Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea were held to a 1-1 draw against Salzburg on Matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League Wednesday night at Stanford Bridge with Carney Chukwuemeka named among the substitutes by New manager Graham Potter.
The young midfielder of Nigerian descent arrived West London from Aston Villa on a £20m deal and has been tipped for big things in the game.
Salzburg had Noah Okafor who has Nigerian roots in attack but the duo of Samson Tijani and Justin Omoregie were out through injuries.
Chelsea created a few great channces in the first half but were repelled by a disciplined Salzburg defence.
Raheem Sterling broke Salzburg’s resistance three minutes into the second half when he let fly a low shot to fimd the bottom of the right hand corner at the edge of the box after Mason Mount delivered a great low cross to him for the fourth goal for his new team.
Chelsea came close to scoring for their teams but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kai Havertz could not put away the chances on the plate for them.
Okafor then equalised for the visitors in the 75th minute from close range beating off an offside trap to convert a Junior Adamu assist
Armando Broja wasted the last chance for Chelsea to win it towards the end of the game.
Chelsea’s next Champions League game is a fixture against AC Milan.
Chelsea are bottom of the Group E table after two matches.
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.
Follow Us