Izuchukwu OkosiKatsina United on Tuesday defeated Enyimba International 2-1 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena to eliminate the Nigeria Premier League champions from the. Naija, Super 8 tournament.
The Champions are the representatives of the South Eastern region in the tournament after they beat Heartland in the playoffs at the Eket Township stadium a forthnight ago.
Finidi George’s men had lost to Remo Stars in their first game of the tournament – a team they are yet to defeat in their last three meetings.
Newly promoted Sporting FC of Lagos held the Aba Millionaires to a 1-1 draw in their second game which made their game against Katsina a must-win.
In the first game of the day, Sporting of Lagos defeated Remo Stars of Ikenne.
“When you get to this stage when players should be resting, we’re still playing, and coupled with injuries, as some of our players didn’t come, it’s a hard one. If that must have accepted the players, I can’t say,” George said.
“The players do their best, but this is not what I know us to be, but fatigue is setting in, and immediately after this, we’re going into the pre-season, and I don’t know how we can get all these players ready for the CAF Super League, and the Champions League as well. We all need rest,” the former Super Eagles winger told the media.
Enyimba’s loss means qualification for other members of the group depends on the outcome of the Katsina United and Sporting Lagos tie.
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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