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Ebenezer Bajela
Published 13 March 2021
Crotone striker Simy Nwankwo bagged a brace against Lazio in their 3-2 defeat on Friday to emerge as Nigeria’s top-scorer ever in the Italian Serie A,
Saturday PUNCH reports.
Simy equalised twice from Crotone’s first two efforts on target, cancelling out first-half goals from Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto in the 29th and 50th minutes.
But a goal from substitute Felipe Caicedo five minutes from time secured a hard-fought win for Lazio at the Olimpico stadium.
The double took Simy’s tally to 12 Serie A goals so far this season one more than Obafemi Martins’ 11 league goals with Inter Milan during the 2004/05 season and five higher than his previous best return of seven goals during the 2017/18 when Crotone couldn’t avoid the drop.