Izuchukwu Okosi
Manchester United were dealt an embarrassing early exit from the FA Cup after losing to second-tier side Middlesbrough in a penalty shootout at Old Trafford late Friday night.
The Riverside outfit defeated the Red Devils 8-7 on penalties to advance to the fifth round of the competition after the proceedings ended in extra time with both sides playing out a 1-1 draw.
Jadon Sancho had opened the scoring for Ralf Rangnick’s star-studded side, but lifelong United fan Matt Crooks levelled for Chris Wilder’s side.
Every penalty found the net until United’s Anthony Elanga missed his at the Stretford End, wrapping up an 8-7 spot-kick success for Boro and sending its 9,500 visiting fans wild.
“We are Incredibly disappointed, we should have won and killed off the game in the first half,” United manager Rangnick told the media post match.
“Crossbar, post, missed penalty and numerous chances. It should have been 2-0 or 3-0.”
He was also asked how Elanga was feeling after missing the decisive penalty.
“Anyone can imagine how he is, he is shattered and absolutely disappointed,” the Technical Director-to be at the club concluded.
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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