The exciting Nigerian striker will aim to overtake Obafemi Martins’ record for more goals in Europe’s top club competition.
Sporting Braga head coach Arthur Jorge has revealed that he is not worried about how much damage Victor Osimhen will do when Napoli face his team on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng reported.
Napoli will open their 2023/24 UEFA Champions League campaign with an away game against Braga at the Estadio Municipal de Braga.
The Italian champions will be favorites to win the opening game against the Portuguese team.
One of the most anticipated duels of the match will be between Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and Braga defender Jose Fonte.
Osimhen, who scored five goals in just six games in last season’s Champions League, will always be a formidable opponent for even the world’s best defenders.
But for Fonte, who turns 40 in December, the Nigerian attacker could be his worst nightmare.
This scenario has worried some Braga fans, with one reporter asking Braga coach Jorge at the pre-match press conference how he expects the older former Southampton defender to replace Osimhen. similar concerns were expressed when asked.
Jorge’s answer to this question was elegant, but he said he was more concerned about how Napoli would silence Braga’s attackers during the match.
Question: How can Jose Fonte, who is almost 40 years old, beat Victor Osimhen?
Artur Jorge: “What I’m concerned about is how the Napoli defenders will stop Banza, Abel, Jarro and Bruma.”
Simon Bança has scored three goals in five games for Braga this season, while Álvaro Jarro and Bulma have each scored one goal.
Osimhen is Napoli’s top scorer with three goals in four games. The 24-year-old is a former Inter Milan champion who scored his seven goals, two goals behind his striker Obafemi Martins, making him the second-highest scorer in the league’s history as a Nigeria international. Masu.
