Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, says she knows her father is not happy with the way she celebrated when she scored in Nigeria’s 3-2 win against Australia, co-host of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
On Thursday, Oshoala, nicknamed ‘Agba Baller’, scored in the 72nd minute of the Falcons’ second game in Group B at the Lang Park Stadium, Australia.
She started the game on the bench but was introduced in the second half at 1-1, ultimately changing the direction of the game.
It was not long after she was introduced that the Falcons earned a corner kick which resulted in a goal scored by Osinachi Ohale.
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For her own goal, Oshoala dragged the goalkeeper and a defender expertly to her right before slotting the ball to the far corner.
The striker sprinted towards the corner flag and took off her shirt in wild celebration, leading to mixed reactions from football fans.
A netizen Ojoko Timipre expressed delight at her celebration. He wrote: “Never knew Asisat Oshoala had a flat stomach (tummy). I like girls with flat tummy and above all including her flat tummy she is better than Mudrky of Chelsea, Martial of Manchester United and Ferran Torres of FC Barcelona. She is the total package.”
Popular Nigerian comedian, Segun Ogundipe, popularly known as Lafup weighed in on the conversation and said: “That jersey pull-off is a major move towards a deeper conversation, an epic example of balance for better.”
A tweep Olumide Oluyisola wrote: “Good goal. But due to with so much indiscipline, she (Oshoala) just got an absolutely useless yellow card, which may become a problem for the team if they go far in the tournament.”
A journalist Debola Adebanjo leaped in Oshoala’s defence, saying the picture of her celebration will go viral across the globe.
“An icon is an icon. Oshoala’s shirtless celebration will be picked up by every media from now till the end of this World Cup. When you are big, you are just that big.”
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Sola Egunjobi also expressed fears that her yellow card doesn’t come back to haunt the Falcons.
He wrote: “Hope she doesn’t miss a key game after a second yellow card. We need to be careful about these thing in football.”
In a post via Facebook, the Barcelona Femeni forward on Friday, said she knew that her dad was not happy with her choice of celebration.
“My dad is definitely not happy with my choice of celebration but then again, Life is a collection of MOMENTS. #Alhamdulilah #Grateful #Moments,” she wrote.
See screenshots of netizen’s reaction to Oshoala’s latest post: