Super Falcons star Oshoala has joined her other Barcelona teammates to celebrate the recipient of the 2021 Women’s Ballon d’Or, Alexia Putellas on her win.
The Falcons star Oshoala, who has been on the sideline for some time now due to injury, on Thursday managed to join other teammates both from the Barcelona women’s team and their male counterpart at Camp Nou to celebrate Alexia Putellas, the 2021 Women’s Ballon d’Or winner, and Pedri, who won the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under 21 years old.
Barcelona star Asisat Oshoala later took to her official social media handle on Thursday, to share a series of snaps from Nou Camp. In one of the snaps shared, she was photographed with her teammate Alexia Putellas holding on to the Ballon d’Or award, and in other photos, she was photographed along with the Ballon d’Or, as fans penned words of encouragement to her, saying it will be hers one day.
According to the information made available by FCBarcelona, the world’s best female player will present her award to the fans at Estadi Johan Cruyff prior to the game against Athletic Club at noon CET on Saturday.
“There are two parts to the presentation. After the team has warmed up, Pedri will walk onto the Camp Nou pitch to present the Kopa Trophy to the Barça fans. Ex-FC Barcelona player, Hristo Stoichkov, Ballon D’Or winner in 1994, will present the award first to the Canary Islands player as part of the symbolic act.
Then the Bulgarian will present the Ballon D’Or to Alexia, who will also present her award to all the fans in the stadium. The women’s team captain will also be joined by her teammates to celebrate the midfielder’s success, and the success of Barça’s women’s team as a whole,” the club said.
This will be the second time that Alexia has presented an individual award at Camp Nou, after the ‘Best European Player of the Year’ and ‘Champions League 2020/21 Best Midfielder’ awards from UEFA at the end of August.