Victor Osimhen delivered a stunning performance, scoring a hat-trick to lead Galatasaray to a decisive 3-0 victory over Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Stadium on Wednesday.
The Nigerian striker, who had already found the net in his previous Champions League outings against Liverpool and Bodo/Glimt, continued his exceptional form. After a dominant but goalless first half for Galatasaray, Osimhen broke the deadlock in the 59th minute, powerfully heading in a cross from Leroy Sané.
He doubled the lead just seven minutes later, calmly converting a penalty after a VAR-reviewed handball. Osimhen sealed his remarkable hat-trick with another penalty in the 78th minute, completing the rout before being substituted to applause in the 81st minute.
This treble cemented Osimhen’s place in the club’s history books. He became the first Galatasaray player to score a brace in two consecutive Champions League matches and the first since Burak Yılmaz in 2012 to score a hat-trick in any European competition.
With six goals in just three appearances, Osimhen now sits alone at the top of the Champions League scoring chart, having outscored 14 other teams in the competition this season.
Galatasaray will be counting on him to maintain this incredible form as they progress through their remaining group stage matches.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
