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Women’s World Cup: Oshoala Sets New Record In Win Against Australia
Barcelona feminine forward and current African footballer of the year, Asisat Oshoala on Thursday set another record as the first Nigerian player to score in three World Cups.
Oshoala represented Nigeria at the 2015 and 2019 World Cups and scored in all before Thursday’s goal against Australia in 2023.
Oshoala also becomes the first Nigerian substitute to score a goal at the Women’s World Cup.
Speaking after the game, Oshoala said that she was very excited to have scored against the co-host and also willing to score as many goals as possible at the competition.
Asked what she feels by not starting, the prolific scorer said that she felt sick and only managed to feature for Nigeria in the game.
Nigeria defeated Australia by 3-2 with Oshoala scoring one of the goals.
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