Osimhen bags brace in Napoli friendly

<p>Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored a brace in Napoli’s pre-season win over Hatayspor at the Stadio Teofilo Patini on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.</p>, <p>Napoli made short work of the Turkish side in a 4-0 victory as Giovanni Simeone also scored two.</p>, <p>Coach Rudi Garcia had to do without injured Stanislav Lobotka, Eljif Elmas and Mario Rui, but despite being brought in to continue the 4-3-3 formation that won the Scudetto under Luciano Spalletti, he adopted a 4-2-3-1 system.</p>, <p>Osimhen forced a desperate early save before breaking the deadlock, as Piotr Zielinski’s high press prompted an error, allowing Matteo Politano to send the Nigerian through.</p>, <p>The Capocannoniere added a second moments later, sprinting onto the inspired Kvicha Kvaratskhelia through ball.</p>, <p>Mango Fernandes and Leo Ostigard went close, while Osimhen’s hat-trick was disallowed due to an offside position.</p>, <p>Garcia changed all 11 Napoli players at the same time on the hour mark, effectively making it two games of 60 and 30 minutes.</p>, <p>Michael Folorunsho was fired up and his strike was parried into the path of Karim Zedadka to thump the crossbar, but Cholito Simeone took centre-stage with his own brace.</p>, <p>The first was at the end of a series of efforts charged down, then the Argentine went on a solo run from midfield past two defenders to then dink it over the goalkeeper.</p>