26 Goals For Barcelona, Oshoala Makes Case For Ballon d'or - Latest Sports in Nigeria

20 Goals For Barcelona, Oshoala Makes Case For Ballon d'or - Latest Sports in Nigeria

By Sampson Adedeji

Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala's scoring form has become a threat to European women players who are in line to win the 2020 European Women Player of The Year award.

Barcelona Fenemi forward has now scored 26 goals in 25 matches in all competitions which put her ahead of many players who will be shortlisted for the award. The Nigeria's captain continued her impressive run in the Spanish Iberdorola as she fired another hat trick against Logorno on Saturday.

The performance of Oshoala was one of the reason Spanish Football Federation make case for improve payment for women league players during the week.

FC Barcelona Feminino thrashed Logrono 6-0 on Saturday with Oshoala scoring Barcelona’s fourth, fifth and sixth goals in the 54th, 70th and 89th minutes of the game.

Former FC Robo player has now scored 20 league goals in 19 games this season and 26 in all competitions.

She has also scored at least 2 goals in the last 3 matches for the club.