Asisat Oshoala celebrated her Ballon d’Or Top-20 nomination with two goals and two assists as Barcelona hammered Christy Ucheibe’s Benfica 9-0 in a UEFA Women’s Champions League group game.
WHAT A STUNNING GOAL BY ASISAT OSHOALA! 😱
A wonderful strike puts Barcelona three goals ahead of Benfica 🔥#UWCL LIVE NOW ⬇️
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🇪🇸 🎙 👉 https://t.co/9Fl2s4Jc1I
🇵🇹 🎙 👉 https://t.co/QqXmmfPhf7 pic.twitter.com/HfA8K2lZnw— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) October 19, 2022
Oshoala was this week named the 16th best female player in the world by the prestigious Ballon d’Or in Paris, France.
She showed some of the qualities that got her such top rating with two goals and as many assists as Spanish champions Barcelona took Portuguese champions Benfica to the cleaners.
Oshoala scored in the 34th and 84th minutes and she also assisted the goals in the 1st and 14th minutes.
Benfica featured Super Falcons midfielder Ucheibe as a late sub.
