great job from the first whistle to the last whistle,” Osimhen told the club’s official website after the game.
“Everyone tried to play their best. Barış played an incredible match. He made us feel very valuable in the last matches. Yunus is back and he is also a very important player for us. We will try to reflect this result in the next matches.
“Our team is a team built on love and we are all brothers, not only on the field but also off the field. Morata is also a very important and great player. We show mutual respect to each other. I think he can give me the ball in the same situation.
“He is a name that has proven himself with what he has done in football. In fact, all of my teammates are very valuable to me. We actually owe being a team at the highest level to this. We will try to continue in this way. We want to continue by building on this momentum.”
The win enabled Galatasaray to move 10 points clear at the top with 71 points, garnered from 22 wins, five draws and they are yet to lose this season.
For Osimhen, he has now scored 20 league goals from 22 matches and provided four assists. His scoring form will be very vital for Nigeria as they prepare for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
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