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Oshoala helps Barcelona set Champions League record.

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Super Falcons ace hit twice to help Barcelona set a record in the Champions League.

Asisat Oshoala scored a brace on Wednesday night in Barcelona’s UEFA Women’s Champions League 6-0 win against Rosengard.

Her goals helped Barcelona set the record for the most scored by a team in the competition’s group stage.

Oshoala’s brace was the 24th and 25th goal for Barcelona in the group stage of the champions league, the previous record was 24.

Oshoala’s first goal came around the 10-minute mark and sent the Spotify Camp Nou rocking.

She grabbed her record-setting second goal six minutes after the first.

Barcelona went on to score four more goals, including a free-kick from centre-back Mapi Leon, but Asisat’s record-setting goal was the most important, as they cruised into the Quarter final of the competition.

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Super Falcons midfielder Halimatu Ayinde came on for Rosengard around the hour mark, in what looked like a move to clog central spaces and avoid a bigger scoreline.

Barcelona dominated the opening exchanges of the game as expected, but the breakthrough did not come through until the 10th minute.

Strikers like Oshoala make their own luck, and that was the case of the opening goal of the game, where her instinctive positioning put her in the path of Aitana Bonmati’s strike that crashed the woodwork.

It was not enough to just be on the path of the ball, as Rosengard’s Jessica Wik was nearby. However, Asisat was faster than her, sharper, hungrier and more intelligent, as she got herself between Wik and the ball, pouncing like an apex predator to give her team the lead.

Her second goal was even better than the first, it has every right to call itself a record-setting goal.

Mariona Caldentey put up a well-flighted ball into the box, trusting her striker to do something with it. The height of the cross ensured it ignored approaches, travelling towards an anticipated Oshoala waiting at the back post.

Oshoala’s contact was clean and thorough. It was not enough for her to just head the ball into the net, she made sure to head it into the roof of the net. Away from doubt and the out-stretched reach of the keeper.

From then on it was cruise control for Barca, the Nigerian international had set the tone for the game as she set Barcelona’s record.

The third came soon enough, a free-kick on the edge of the box from centre-back Mapi Leon.

Fridolina Rolfo got the fourth from a thunderous strike. The fifth came almost immediately after, as captain Marta Torrejon pounced on a goalkeeper error.

Nigerian international Ayinde came in on the hour mark, for her second appearance in the competition.

Even Ayinde’s dogged tackling and energy could do nothing to help Rosengard prevent the sixth. Irene Paredes was left unmarked from a corner and she headed past Angel Mukasa.

Oshoala was recently awarded the pichichi for scoring the most goals in the league last season(20). However, she had to share the award with Geyse Ferreira who played for Madrid CFF last season.

She now shares the Barcelona starting striker role with the 24-year-old Brazillian, who moved to the Catalan giants over the summer.

Geyse has been preferred over Oshoala in recent games, starting one more champions league game than the Nigerian, but Oshoala has a better minute-to-goal ratio.

Oshoala’s brace would mean a selection headache for manager Jonatan Giraldez in the coming games.

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Barcelona go three points clear after beating Osasuna

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Barcelona go three points clear after beating Osasuna

Barcelona beat Osasuna in their rearranged La Liga fixture to move three points clear at the top of the table.

The game was meant to be played on 8 March but was called off 20 minutes before kick-off after the death of Barcelona’s first-team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia.

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick criticised the timing of this rescheduled match, coming a day after the end of the international break – with 27-goal Raphinha missing out after travelling back from Brazil duty.

“It’s disrespectful to the club to schedule that match on that date, no matter what club it is,” Barca defender Jules Kounde told DAZN.

“I think that beyond the lack of respect for the clubs, it’s a lack of respect for the players, because we have to understand that we’re not machines.”

Kounde played a full 90 minutes plus extra time and penalties in France’s victory over Croatia in the Nations League on Sunday.

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On Thursday, the Catalans were comfortable winners at their temporary Olympic Stadium home.

Ferran Torres slid them into the lead from Alex Balde’s cross.

Dani Olmo then won a penalty after being fouled by goalkeeper Sergio Herrera.

Herrera saved Olmo’s spot-kick – but it had to be retaken because an Osasuna player encroached in the box. Olmo scored the second time around, but in a busy first half later had to be replaced because of injury.

Substitute Robert Lewandowski headed in a third goal to cap a swift counter-attack.

Barcelona, who are three points above Real Madrid and seven clear of Atletico Madrid, are next in action at home to neighbours Girona in La Liga on Sunday.

 

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Messi-less Argentina thrash Brazil 4-1 to secure World Cup qualification

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Messi-less Argentina thrash Brazil 4-1 to secure World Cup qualification

Argentina qualified for the 2026 World Cup with a stunning 4-1 victory over archrivals Brazil in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

Julian Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis MacAllister, and Giuliano Simeone clinched an impressive victory for the world champions, who had already been assured of a World Cup spot following Bolivia’s 0-0 draw with Uruguay earlier Tuesday.

The goalless draw created a joyous mood at the Estadio Monumental before a ball was kicked, and Argentina continued the party with a scorching performance.

Alvarez of Atletico Madrid opened the scoring after only six minutes, latching onto Thiago Almada’s through cross and finishing from close range beyond Brazil goalkeeper Bento.

Argentina’s fortunes improved six minutes later when Chelsea’s Fernandez scored the hosts’ second goal of the night after Brazil’s back four failed to deal with a low cross.

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Brazil, trailing a surging Argentina, was given a lifeline on 26 minutes when Cristian Romero made a mistake, allowing Mattheus Cunha to score.

Tottenham defender Romero was caught in possession 25 yards from goal, allowing Cunha to break in and shoot low past Emiliano Martinez to make it 2-1.

However, any thoughts of a Brazilian comeback were dashed in the 37th minute with a spectacular goal by Mac Allister.

Almada was once again the provider, lofting a pass into the box, which Mac Allister met with a first-time volley to make it 3-1.

With Argentina in perfect control, Simeone scored his first international goal in the 71st minute, making the score 4-1.
Argentina won without their talisman and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi, while Brazil were without their star forward Neymar Jr.

Both players were forced to pull out of the squad last week due to minor injuries, thwarting the chance to see the two ageing stars resume their international rivalry.

 

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles falter in W’Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe, S’Africa lead, Egypt, Morocco qualify

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles falter in W’Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe, S’Africa lead, Egypt, Morocco qualify

 

Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Tuesday conceded a last-minute goal that dealt a major blow to their 2026 World Cup qualifying hopes.
While the Nigerian team failed to beat Zimbabwe in their sixth game played in
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Bafana Bafana of South Africa defeated Benin 2-0 to consolidate the top spot.

The South African team leads with 13 points from six rounds, five clear of Rwanda (which drew with Lesotho 1-1) and Benin. Nigeria stayed fourth in the group with just seven points.
Elsewhere, Egypt and Morocco all but booked their places at next year’s tournament.
In the game between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Victor Osimhen with a powerful header put the Super Eagles on course to claim just their second win in Group C after Friday’s 2-0 victory over Rwanda had rekindled their qualification hopes.
But the 21-year-old Chirewa, a late substitute, equalized in the 90th minute to earn Zimbabwe’s draw.
Eric Chelle, Super Eagles coach, named the same line-up that started the team’s 2-0 win over Rwanda on Friday.
Washington Arubi, the Zimbabwean goalkeeper, produced a couple of impressive saves to keep Nigeria at bay.
The goalkeeper clawed out a swerving header from Osimhen before denying the striker a few minutes later with another acrobatic dive to save a shot fizzing into his top corner.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have three more matches in September and October to finally determine their fate for the next World Cup proper.
They are to meet Rwanda, South Africa and Lesotho on September 8, October 6 and October 13 respectively.
Only the nine group winners secure automatic qualification. The four best-placed runners-up will compete to be the African contender in FIFA’s six-country playoff for the last two qualification spots at the World Cup next year in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

How They Stand Now

South Africa — 13 points
Rwanda — 8 points
Benin Republic — 8 points
Nigeria — 7 points
Lesotho — 6 points
Zimbabwe — 4 points

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