Victor Osimhen breaks down after spotting Galatasaray fans’ tifo ahead of Liverpool clash 😢

 

 

An emotional Victor Osimhen was moved to tears before Galatasaray’s Champions League Round of 16 match against Liverpool.

On Tuesday night, shortly before kick-off at Rams Park, a group of Galatasaray supporters revealed a huge banner showing a portrait of Osimhen alongside his late mother, accompanied by the message: “We are family and family is everything.”

The 27-year-old striker was clearly touched as he stood with teammates Mario Lemina and Gabriel Sara during the pre-match lineup. Midfielder Lucas Torreira was seen consoling him before the players exchanged handshakes with their opponents.

Osimhen has previously spoken about the pain of losing his mother at a young age. In an interview with UEFA, he recalled receiving a call from his older brother in their village informing him that their mother had passed away in her sleep. Her death was a heavy blow for the entire family.

Afterwards, his father had to search for work to provide food for the household, and Osimhen began to see football as the only path out of poverty for himself and his family.

While growing up, he and his six siblings lived together in a cramped one-room apartment in Olusosun, a small community in Lagos, Nigeria, located beside a massive landfill.

Because his father struggled to afford rent, Osimhen often searched the nearby dumpsite hoping to find football boots.

He once recalled a painful memory from when he was about 12 years old: their landlord cut off the electricity because they couldn’t pay the rent. The entire family sat in darkness inside the single room with nothing to do.

Osimhen said he stepped outside, sat beside a gutter and began to cry, looking up at the sky and asking God why a child had to live such a life.

To support his family, he sold bottled water to drivers at traffic lights and did risky jobs around his neighborhood, including climbing down wells.

He also remembered appearing on a Nigerian quiz show where he won about £5 — the largest amount of money he had ever held at the time. Whatever he earned, he said, went straight to helping his siblings buy food and contribute to the rent.

According to Osimhen, many nights were spent sleeping inside a church because their home was barely standing, with a roof that was close to collapsing.