Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s national team, the Super Falconets on Saturday took one step closer to qualifying for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica after a hard-earned 3-1 defeat of Senegal in the first leg of their last phase of qualifiers to the tournament.
The Falconets produced a masterclass performance with silky touches, good positioning, on-field aptitude and proficiency as Edo Queens’ forward Flourish Sébastien became the star of the game with a hat-trick at the Stade Lat-Dior.
Nigeria coach Christopher Danjuma stated that the the victory did not come on a platter of gold but was a product of hardwork noting that background information the technical crew had about the Senegalese paved way for the away triumph.
‘’We had a good result here with this 3-1 away win but in football, until the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game, you can’t say you’re qualified,” Danjuma reminds his players.
“This means that we are going to prepare for the return leg, forgetting the result obtained this Saturday against a very talented Senegalese team.
“Moreover, for this first leg, we tried to put the odds on our side by finding as much information as possible on this Senegalese team which nevertheless eliminated Morocco that is doing a good job in women’s football.
“As in the first leg, we have to be mentally ready to stay the course,” he said.
The return leg will take place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Saturday, 26th March.
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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