Izuchukwu OkosiTrevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Calum Hudson Odoi and Timo Werner were all on the scoresheet as Chelsea obliterated Juventus 4-0 in the shocking result of Tuesday night in the UEFA Champions League.
Bayern were without lots of first team regulars that weir hit due to Covid 19.Legendary Xavi’s first European match as manager of Barcelona ended in an eventful 0-0 draw with Benfica as both sides came close to snatching a late winner but for some poor finishing.
The Italians had been 2-1 up with 10 minutes left on the clock and looking to move into second place before the Swiss came up with two goals in a four-minute spell to go ahead.
But former Udinese star Luis Muriel’s 88th-minute strike kept Atalanta in the race for a top two finish and a knockout stage berth — effectively needing to beat Villarreal in their last group game on December 8.
In Group G, Sevilla picked up an impressive win and kept alive their chance of advancing in the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg.
Joan Jordan grabbed an early goal in the first half and Rafa Mir who was in Spain duty at the Olympics scored late in the second to give the Spanish club its first win in five matches.
Salzburg lost 1-0 at Lille in the other group match with Nigerian – born German international Karim Adeyemi booked (yellow card) for dissent in the game.
Wolfsburg stay on five points and is still in contention ahead of the final round, when they host Lille while Sevilla visit Salzburg.
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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