UEFA names Oshoala strike as Women’s Champions League Goal of the season
Asisat Oshoala’s score against Benfica for Barcelona has been voted the Women’s Champions League Goal of the Season by UEFA.
“The top ten goals of the 2023/24 UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign have been selected by UEFA’s 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 Women’s 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.