Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Falcons players are turbocharged for Tuesday’s crucial 2024 Olympics qualifying game against Ethiopia’s Lucy at the MKO Abiola stadium Abuja in the second leg of the second round of qualifiers to the 2024 Olympics.
The first leg ended in a 1-1 draw in Addis Ababa and the Falcons must avoid an upset Tuesday evening to stand a chance to advance to the next round where they will face Uganda of Cameroon.
Uganda had defeated Cameroon 2-0 in the first leg of their fixtures.
Second choice goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi who was not part of the first leg action understands the importance of the game:
“The girls knows how important this game is very well, they didn’t have much tone to prepare for the game in Addis Ababa.
Midfielder Toni Payne said: “We know the task at hand is to qualify for the next round. It’s long time we have qualified for the Olympics. We know the task.
Central defender Toyin Demehin added her voice to the battlecry.
“Nigerians should be rest assured. We know the importance of the game. Everybody knows what brought us here. So we should be rest assured.
The delegation of Ethiopia’s senior women national team arrived in Abuja on Sunday, ahead of today’s Paris 2024 Olympics second round, second leg qualifying match.
The 35-person delegation flew into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport just after noon on Sunday aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight.
Also in Nigeria’s Federal Capital is the squad of match officials, led by Christine Ziga from Ghana, who will serve as the match commissioner.
There is also referee Edoh Kindedji from Togo, with her compatriots Abra Sitsofe Agbedanou and Kossiwa Kayigan Awoutey who will serve as assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively. Yacine Samassa from Mauritania will be in the role of fourth official.
Daloba Oulare from Guinea will be the referee assessor.
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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