Women’s C/League: Oshoala leads Barcelona in 3-0 defeat of Man City

 

Super Falcons ace Asisat Oshoala was as usual on fire on Wednesday as she contributed in no small measure to Barcelona ladies triumph over their Manchester City counterparts in the Women’s Champions League.

The Nigerian international shot  Barcelona  who have won 20 games out of 20 in the Spanish league into  half time lead to flag off what ended up a 3-0 defeat of Manchester City and move closer to the semi finals.

Teammate Mariona Caldentey then converted a penalty before substitute Jennifer Hermoso got a late third which  killed off the tie.

Oshoala who has scored  in virtually every Barcelona game looks good to make it all the way to the final of the Champions league this season.

Elsewhere, Pernille Harder scored what turned out to be the winner against her old side as Chelsea beat Wolfsburg 2-1 in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, while Wendie Renard’s late penalty gave holders Lyon a precious 1-0 victory at French rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

German champions Wolfsburg were last season’s beaten finalists and have been one of Europe’s leading forces over the last decade.

However, Danish forward Harder’s decision to join Chelsea at the start of this campaign for a reported world record transfer fee was seen as a sign of the growing threat of English clubs at this level.

Sam Kerr set up Harder to score Chelsea’s second goal of the night in the 66th minute after a dreadful pass out by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Katarzyna Kiedrzynek in a game switched to Budapest due to Covid-19 travel restrictions between Germany and the UK.

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Reigning English WSL champions Chelsea had earlier taken the lead in the 55th minute when Fran Kirby found Australian star Kerr and she rounded the goalkeeper before scoring from a tight angle.

However, Wolfsburg remain in the tie after Dutch defender Dominique Janssen pulled a goal back from a penalty awarded for a foul on Svenja Huth by Chelsea captain Magdalena Eriksson.