Izuchukwu OkosiThe 2022 /2023 UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage draws was held on Monday with interesting match ups and Nigeria striker Asisat Oshoala is poised to shine on the big stage once again after previous success stories in the ‘competition for champions’ reports Prime Business Africa.
French side Olympique Lyonnais are the current champions of the UEFA Women’s Champions League after they beat Barcelona 3-1 in the final last May.
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala scored Barcelona’s only goal in that defeat and is already looking forward to the beginning of the matches in the group stages this season.
African Footballer of The Year winner in July Oshoala, spoke to CNN Sport on the expectations of her club ahead of the competition.
“It’s a competition for champions. We are ready for the Championship. I will love to meet them again. I love to play against PSG, Bayern, Benfica. We are ready,” the former Arsenal and Liverpool Ladies striker quipped.
Oshoala’s Barcelona have a relatively easy draw after they were grouped with Bayern Munich, Rosengard and Benfica in Group D.
Benfica is the club of Oshoala’s international teammate, Christy Ucheibe.
Group A comprises of English side Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Vllaznia Shkoder, the Albanian underdogs.
Wolfsburg, Slavia Prague, St. Poelten and Roma make up Group B.
Group C has been widely considered as the Group of Death as Oshoala’s former club, Arsenal is pooled along with Juventus and Swiss side, Zurich FC.
The group stage matches take place between October 19 and December 22 with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Women’s Champions League Groups
Group A
Chelsea (ENG), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Real Madrid (ESP), Vllaznia Shkoder (ALB)
Group B
Wolfsburg (GER), Slavia Prague (CZE), St. Poelten (AUT), Roma (ITA)
Group C
Lyon (FRA), Arsenal (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Zurich (SUI)
Group D
Barcelona (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Rosengard (SWE), Benfica (POR)
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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