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FootballAsisat Oshoala Nets Hat Trick As Barcelona Women Set New Record
- Asisat Oshoala put up an incredible performance as Barcelona Femeni walloped Levante Las Planas
- The Catalan giants thrashed their opponents 7-0 and the Nigerian striker scored a hat-trick in the encounter
- The victory also helps the club to become the first team in history to win 50 consecutive league games
Nigerian international Asisat Oshoala was on a scoring spree as Barcelona Femeni thrashed their Levante Las Planas counterparts 7-0 in the Spanish women’s league on Wednesday.
Barca’s female team become the first in the history of football to win 50 consecutive league matches.
Oshoala was in action for the Catalan club, while her international teammate Rita Chikwelu featured for Levante Las Planas.
The reigning 'African Women’s Player of the Year' scored Barcelona’s second (25th minute) fifth (56th minute) and sixth (63rd minute) goals.
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She has now scored 10 goals in 14 matches in the Spanish Primera Division so far this season.
Barcelona Women’s 50 consecutive league wins began on June 6, 2021 when they won the last five matches of the 2020/21 championship.
They won all 30 matches in 2021/22 and have already won 15 in 2022/23.
Oshoala always on the score-sheet
Recall that Asisat Oshoala January 14, continued with her impressive form this season for Barcelona netting a brace against Sporting Huelva.
It was a good win for the forward and her teammates who recorded an emphatic 3-0 win over the hosts in what was a tough encounter.
The Nigerian scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 21st minute before Mariaona doubled the lead in the 32nd minute. Oshoala scored her second goal in the 57th minute during the emphatic win.
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FootballSports Brief earlier reported that Spanish giants FC Barcelona have been kicked out of Spain's top domestic women's cup competition for fielding an ineligible player.
The Catalan club recorded a 9-0 triumph in the round of 16 of the Copa de la Reina two weeks ago, but their opponents Osasuna claimed the domestic champions fielded an unqualified player.
Geyse Ferreira, who scored one of Barcelona's nine goals, should have supposedly faced a one-match ban after she was sent off in the competition last season while at Madrid CFF.