Weah lauds Osimhen as Eagles reach AFCON finals

Liberian President George Weah has congratulated Super Eagles’ forward, Victor Osimhen, on his excellence at the recent AFC

Osimhen, who has continued to enjoy an excellent season with 25 league goals, helping Napoli to their first Italian Serie A title in 33 years, got a personal letter from the President congratulating him and advising that he continues to break new ground.

Weah, who watched the match in the presidential box of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Paynesville with Nigeria’s Ambassadors to Liberia and Sierra Leone , President of the NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, NFF Board Members Rt. Hon. Nse Essien and Sunday Dele-Ajayi, among others, was in awe of Osimhen’s prowess.

The 1995 World, European, and African Footballer of the Year, said “That is what I call a striker. Good positioning always. Very athletic and knows where to be each time the ball is coming. He is so strong and a fighter par excellence.” The Napoli forward is now the leading scorer in the qualifying series with seven goals and a total of 17 goals in 25 matches for Nigeria at the senior level. His seven goals in this qualifying campaign include a goal against Sierra Leone in Abuja back in June 2022, giving Nigeria a 2-1 win and three points on the first day of the series, and four of the 10 goals against Sao Tome and Principe in Agadir, Morocco, a few days later, the same day Nigeria set a new international win-record.

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