'Always behind me' - Osimhen names Tottenham star as the toughest defender he has played against 

Victor Osimhen has named Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Cristian Romero  as the toughest defender he has played against. 

While the Nigerian striker is yet to face the Argentine since the latter moved to England, they faced each other twice in the Serie A in the 2020-2021 season. 

Osimhen's first encounter with Romero was when the latter was on loan with Atalanta in 2020/2021  when Napoli beat the Black and Blues 4-1 in the Serie A with the Nigerian on target.

The duo met for the second time in the reverse fixture at the Gewiss Stadium where Napoli were beaten by Atalanta 4-2 and it was Romero who was on the scoresheet in the encounter with a header to wrap up the scoring in the 79th minute. 

Answering the question on the toughest defender he has faced yet in an interview he granted earlier today on Twitch, Osimhen named the former Juventus centre-back and also namechecked former Manchester United defender Chris Smalling.

In quotes relayed by Pazzidifanta, the 2015 Fifa U17 World Cup Golden Boot winner said: "Romero is the toughest I've faced. The first time I played against him I got the ball deep several times and he was always behind me. 

"I also had many duels with Smalling"

A World Cup winner with Argentina in 2022, Cristian Romero was named the best defender in the Serie A in the 2020-2021 campaign before moving to Tottenham Hotspur.

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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