{"id":62800,"date":"2025-03-15T06:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62800"},"modified":"2025-03-15T06:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:34:08","slug":"osimhen-hits-hat-trick-as-galatasaray-crush-antalyaspor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/15\/osimhen-hits-hat-trick-as-galatasaray-crush-antalyaspor\/","title":{"rendered":"Osimhen Hits Hat-Trick as Galatasaray Crush Antalyaspor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victor Osimhen delivered a masterclass performance on Friday night, scoring a hat-trick as Galatasaray cruised to a commanding 4-0 victory over Antalyaspor at Rams Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian forward opened the scoring in the 30th minute, finishing off a precise pass from \u00c1lvaro Morata.<\/p>\n<p>Morata doubled the lead from the penalty spot just before halftime, and Osimhen struck again in stoppage time, capitalizing on an assist from B. Y\u0131lmaz. He sealed his hat-trick in the 52nd minute after a well-placed pass from Y. Akg\u00fcn.<\/p>\n<p>The emphatic win cements Galatasaray\u2019s grip on the Turkish S\u00fcper Lig title race, extending their points tally to 71.<\/p>\n<p>The league leaders remain unbeaten, boasting 22 wins and five draws, with a 10-point cushion over Fenerbah\u00e7e, who have played two games fewer.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen\u2019s latest heroics take his league tally to 20 goals in 22 appearances, making him the league\u2019s top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining on loan from Napoli after the fourth match of the season, he has netted 26 goals and provided five assists across all competitions in 30 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The match also marked a milestone for head coach Okan Buruk, who celebrated his 100th game in charge. Before kickoff, he was honored with a commemorative plaque.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray made several second-half substitutions, with Roland Sallai, Dries Mertens, and Mario Lemina replacing Yunus Akg\u00fcn, Lucas Torreira, and Osimhen in the 68th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Antalyaspor\u2019s only real threat came in the 73rd minute when Van de Streek\u2019s shot was denied by goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray will now shift focus to their upcoming clash against Be\u015fikta\u015f, looking to extend their unbeaten run and tighten their grip on the league title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Victor Osimhen delivered a masterclass performance on Friday night, scoring a hat-trick as Galatasaray cruised to a commanding 4-0 victory over Antalyaspor at Rams Park. The Nigerian forward opened the scoring in the 30th minute, finishing off a precise pass from \u00c1lvaro Morata. Morata doubled the lead from the penalty spot just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62802,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62800\/revisions\/62802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}