Asisat Oshoala makes a winning return as Barcelona Ladies secured a 1-0 away win against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final clash on Sunday, reports Completesports.com.
Kheira Hamraoui scored the winning goal for Barcelona Ladies in the 62nd minute of the encounter.
Barcelona Women will now have to finish the job in the return match at the Miniestadi next week Sunday.
Before then, they will face Sevilla in a LigaIberdola clash on Wednesday.
Oshoala started the game from the bench and took the place of England international Toni Duggan in the 65th minute.
The Nigeria international has missed Barcelona last six games in all competitions due to a hamstring injury.
Before her injury, she scored five goals in five league appearances for the Blaugrana.
The 24-year-old is loan at Barcelona from Chinese club Dalian Quanjian.
Her return from injury will surely delight Super Falcons head coach Thomas Dennerby who will be banking on the former Arsenal and Liverpool Ladies starlet to help his team make a positive impact at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer in France.
MATCH DETAILS
Bayern, 0
FCB, 1
Bayern: Benkarth, Rolfö, Demann, Laudehr, Schweers, Škorvánková (Lewandowski, min 70), Hendrich, Damnjanović (Beerensteyn, min 77), Maier (Magull, min 77), Lohmann, Däbritz.
Barça Women: Paños, Marta T., A.Pereira, María León, Leila, Losada (Aitana, min 69), Alexia, Hamraoui, Martens, Mariona (Andressa Alves, min. 83), Duggan (Oshoala, min 65).
Goals: 0-1 Hamraoui (min 62).
By Adeboye Amosu
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This is the second good news of the evening.
Midfielder Rita Chikwuelu scored in Sweden today but her team still sunk to a 5:1 defeat.
Players like Umotong, Toni Payne, Hallmat Ayinde and Ngozi Okobi all saw action for their respective clubs this weekend in Europe.