Episode 57: Moses Simon bags brace for Nantes in Ligue 1 & Osimhen reaches 13 Serie A goals for the season in dominant 6-1 win for Napoli

I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Moses Simon playing a stellar role for Nantes by scoring a brace in their 2-2 draw away to Lens in Ligue 1 as they continue to prepare for their French Cup final taking place next week against Nice. Terem Moffi on the other hand scored a magnificent solo goal for Lorient in their 2-1 loss at home to Reims and it was his 9th league goal of the season

In Italy, Victor Osimhen was back at it scoring his 13th Serie A goal of the season while also registering an assist in Napoli’s dominant 6-1 win over Sassuolo as they officially booked their place in next season’s UEFA Champions League

In England, Kelechi Iheanacho scored a consolation goal for Leicester City in their 3-1 loss away to Tottenham on Sunday and they’ll be in action on Thursday in the UEFA Conference League semi-final 2nd leg against Roma. In the other semi-final, Cyriel Dessers was on the scoresheet for Feyenoord as they won the 1st leg 3-2 at home against Marseille and he’s officially the competition’s top scorer.

In Turkey, Anthony Nwakaeme’s Trabzonspor are officially champions for the first time in 38 years with the Nigerian forward playing a stellar role with 11 goals and 10 assists in 27 appearances this season and we’ll be seeing them in the UEFA Champions league next season!

In international news, the NFF have been fined by FIFA for the crowd trouble following the Super Eagles World Cup qualifier loss to Ghana and the Super Eagles will have to play our 1st AFCON 2023 qualifier at home against Sierra Leone without any fans. The Super Falcons have been drawn into Group C for the AWCON kicking off in July against South Africa, Botswana & Burundi and they’ll need to finish as one of the top 4 teams to book a place in next year’s women’s World Cup taking place in Australia & New Zealand

I rounded up with the Ones to Watch over this week which features a good number of our players in key European semi-finals. The Rangers trio of Joe Aribo, Leon Balogun & Calvin Bassey (who was named young player of the season for the club) will be in action on Thursday in the Europa League semi-final 2nd leg at home to RB Leipzig with both a trophy and a place in the Champions League at stake for the winner.

In the UEFA Conference League, Kelechi Iheanacho & Ademola Lookman’s Leicester will face off against Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma in the semi-final 2nd leg on Thursday in Rome while Cyriel Dessers will be in action in the other semi-final for Feyenoord who play Marseille away in the 2nd leg

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