![]() ![]() "What I said to her is between my daughter and I." I am proud of my daughter," he said, without revealing the exact conversation. "It was an outpouring of emotions and it was not intentional. "My dad is not happy with my choice of celebration," she posted on Instagram, prompting fans to ask him to forgive her. She did, however, raise a few eyebrows - including her father's - when she ripped off her shirt to celebrate her match-winning goal against the tournament co-hosts, Australia, in the group stages. The Barcelona forward will be facing England on Monday, in the last 16 of the Fifa Women's World Cup and Alhaji said it has been a joy to see his daughter excel in the global tournament. "We didn't see a bright future for her in football and my plan was to make sure all my children attained a high level of education and do better than us parents," Alhaji Oshoala told the BBC.īut he is now pleased his rebellious daughter persisted as Asisat became the first Nigerian footballer - male or female - to score in three different World Cup tournaments. By Celestine Karoney and Fernando Duarte, BBC Sport Africa in Lagos and BBC World Service in LondonĪsisat Oshoala's father admits he did not want his daughter to become a footballer and used to scold her when she returned from playing with friends on the streets in Nigeria. ![]()
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