Izuchukwu OkosiManchester City on Friday evening defeated South America representatives, Fluminense 4-0 to win their maiden FIFA Club World Cup in a dominant display.
City grabbed the first goal via forward Julian Alvarez barely 30 seconds into the final.
Nino conceded an own goal and gifted the Europeans their second goal when Phil Foden’s innocuous pullout deflected off his feet and looped over the goalkeeper.
Foden then made it 3-0 before Alvarez rounded off the evening with his brace in the closing stages of the one-sided contest.
Manchester United and Chelsea have won the Club World Cup in the past as European clubs have won 22 consecutive games in the competition but recent poor form in the domestic scene by Pep Guardiola’s men had raised some hopes for the Brazilian side.
In the 3rd/4th place final, African flagbearers Al Ahly romped to a 4-2 win over Urawa Red Diamonds to win the bronze medal being the first time an African team will claim it.
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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