Osimhen is no fluke – Siasia

Dream Team VI coach, Samson Siasia, has said what Victor Osimhen achieved at the recent FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile was not a fluke and the youngster deserves his place on his final squad for the U-23 championship.

Osimhen scored a record-breaking 10 goals in Chile and was a late replacement for Granada of Spain striker, Isaac Success, africanFootball.com reports.


“The young man (Victor) did not replace anybody or made this team on emotions, he earned his place as he showed maturity in training. Besides, don’t forget he scored 10 goals in Chile, and you don’t score such number of goals in such a competition in error

“I brought him here to show the world that what he did in Chile was no fluke,” africanFootball.com quoted Siasia as saying at a pre-match press conference in Mbour, Senegal, on Saturday.

A confident Siasia was bullish about his team’s chances in Senegal.

“We were the last team to arrive Senegal and by extension we will be the last team to leave Senegal,” he said

“For me my target is to play five matches here in Senegal, and with the team I have on ground here, that target is achievable,” the coach added.