Izuchukwu Okosi
La Liga leaders Real Madrid started 2022 in the worst possible way on Sunday dropping three points away at Getafe as they fell to a 1-0 defeat and that has drawn the ire of manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti admits the players were poor on the day and played as if they were still on holiday.
Analysing the game as a whole, the Italian tactician said: “We reacted well for the first 10 minutes after conceding, but then we got nervous and lost some duels.
“There’s not much to say about this match. We stayed on holiday for an extra day. It can be difficult after the Christmas break, but we don’t want excuses. We didn’t play well. It’s not a criticism or drama.
“Yesterday, the players looked sharp. But, today they weren’t. This wasn’t the team that we saw before Christmas. It was a different team, with less concentration and less commitment.
“I don’t think we deserved to lose and I think a draw would have been fair, but maybe this loss can be a wake-up call because we were still on holiday today.”
It was an individual mistake from Éder Militão that led to Getafe’s goal, but Ancelotti doesn’t want to single out any player for this defeat.
Asked if he would pick out individuals who were at fault, he replied: “No, absolutely not. There were some who didn’t have a good match, but I’m not singling out anyone. For example, Benzema didn’t have a great game. But, you can’t single out Benzema.”
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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