Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea coasted to the final of the Carabao Cup with a 6-1 hammering of Championship side Middlesbrough at the Wembley stadium on Tuesday night, reports Prime Business Africa.
The Blues were trailing 1-0 on aggregate after last week’s first leg shocking defeat to the team coached by former Manchester United står Michael Carrick.
However Tuesday’s performance by the Blues is a testament of the quality on show and it marked the highest winning margin in the second leg of the semifinals stage of the competition.
Boro were defensively astute in the first half but all their efforts to contain the Blues were ruined in the second stanza.
Chelsea scored four goals in the first half through a Jonny Howson own goal, Enzo Fernandez, Axel Disasi and Cole Palmer.
Palmer grabbed his second of the night while Super Eagles eligible winger and former England U-21 star Noni Madueke completed the rout.
Morgan Rogers scored a consolation for the Riverside outfit
The final of the competition will be played on February 25 with Fulham or Liverpool their opponents as the two face off in Wednesday’s second semifinals
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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