Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker scored a brace as Barcelona defeated Athletic Club 3-0 in the Spanish Primera Iberdrola on Sunday.
The Nigeria striker, who came in as a 60th minute substitute, doubled her side’s lead in the 77th minute, nodding home from close range.
This was after Mariona Caldentey had given Barca the lead in the 64th minute.
Oshoala scored again four minutes from full time, firing home from a goalmouth scramble to hand Barca a 3-0 victory.
The goals were Oshoala’s ninth and 10th this season, and her third brace for the Spanish club.
The victory took Barca to 40 points from 14 league games, seven points clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid on the Primera Iberdrola log.
Their next game will be against Club Deportivo Tacón, which has another Nigerian, Osinachi Ohale on Wednesday.
Oshoala will be up against Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout and South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana for the Africa Women’s Player of the Year award on Tuesday.
The CAF awards will hold at the Albatros Citadel SahlHasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt.
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