Asisat Oshoala was the MVP as FC Barcelona Femeni defeated Christy Ucheibe's Benfica 9-0 at the Johan Cruyff Stadium in Barcelona on match day 1 of the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League yesterday night.

It wasn't even up to a minute into the match when Oshoala received the ball near the byline on the right side of the Benfica goal. She did very well to trap it, used her power to shield it from the Benfica defenders and turned and fired it across for captain Patri to tuck it into the goal. The scoreline was Barca 1-0 Benfica in the first minute.

Oshoala, Mariona and Anna Maria Crnogorcevic had chances to widen the scoreline, but Benfica keeper, Rute Costa, was able to keep them at bay.

Maria "Mapi" Leon played a long ball into the area, but it was just behind Oshoala, so she headed it backwards and Aitana Bonmati fired it into the net to give Barca a 2-0 lead in the 14th minute. It was Barcelona's 150th goal in Champions League history.

A long pass was played into the Benfica area and a defender mistakenly hit it back towards Oshoala who fired a rocket into the goal in the 34th minute. Barcelona took a 3-0 lead into the break and Oshoala already had 2 assists and a goal before halftime.


Mariona Caldentay scored a beautiful solo goal 5 minutes after the restart and the Johan Cruyff Stadium war rocking with the chants of Barcelona fans who were enjoying the feast of goals.

Mariona turned provider as she played a cross which was headed in by Crnogorcevic in the 65th minute to give Barca a 5-0 lead.

Brazilian star striker and joint Pichichi winner (with Oshoala), Geyse Ferreira, came on to replace Crnogorcevic in the 66th minute and she made an immediate impact. A good passing move by Barcelona, which involved Oshoala and Patri, saw Geyse latch onto a pass from Patri and fire the ball into the net. Barca now led 6-0 in the 67th minute.

Christy Ucheibe of Nigeria came on for Benfica in the 71st minute.

Geyse then turned provider, twisting and turning on the left flank before playing a cross which Claudia Pina directed into the goal. 7-0 (77 min).

Mariona stole the ball from a Benfica defender, dribbled through to the Benfica post and cut it back for Oshoala to stab the ball into the goal. 8-0 (83 min).

Geyse got her second in the 88th minute to round up the scoring and give Barca a 9-0 victory. This is the most goals that Barcelona has ever scored in a single Champions League match.

Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PrZ_HBvEfQ

Full match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2Tli3zrdA

Asisat Oshoala was the most valuable player of the match. You can see the MVPs of other matches that were played yesterday and the results of yesterday's matches. You can also see today's fixtures below.

Pics 1 & 2) Christy Ucheibe's message to Asisat Oshoala.

Pic 3) Mariona and Oshoala after Mariona cut back the ball at the post for Oshoala to stab it into the goal.

Pic 4) Oshoala and Patri. Patri is the stand in captain for FC Barcelona Femeni as their regular captain (and Ballon d'Or winner) Alexia Putellas suffered a long term injury.

Barca's next match in the Champions League will be on October 27th.

The other pictures show the squad lists for yesterday's match.

Picture 1) Asisat Oshoala was ranked 16th best in the world in the Ballon d'Or rankings.


Picture 2) Barcelona players at the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

Asisat Oshoala (16th), Lucy Bronze (10th), Fridonlina Rolfo (19th), Pedri (best player under 21 last year), Gavi (best player under 21 years of age), Alexia Putellas (best female player in the world), Robert Lewandoski (best striker in the world).

Pictures 3 and 4) The Champions League groups.

E be like say dis guy na lowkey barca fan abi u just dey promote/crush on Oshobaby?

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
E be like say dis guy na lowkey barca fan abi u just dey promote/crush on Oshobaby?

Why is it impossible to report about anything on Nairaland? If you report about politics, some people will say that you are supporting one political party or the other. If you report about sports, they will say that you support one team or the other. If you report about general events, they will claim you support one ethnic group or the other. Why??

Match details.

lol Woman league always scoring goal like say na PawPaw....

Until u put dem for ur ticket d goal will disappear.....

Nice

Why is she not replicating this same form in the national team? And pls don't come and Tell me it's because she doesn't have good players around her.. oshoala can take up three to four defenders herself on a very good day.

If care is not taken some countries might snatch this super star from us. Men! She's good.

Omo ologo 5G.

She scored a Basuka

9japride:
If care is not taken some countries will snatch this super star from us. Men! She's good.

how na? Are you thinking at all ?

Hh

Hopeba:
how na? Are you thinking at all ?

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By enticing her to play for their national football team. Same way we have lost a lot of athletes to most foreign countries.

Nice.
In another news, Arsenal ladies hammered the defending champions Olympic Lyon 1-5

She would definitly be the first african to embrace balon d'or

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By enticing her to play for their national football team. Same way we have lost a lot of athletes to most foreign countries. [/quote ] you b mumu Man. Seems you don't know anything about football rules.

9japride:
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By enticing her to play for their national football team. Same way we have lost a lot of athletes to most foreign countries.

mumu Man... Seems u don't know anything about football

Wow

Barce girls are trying, but the guys are useless

Nxt female balon d or

9japride:
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By enticing her to play for their national football team. Same way we have lost a lot of athletes to most foreign countries.

For someone that has represented her country at the national level, it's only possible in her next life, not this one again...

Oshoala will you marry me?

No be small thing On!

donforeign:
Nxt female balon d or

yinmu!