{"id":14081,"date":"2019-08-12T14:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14081"},"modified":"2019-08-12T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:53:04","slug":"team-of-the-week-honours-for-two-nigeria-u23-strikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/team-of-the-week-honours-for-two-nigeria-u23-strikers","title":{"rendered":"Team Of The Week Honours For Two Nigeria U23 Strikers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lille new signing Victor Osimhen has been named to the Team of the Week in the French Ligue 1 for the opening round of matches.<\/p>\n<p>Football statistics website has picked the eleven most outstanding players with the Nigeria U23 international making the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen made his presence felt in Lille&#8217;s 2-1 win against Nantes at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Villeneuve d&#8217;Ascq), netting the game-winner in the 80th minute after he had opened the scoring in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The former Wolfsburg striker had a game-high four shots, won one foul, made one key pass and completed one dribble vs Nantes.<\/p>\n<p>In Belgium, Dream Team VII teammate David Okereke was selected by Voetbalkrant.com in its Team of the Week after opening the scoring for Club Brugge in their 2-0 win at KV Oostende on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He is the joint highest goalscorer in the Belgian First Division A with four goals from three games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lille new signing Victor Osimhen has been named to the Team of the Week in the French Ligue 1 for the opening round of matches. 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