Rinsola Babajide assists as AS Roma defeat Aktobe in Champions League Qualifiers

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria international Rinsola Babajide played a key role as AS Roma Women secured a 2–0 victory over Aktobe in the second qualifying round of the 2025/26 UEFA Women’s Champions League on Wednesday.

The 2024 WAFCON winner provided the assist for the opening goal in the 40th minute, setting up Marta Pandini to break the deadlock.

Just a minute later, Giulia Galli doubled the advantage, sealing the win for the Italian champions before half-time.

Babajide impressed in attack and lasted 69 minutes before being replaced by Emilie Haavi, while her compatriot Shukurat Oladipo featured for the entire 90 minutes.

The former Liverpool player and Oladipo were part of Super Falcons side that won the country’s 10th WAFCON title in Morocco.

The result keeps Roma’s quest for a group stage spot firmly on track, with the team showing strong form at this stage of the competition.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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