UEFA has named Asisat Oshoala’s strike in Barcelona’s game against
Benfica as the Goal of the 2023/24 Season in the Women’s Champions
League. Oshoala netted the last goal with a stunning
bicycle kick in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over Benfica in their opening group
game en route to the Catalans claiming the Champions League for the
second consecutive season.  With the Blaugrana already 4-0
up, Jonatan Giráldez sent the reigning Women’s African Footballer of
The Year and she wasted no time in making her mark in the game, scoring
the last goal of the encounter in style – her only goal of the
competition.  She thereafter made a mid-season move to American side, Bay FC. “The
top ten goals of the 2023/24 UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign
have been selected by UEFA’s Technical Observer panel, with Nigerian
forward Asisat Oshoala taking the prize for Goal of the Season thanks to
her stunning bicycle kick for Barcelona against Benfica on Matchday 1,”
the football body wrote on Monday, May 27.  “Also for
Barça, midfielder Aitana Bonmatí took second spot for her bending effort
in the quarter-finals second-leg win against Brann, while Lyon’s
Delphine Cascarino came third for her long-range strike in the
quarter-finals second-leg victory over Benfica.” Oshoala,
29, made history with Barcelona Femení by becoming the first African to
win three UEFA Women’s Champions League titles.  She received a winner’s medal despite her mid-season transfer to Bay FC in the United States.  The
Super Falcons striker contributed to Barcelona’s Champions League
campaign by playing in two group-stage matches and scoring once before
her move.