Red-hot Super Eagles striker threatens Mbappe, overtakes Neymar in Ligue 1 goal race
Moffi's solitary strike took his tally to number 12 of the season thus overtaking Neymar both of whom were tied on 11 goals apiece going into the weekend round of matches.
By Olusola Adebayo
Fringe Super Eagles striker, Terem Moffi is on the scores sheet again on Saturday to highlight his red-hot scoring form this season as his club Lorient FC fell to Marseille by 3-1 at Stade De Velodrome.
Though his team failed to pick any of the e points at stake the Nigerian forwarded his push to win the goal race in the French Ligue 1.
Moffi's solitary strike took his tally to number 12 of the season thus overtaking Neymar both of whom were tied on 11 goals apiece going into the weekend round of matches.
The lanky Lorient striker is now just a goal behind the season-leading goal scorer, Kyllian Mbappe who has found the back of the net 13 times this season.
Both Neymar and Mbappe will have the chance to add to their tally as Paris Saint Germain takes on Rennes on Sunday evening if they are selected by coach Gallier.
Terem Moffi's impressive returns this season have helped transform the fortune of his club winning 9 of their 19 drawings, playlisting fardrawingew 5, and losing 5.
The team now stays in 6th position on the log with 32 points two points behind Monaco as the race to pick the last European slots hots up.
The Super Eagles star quickly settled into the match against Marseille and scored the first of the four goals in the match in the 29th minute with a superb volley.
Marseille responded with
goals from former Arsenal stars Alexis Sánchez and Sead Kolašinac found the net to make it 2-1 before Veretout sealed Marseille's win with a goal in the 59th minute.
Moffi has played a total of 18 matches for Lorient this season and if he stable is and fit, he might just be upset in the hotshot race as the season is at the halfway mark with 19 more matches to go.
