‘English hard o’ — Nigerians blast UEFA after misunderstanding Oshoala post

Ayoola Kelechi 23:19 - 14 November 2023

Barcelona Femeni star Asisat Oshoala

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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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.

You will crumble
— Justus Baron (@justusbaron) November 14, 2023

I think you should appreciate the striker not to troll her she has done better for the her team than this pls is not too late you can do better
— O.S🍦 (@sm_legit) November 14, 2023

Why did they write “fail to score” and put a picture of Oshoala? 🤔😅
— drunken_mari (@MariDrunken) November 14, 2023

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.

English hard oo
— OLUWALOSEYI (@Yungkhali2) November 14, 2023

“Failed to score in one of their last 31 CL matches” which means say, them score in 30 of their 31 matches”, thats to show how prolific their attacker is. And they gave credit to Asisat Oshoala a Nigerian
But Nigerians are crying under the tweet ,That country and it’s citizens🤦🏽‍♂️
— Kxtra (@Keneknowsball) November 14, 2023

Our education system is dead🥲 see my country's people disgracing us https://t.co/UHHbk8PYgu
— ARCH BISHOP⚔️ (@Opeolu_waa) November 14, 2023

For people who can't read..... A team scoring in 30 out of 31 games is super amazing and this post is more about who the face of that amazing team is....

When you have inferiority complex because of your country, everything seems like an attack.. Be calming down. https://t.co/YqhYjEVpCK
— Name cannot be blank (@hackSultan) November 14, 2023

Barcelona failed to score in one of their last 31 matches is 30/31 but the Nigerians in the comment section have something against English and comprehension. https://t.co/K2ly9g5TRS
— Made In Benin (@Sobsoil) November 14, 2023

This post shows that alot of people don’t read to understand, they read to reply. https://t.co/6jNYFWGAUl
— Edmund 💉 (@EdmundOris) November 14, 2023

Others lamented the display of misreading as the reason why a popular test of English remains a blight on the Nigerian populace.

The responses to this tweet is why we will keep writing IELTS, we can’t escape it man https://t.co/X41y2s9AvU
— Your Favorite HR buddy (@themmanuelfaith) November 14, 2023

This comment section is why we will continue to write IELTS. https://t.co/X1ubXn2D5h
— Abdul 🈴 (@bagofnuts_) November 14, 2023

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.