Naija Stars Abroad: Eagles stars Osimhen, Moses Simon & Onyeka fire warning to South Africa, Rwanda with goals & assists

Nigerian stars were at their element at the weekend across ahead of the World Cup qualifiers vs Rwanda and South Africa led by Super Eagles main man Victor Osimhen and his teammates Moses Simon, Frank Onyeka and Nathan Tella.

Osimhen’s permanent transfer to Galatasaray has started on a good not after the 26-year-old delivered another goal for the Lions in the Super Lig. 

The Napoli icon made it back-to-back goals after finding the back of net in the 3-1 win against compatriot Ibrahim Olawoyin and his Rizespor team. 

Osimhen has now continued from where he stopped last season, with his two goals from three matches for three-peat chasing Galatasaray. 

It was a similar storyline for Moses Simon who seems to be settling in at new Ligue 1 Paris FC after another impressive outing at the weekend. 

Simon made it back-to-back goals for Paris in the Ligue, this time, his effort counted for something as he scored and assisted to lead them to a 3-2 win against Mez.

Like Osimhen, Moses has now contributed two goals and one assist in his three matches so far for the newly promoted club.

In Simon’s former club Nantes, Chidozie Awawiem was in action from start to finish, picking up a yellow card and clean sheet in their 1-0 win against Auxerre, while Nice lost to Le Havre wth returning Super Eagles striker- Terem Moffi featuring for 23 minutes. 

Frank Onyeka was the star in the Premier League following another goal contribution for the Bees, Brentford. Onyeka, fondly known as ‘The Tank’ thought he had helped earn the Bees a share of the spoils when he came off the bench to provide an assist for the equaliser with 13 minutes to play.

However, his second assist in the last two matches proved not to be enough as Sunderland scored late on to steal all three points. 

For Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, it was a weekend to forget at Stamford Bridge following a 2-0 defeat to World champions Chelsea. Crystal Palace-bound Christantus Uche featured for 90 minutes but was helpless as Getafe lost 3-0 at Valencia in the LaLiga.

With Ademola Lookman expectedly missing in action, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru featured for 78 minutes to help Lazio smash Hellas Verona and Gift Orban, who recently joined the club but was listed for the game.

48 hours earlier, compatriot Samuel Chukwueze a subject of a Deadline Day move to Fulham was an unused substitute in AC Milan’s 2-0 win at Lecce.

Super Falcons icon Esther Okoronkwo was heavily involved as AFC Toronto picked up three points with a 2-1 win Calgary Wild FC. Okoronkwo provided the assist for the opener. 

Natha Tella was another Nigerian who picked up assist for an opener following his impressive outing for Bayer Leverkusen in their 3-3 draw against Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga.