Fans Slam Victor Osimhen for Rating Vinicius Jr Over Maldini in UCL Blind Ranking
- Football fans have hit out at Victor Osimhen after he participated in the Champions League blind rankings
- The Super Eagles forward ranked 10 players from 1-0 blindly from a pool where he doesn't know the next
- Osimhen ranked Vinicius Jr in seventh and Paolo Maldini in eighth, which drew reactions from the fans
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Victor Osimhen has drawn questions from football fans after partaking in the UEFA Champions League blind rankings of past and present players.
Osimhen will play Champions League football this season after helping Galatasaray win the Turkish Super League last season and subsequently qualifying for the tournament.
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The Nigerian forward was on loan in Turkey last season, after which the Lions triggered his €75 million release clause to sign him permanently from Napoli.
As noted by Transfermarkt, it would be his fourth season playing in the competition, having previously featured once for LOSC Lille and twice for Napoli.
He has played a total of 17 matches in the competition, scoring nine goals and providing one assist, reaching the quarter-final with Napoli in the 2022/23 season.
Osimhen rates Vinicius over Maldini
As seen in a post shared on X by UEFA Champions League’s official account, the Super Eagles forward ranked past and present players in the competition.
The UCL blind ranking is done by selecting 10 players from a pool of players and ranking them one at a time without knowing who the next player is.
Osimhen started with AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini, whom he played inside box eight and immediately placed Vinicius Jr above him in seventh place.
His next pick was Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta, whom he ranked third before controversially dropping Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric in ninth spot.
He played Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard in sixth place and Portuguese legend Luis Figo in fourth. Gigi Buffon was the only goalkeeper, and he placed him in 5th place.
Real Madrid legend was his second pick, while five-time UEFA Champions League winner Marcelo was ranked 10th, and Thomas Müller was unavoidably placed first, drawing reaction from the fans.
@iamwastec wrote:
“The moment I saw Vini ahead of Maldini, I stopped rating his football knowledge.”
@baloobian wrote:
“Immediately stopped watching after he put Maldini at 8 👍👍”
@ibrahim745321 wrote:
“Y’all aren’t even talking about Luka Modric lol. Putting Iniesta so high and Modric so low. In UCL, MODRIC >>>>> INIESTA.”
@Hannibal_necmi wrote:
“He was expecting better players like Messi and Ronaldo, but he got Muller at the end.”
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Osimhen assesses Galatasaray’s UCL opponents
The Turkish champions landed tough opponents in the Champions League group stage, which included Manchester City and Liverpool, but Osimhen believes that they can succeed.
“We need to work hard and fight hard. Looking at the quality of our players and our coach, I truly believe we can succeed. It's a tough draw, you could say,” he said, as quoted by Galatasaray.org.
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Serdar Kelleci believes that Osimhen, who scored six goals in the UEFA Europa League last season, should be able to score five goals in eight UCL games.
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