Nigerians abroad: Onazi stars in thrilling win; Osimhen, Onyedika, Akpeyi suffer crushing defeats

Soccernet.ng monitored several matches involving Nigerian stars in Africa, Europe and beyond on Friday, 3 March 2023 and here are the top stories.

In the Italian Serie A, Victor Osimhen’s excellent run of scoring in eight consecutive league games came to a halt as Napoli succumbed to a narrow 1-0 loss at home to Lazio.

It is only Napoli’s second defeat in 25 league matches this season.

In the French Ligue 1, Terem Moffi failed to replicate his brilliant hat-trick display away to Monaco as Nice scrambled to a 1-1 draw on home soil against Auxerre.

Moffi was replaced in the 79th minute.