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Super Eagles Lose 5-4 Against Ghana On Penalties, Miss CHAN 2023

The Black Galaxies of Ghana on Saturday evening qualified for the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) holding in Algeria next year at the expense of Nigeria’s Super Eagles Team B after a 5-4 win on penalties reports Prime Business Africa.

The Eagles were the dominant team in the first half but their many efforts were repelled either by the excellent defensive play of the guests or the frame of the post.

The Eagles had lost 2-0 in the first leg of the fixtures last week at the Cape Coast stadium but responded positively in the return leg at the Moshood Abiola stadium, Abuja scoring through Zilkifilu Mohammed and Chijioke Akuneto in 90 minutes to make it 2-2 on aggregate.

The game went into penalty shoouots but the Ghanaians prevailed in the ensuing kicks 5-4 to deny Super Eagles the chance to participate at the tournament for the second consecutive time of asking.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.