U21 TOTW Europe's Top 5 Leagues : Osimhen Joins Man Utd, Liverpool Starlets In XI

Published: February 25, 2020

Victor Osimhen has been recognized for his outstanding performance in Lille's 3-0 rout of Toulouse at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Saturday, February 22 after he was named in Whoscored.com's U21 Team of the Week Europe's Top 5 Leagues.

Osimhen increased his assists in the Ligue 1 to four after setting up Renato Sanches' for Lille's third goal on 72 minutes.

The U21 Team of the Week contains some of the most exciting youngsters in world football at the moment, including
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold and Manchester United's Mason Greenwood who have been deployed in the right-back and right midfield positions respectively.

Osimhen is partnered in attack by unarguably the best U21 player in the world in the form of Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe.

The Nigeria international racked up a game-high five shots vs Toulouse, three of which were on target, completed two take-ons, won two fouls and a game-high four aerial duels.

Osimhen was awarded a rating of 8.43, the fifth best of all the players named in the U21 Team of the Week.

U21 TOTW Europe's Top Five Leagues : Lafont (Nantes); Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kounde (Sevilla), Zagadou (Borussia Dortmund), Davies (Bayern); Greenwood (Man Utd), Odegaard (Real Sociedad), Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), McNeil (Burnley); Osimhen (Lille), Mbappe (PSG)

Ifeanyi Emmanuel