Izuchukwu Okosi
Eagles coach, Augustine Eguavoen in his post match press conference on Sunday blamed the officiating for his team’s ouster at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in the hands of Tunisia.
The Carthage Eagles defeated 1-0 albeit we refereeing decisions marred the game.
Speaking at the post match briefing, Eguavoen said the players fought a good fight but blamed officiating for his wards exit. He also congratulated Tunisia on their victory and passage into the quarter-finals
“The boys fought, officiating wasn’t fair. Congratulations to Tunisia.
“I have told the boys to pick up and ensure they qualify Nigeria for the World Cup,” he said.
“I won’t critics the referee because they are masters of the game but Alex Iwobi’s red card wasn’t a red. The foul was an intentional one,” Eguavoen added.
The Eagles will now look forward to the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs in March against Ghana.
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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