Corbo hails Osimhen for penalty kick giveaway

Damola Ogungbe 22:07 - 14 October 2022

Victor Osimhen back with a bang for Napoli

Osimhen is now the lead penalty-taker at Napoli but he passes up the opportunity to take the penalty in the match against Ajax

Italian journalist Antonio Corbo has praised Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen for showing generosity to his teammate in Wednesday's UEFA Champions League clash against Ajax.

Osimhen made his return to the Napoli team on Wednesday after being out with a hamstring injury for several weeks, coming in as a 50th-minute substitute in place of Giacomo Raspadori.

The Nigeria international scored on his return to action for the Partenopei, chasing down the Ajax defence and capitalising on their mistake to score the last goal of Napoli's 4-2 victory.

Kvaratskhelia scores from the penalty with Osimhen's blessings

However, Osimhen could have scored earlier in the game when Napoli won a penalty in the 60th minute after Tanguy Ndombele was fouled in the area.

Instead of taking the spot-kick as the designated penalty taker, Osimhen chose to allow Georgian forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to take the penalty which he did and scored.

Following his generosity, Italian columnist Corbo was full of praise for Osimhen, stating that the gesture showed by the Super Eagles striker was indeed commendable.

Kvaratskhelia and Raspadori have been brilliant for Napoli in Osimhen's absence

As reported by areanapoli Corbo said in his column 'il Graffio': "On the other hand, Osimhen's gesture was commendable, he offered the ball to Kvaratskhelia who asked him to take the penalty."

Osimhen lost the last penalty kick he took, a first-half effort against Liverpool in their UEFA Champions League season-opener.