Izuchukwu Okosi
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane could meet fellow Meseryside teammate Mohamed Salah in the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon if Egypt overcomes hosts Cameroon Thursday night.
The Teranga Lions of Senegal defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 Wednesday to reach their second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final and will face either Cameron or Egypt on Sunday evening at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde.
Sadio Mane’s late goal against a spirited Burkina Faso ensured his national team booked their place in the final. The Senegal number 10 also had an assist to boot in the semifinals game.
PSG duo of Abdou Diallo and Idrissa Gueye put Senegal in front in the second half before Blati Toure put one back for Burkina Faso late on with a fruituious touch of his knee.
Mane however made Sunday’s final a certainty for the west African country with three minutes to go by lofting the ball over a sprawling Burkina Faso goalkeeper.
It was Mane’s 29th goal for his country, taking him level with Henri Camara at the top of their all-time scorer list.
Senegal lost the 2019 final to Algeria.
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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