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Victor Osimhen scored his first two goals as a Galatasaray player in their draw against Kenneth Omeruo's Kasimpasa.
Victor Osimhen has finally gotten off the mark in Italy, as he scored a brace to help Galatasaray race into an early 2-0 lead. Mauro Icardi made it 3-0 and while the Cim-Bom looked set to coast home, Kasimpasa roused themselves and fought back to draw 3-3 and earn a point.
Okan Buruk's side have had an inspired start to the league campaign, winning all their league games so far. They hosted 11th-placed Kasimpasa and looked set for their fifth win of the season when their star signing Osimhen grabbed a brace. However, Kenneth Omeruo's Kasimpasa snatched a draw.
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12:57 - 28.09.2024
‘It was hard bringing him to Naples’ - Former Napoli sporting director reveals how he signed Osimhen
Cristiano Giuntoli, the former sporting director of Napoli, acknowledged that the move of Victor Osimhen to Napoli was the hardest he had ever done.
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12:41 - 28.09.2024
‘We were criticised for this choice’ - Osimhen’s agent happy with striker's good start at Galatasaray
Less than a month after Victor Osimhen's transfer, his agent Roberto Calenda has expressed delight with his client's smooth adjustment to Galatasaray.
key match details
A few days before the match, Osimhen assured that his goals were coming, as he was still in search of his first goal as a Galatasaray player.
It took him 20 minutes to strike against Kasimpasa, as he got on the end of an Addulkarim Bardacki delivery to finish simply for his first of the season and the Cim-Bom's opener.
His second came eight minutes after the first and was a thing of class. He set the ball up for himself with a Messi-esque thigh control after a flung long ball from Gabriel Sara before rifling the ball into the roof of the net.
Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo was subbed on around the half-hour mark after an unfortunate injury to his teammate Mortadha Ben Ouanes.
Much has been made of Osimhen's strike partnership with Mauro Icardi, and the duo showed a sample of what's to come in the future as the Argentine joined the former Lille man on the scoreline to put the Turkish champions three goals clear.
They could not maintain the margin going into the break, however, as Mamadou Fall pulled one back for the Apaches.
Osimhen pulled something just before the break, and he was replaced at halftime by his former Napoli teammate Dries Mertens.
The visitors, inspired by their end to the first-half came out guns blazing in the second. They failed to capitalise, and the game soon settled into an end-to-end contest.
With the clock winding down and Galatasaray enjoying a comfortable cushion, Kasimpasa threw a spanner in their works after Fall won a penalty. Haris Hajradinovic stepped up to take the spot kick and finished with aplomb.
In the fifth minute of second-half added time, Kasimpasa shocked the champions. Haris turned provider, setting up Nuno Costa, who buried the ball for a late equaliser to snatch one point at Rams Park
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