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It was a sad day for English comprehension as fans attacked the UWCL handle on social media after misunderstanding a post they made about Nigerian superstar Asisat Oshoala
Fans have erroneously come to the defence of Nigerian icon Asisat Oshoala after misunderstanding a post from the official X handle of the UEFA Women’s Champions League featuring the Barcelona Femeni star.
Fans slam UEFA after misunderstanding Social media post
With the group stage of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League set to kick off, the UWCL handle celebrated reigning Champions Barcelona.
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15:45 - 14.11.2023
Ajibade, Nnadozie to battle Oshoala for CAF Women's Player of the Year award
Alozie missing, as Oshoala, Nnadozie, Ucheibe, Ohale, Ajibade, Payne, and Kanu are among the nominees for the CAF Women's Player Awards.
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18:36 - 11.11.2023
[Watch] Oshoala scores brace in Barcelona's drubbing of Villarreal
Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala took her league tally for Barcelona to seven goals after scoring a brace in the 6-0 thrashing of Villarreal.
They made a post noting that the Blaugrana had an incredible record of scoring in 30 of their last 31 matches, using a picture of Oshoala as the featured image on the post.
The caption on the picture of Oshoala read Barcelona have only failed to score in one of their last 31 #UWCL matches, yet it still drew negative comments from fans of the Nigerian superstar, who rained insults in the comments.
According to the complainants, they were upset that the UWCL for using the Super Falcons legend to portray a ‘negative’ stat.
Nigerians lament lack of basic understanding over Oshoala post
The lack of understanding of the simple post caused shame to other onlookers who lamented the level of education in the country while wondering how the statement could have been misconstrued by so many people.
Others lamented the display of misreading as the reason why a popular test of English remains a blight on the Nigerian populace.
Despite the misunderstanding, fans will certainly be cheering on Oshoala as she locks horns with compatriot Christy Ucheibe when Barcelona take on Benfica in their opening game of this season’s UWCL.
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