Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has made history by becoming the first Nigerian and African female footballer to win the UEFA Womens Champions league after she helped Barcelona Femeni defeat Chelsea in the final recently.
The 26-year-old superstar was introduced in the 71st minute as Barcelona triumphed over Chelsea in the final of this year’s edition.
Barcelona ladies took a first-minute lead at the Gamla Ullevi after an own goal by Melanie Leupolz.
Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati and Caroline Graham Hansen also scored against goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to end Chelsea’s dreams.
Barcelona who wanted more goals introduced Oshoala as a substitute for Spanish midfielder Jennifer Hermoso in the 71st minute and the Nigerian international scored a fifth goal in the final minutes of the match, but the goal was ruled offside.
Before the match was played in Gothenburg, Oshoala claimed that Barca had learned from their painful final defeat to Lyon in 2019.
She said: “Now, we have the experience of how European football is and also how a top game like this is played,” she told the media.
“I think we’re going to be better with our tactics this year, how we go out and play and everything.
“For us, it was good. We played in the final 2019, we lost and then we picked up corrections from there.
“Come May 16, against Chelsea, I don’t think we’re going to make the same mistakes again, because we already learned from the past. We are a better team now than we were two years ago.”
