Osimhen stars as Napoli beat Cagliari

Nigerian international Victor Osimhen scored a goal and set up another as his club, Napoli defeated Cagliari 2-1 in a Serie ‘A’ match on Saturday.

Osimhen, who recently won the African Footballer Award of the Year, opened the scoring midway into the second half.

Cagliari equalised three minutes later after superb work from Zito Luvumbo, who played a vital role in the build-up. He squared it to Leonardo Pavoletti, who beat Alex Meret with a brilliant shot into the top of the net.

In the 74th minute, the ball rebounded out to Matteo Politano, whose shot from the edge of the box went a whisker wide of the right post.

A minute later, Osimhen was in a good shooting position, but he saw his teammate and passed the ball to him.

A minute to the end of the match, Tommaso Augello found the head of Alberto Dossena with a clever free kick, and he crashed in a powerful close-range header at goal that just flew over the bar.