Oshoala’s brace helps Barcelona thrash Athletic Club
Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala netted a brace as Barcelona registered a 3-0 win against Athletic Club in a Primera División Femenina match on Sunday afternoon.
The former Arsenal and Liverpool forward came off the sub’s bench to score in the 77th minute and 86th minute of the encounter at San Mamés Barria.
And in doing so, she became the first player to score a brace for a Barcelona team this decade.
There were four different scorers for the Barcelona teams on Saturday, with Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal finding the net in a 2-2 draw vs Espanyol in La Liga while Ronald Araujo and Alex Collado were on target for Barcelona B in a 2-2 draw vs Espanyol B in a Segunda B Group III clash.
The Barcelona U19 squad have to wait until Sunday, January 12 before they face Girona in their first competitive match of 2020.
Asisat Oshoala in Athletic Club 0-3 Barcelona.
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77’ Oshoala scores ⚽
86’ Oshoala scores ⚽
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Against Athletic Club, Oshoala doubled Barcelona’s lead after nodding home a brilliant cross from Hamraoui in the 77th minute and the Nigerian capitalised on a rebound to score her team’s third goal four minutes from time.
The African Player of the Year nominee has now reached double digits for league goals for Barcelona this season, a performance she didn’t achieve with previous European clubs.