Izuchukwu Okosi
England’s Three Lionesses came from behind to defeat Spain 2-1 on extra time Wednesday night at the Amex stadium to advance to the semifinals of the Women’s Euros 2022 tournament.
Sarina Weigman’s team will face Sweden or Belgium on Tuesday.
The English side went down to an Esther Gonzalez’s goal who put the Spaniards ahead in the 54th minute with a fan tastic team goal.
England did scored a supposed goal that was subsequently ruled out as Lucy Bronze was offside.
The English had a shout for a penalty when Lauren Hemp fell over in the box but French referee Stephanie Frappart gave it the other way.
Yet just when it looked like it might be going away from England, the leveller came six minutes from time and it was two substitutes who combined.
Alessia Russo headed the ball down for Ella Toone to smash home from close range. Spain were furious and wanted a foul but it was not given and the goal stood.
And then in extra time, it was a moment of sheer brilliance that completed the turnaround.
Bayern Munich star Georgia Stanway blasted in an absolute thunderbolt into the top corner from outside the box and sparked huge limbs at the Amex.
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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