Coach of Roma Jose Mourinho has salute the genius of Nigerian forward David Okereke after his strike helped Venezia beat Roma 3-2 in the Italian Serie A.
Okereke scored what ended as the winner and also handled his team their first win since 1999 over their more illustrious opponent. It was also the first time that have scored three goals in a Serie A game in nearly 20 years.
The Nigerian earned praises from celebrated Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho who presently coach Roma. Mourinho was particularly impressed with the way the one cap Super Eagles forward took his chance to hit the winner for his team.
” You look at the third goal and admired how it was scored. It’s the sign of a team who were fired up for the game. We could have done better with the first and second goal”, the coach said after the game.
24 year old Okereke played his only game for the senior national team of Nigeria in 2019 when he played the final minutes in a friendly game against Egypt. He is presently on loan to Venezia from Belgium side Club Brugge.
