“It’s Not Coming Home,”: Asisat Oshoala Trolls England After Euro 2024 Final Loss

“It’s Not Coming Home,”: Asisat Oshoala Trolls England After Euro 2024 Final Loss

  • Spain beat England 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin to win the 2024 European Championship
  • The Three Lions lost their second consecutive Euro final, having also lost to Italy in the 2021 edition
  • Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala aimed a dig at the English team with a post on social media

Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala did not spare the England national team after they lost 2-1 to Spain in the final of the 2024 European Championship in Germany.

England played and lost their second consecutive Euro final after losing the 2021 edition to Italy, despite playing on home soil at Wembley Stadium and having the crowd advantage.

Bukayo Saka, Adam Wharton, Ollie Watkins, Phil Foden, Luke Shaw, Trent Alexander-Arnold stand after Euro 2024 final loss to Spain.
England players look dejected after Euro 2024 final loss to Spain. Photo by Ian MacNicol.
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Nico Williams and Mike Oyarzabal scored a goal on either side of Chelsea star Cole Palmer’s super goal, winning it for Spain for a record fourth time, as noted by UEFA.com.

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Oshoala trolls England after Euro 2024 loss

Aside from being a professional footballer, Oshoala is an active football fan on social media, and she constantly shares her opinions and banters on games of her choice.

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As seen in a post shared on her official X account, she aimed a dig at England after their final loss to Spain last night, by negating a famous English phrase.

“It’s not coming home,” she wrote.

The six-time African Women Footballer of the Year is inclined towards Spain, having spent five years in the country with Barcelona Femeni, before joining Bay FC in the NWSL this year.

Football was invented in England, and their fans famously chant that it's coming home each time they go close to winning a trophy, which means that it's going back to where it all began.

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This has not been the case many times, as the last time the English won a major trophy was the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which they hosted, but they have fallen short more often on the big stage.

Sunday Oliseh warns Southgate and England

Legit.ng reported that Sunday Oliseh warned Gareth Southgate and England ahead of their Euro 2024 final meeting with Spain, which they eventually lost.

The Nigerian football legend applauded the team on how they reached the final despite criticism of their style of play but warned that Spain are a different side from what they've faced so far.

Source: Legit.ng

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Elijah Odetokun (Sports Editor) Elijah Odetokun is a Nigerian sports editor at Legit NG. He has four years of working experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria (August 2020 - September 2020), OmaSports (December 2020 - June 2021), El Futbolero (July 2021; September 2021- November 2021), and Sports Brief (November 2022 - July 2024). He is a press conference and interview specialist and has attended trainings held by Reuters, AIPS, and FIJ. He holds a Bachelor of Agriculture (2021) from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Reach me via elijah.odetokun@sportsbrief.com