Barcelona Femeni of Spain attacker, Asisat Oshoala is still in euphoria over her brace of goals last weekend, as she continues reeling on the strength of a bright start to the season domestically and in Europe, with startling individual displays for the Catalans’ squad, megasporrtsarena.com reports.
Despite not being able to complete the game, as she was replaced in the 72nd minute of play, Oshoala is happy that she was able to make her mark before going off, as s he scored twice and helped her team get a penalty kick, en route to their 6-1 spanking of Atletico Macdrid.
Oshoala scored twice to help Barca Ladies trounce the defending champions on Saturday, as the former Dalian Quanjian of China star struck in the 45th minute to end the first half 4-1 for her side, then made it 5-1 in the first minute of the second half.
The 26-year-old former FC Robo Queens of Lagos, Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt as well as ex-Arsenal Ladies and Liverpool Ladies of England star, who has 17 caps and 11 goals for Nigeria, also provided an assist for her team, as her shot off the cross bar set up Mariona Caldentey to also score in the 28th minute off the rebound.
Finally, Oshoala’s high-level pressure made an Atletico defender handle the ball the box, thereby setting Barca up for a penalty, which was converted by Jennifer Hermoso, to set the squad on the way to another famous win orchestrated by their outstanding Nigerian gem, who was acquired in a full contract this summer, after initially arriving on loan from China in the middle of last season.
