Asisat Oshoala with her Womens Player of the Year award
UEFA has named Asisat Oshoalas strike in Barcelonas game against Benfica as the Goal of the Season in the Womens Champions League.
The top ten goals of the 2023/24 UEFA Womens Champions League campaign have been selected by UEFAs Technical Observer panel, with Nigerian forward Asisat Oshoala taking the prize for Goal of the Season thanks to her stunning bicycle kick for Barcelona against Benfica on Matchday 1, the football body wrote.
The Nigerian netted the last goal with a stunning bicycle kick in the game Barcelona won 5-0 en route to claiming the UEFA Womens Champions League.
The reigning African Footballer of the Year did not however finish the season with them as she joined Bay FC in the US.(Channels TV)
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