Super Eagles 6-0 Sao Tome: Osimhen reacts to hattrick, celebrates strike partnership with Awoniyi

In their final 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier, The Super Eagles of Nigeria recorded a comfortable 6-0 victory against the Parrots of Sao Tome and Principe on Sunday, September 10, 2023,

The Super Eagles had a full-capacity crowd in Uyo as Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno made tickets free at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.

The Super Eagles recorded a 10-0 victory against Sao Tome and Principe when both sides met in Agadir Morocco but they were unable to match that tally in Uyo.

Napoli man Victor Osimhen scored a hattrick as it ended up in a 6-0 win for the Super Eagles against the Parrots.

Atlanta's Ademola Lookman, Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi, and AC Milan's Samuel Chukwueze were the other goal scorers.

Osimhen took to his official social media platforms to celebrate his three goals.

He posted pictures from the game and three balls signalling his hattrick

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) charged Osimhen ahead of the final game and he responded with a hattrick.

The three goals for Osimhen means that he finished the AFCON qualifiers as the top scorer with 10 goals in six games.

Nottingham Forest star Awoniyi has been in good form in the Premier League and earned the starting role alongside Osimhen.

Awoniyi scored the third goal for the Super Eagles with a volley that went viral on social media.

Awoniyi took to his official social media platforms to celebrate God for his second goal with the Super Eagles.

Osimhen then celebrated the strike partnership with Osimhen in a statement in the comments that said, "GOD is the greatest💯🙏🏽"

Awoniyi also celebrated Osimhen's history-making performance with a comment on his post that said, "Plenty baba"

Osimhen is widely favored to surpass the late great Rashidi Yekini as Nigeria's all-time leading scorer.

Osimhen who is 24, is presently 17 goals behind Yekini for the all-time Super Eagles top scorer honor.

After scoring a hat-trick in a 6-0 hammering of Sao Tome and Principe and now has 20 goals in 27 outings for Nigeria.

Following the victory, Napoli striker Osimhen rose to the top of the trends on social media accused of stat padding.

There were mixed reactions to his performance on social media.

There are fans who believe that with qualification already secured, Super Eagles head coach Peseiro could have tested out some new names in the national team instead of playing Osimhen for 90 minutes against Sao Tome.

One of the invited players yet to make his debut is Gent forward Gift Orban who watched from the bench as Osimhen featured for all 90 minutes.

Orban is one of the most sought-after prospects in world football and getting him integrated with the national team was a priority.