Osimhen equals Serie A record held by Africa's only Ballon d'Or winner; surpasses Cameroon icon 

Napoli's wait for their first Serie A title since 1990 is over courtesy of their 1-1 draw with Kingsley Ehizibue's Udinese at the Dacia Arena on Thursday night, with Victor Osimhen scoring the title-winning goal for the visitors in the second half. 

The Parthenopeans are uncatchable at the top of the league standings as they hold a sixteen-point advantage over Lazio with five games still to be played in the division. 

Nobody gave Napoli a chance to win the Serie A title considering that they lost key players Kalidou Koulibaly, Fabián Ruiz, Arkadiusz Milik, Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens last summer. 

Sandi Lovric, assisted by Tottenham Hotspur loanee Destiny Udogie, broke the deadlock in the thirteenth minute, but who else but Osimhen restored parity six minutes into the second half. 

It was a historic goal for the Nigeria national teamer as he equaled George Weah, Africa's only player to win the Ballon d'Or, as the top-scoring African in the history of the Serie A with 46 goals. 

With 22 goals mustered this season, the Napoli number 9 also surpassed Cameroon legend Samuel Eto'o as the top-scoring African in a single Serie A season. 

Former Inter Milan striker Eto'o notched 21 goals in the Italian top-flight in the 2010-2011 season 

Georgia dazzler Khvicha Kvaratskhelia provided assists for six of the twenty two goals scored by Osimhen in this season's Serie A.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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