Brace for Oshoala in Barcelona’s whitewash of Rosengard

Asisat Oshoala scored a brace as Barcelona steamrolled previous Rosengard 6-0 of their last group D encounter of the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League.

Oshoala scored her brace inside 16 minutes (10′, 16′) to present Barcelona the lead in opposition to Rosengard, who’re with out a win and completed backside of the group.

Osho Brace!! ⚽️⚽️ https://t.co/V61WCSEPHP

— Barça Femení (@BarcaFem) December 21, 2022

She reached her earlier finest aim tally (4) from 2021, in Barcelona’s UWCL title profitable season.

On the day, Barcelona closed out the primary half, 3-0, after Mapi Leon added a 3rd in stoppage time (45+3′).

Three totally different goalscorers Fridolina Rolfo (47′), Marta Torrejon (50′) and Irene Paredes (69′) rounded off the scoring.

Victory over the Swedish facet moved Barcelona forward of Bayern Munich within the standing on superior aim distinction, however are tied on factors.

In the meantime, Rosengard additionally paraded a Nigerian, Halimotu Ayinde, who was launched off the bench within the sixtieth minute. Her compatriot, Oshoala got here off within the 81st minute.

Vicky Lopez, this 12 months’s U17 Ladies’s World Cup finest participant, made historical past within the Champions League.

? At 16 years and 148 days previous, Vicky López turned the youngest participant in Barcelona historical past to seem within the Champions League. pic.twitter.com/hoTyLawhmk

— Barça Femení (@BarcaFem) December 22, 2022

Draw for the knock out rounds of the event can be held on January twentieth and the kick off date for the Quarter-final is 21-22 March, 2023.