The Best Of The Eagles:  How Dessers, Okereke, Aribo Fared Before The International Break

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Nigeria striker David Okereke was the Nigeria star over the weekend as he struck late on for Venezia as they defeated As Roma 3-2 on Sunday evening.

 

Roma coached by Jose Mourinho went ahead through England international of Nigerian descent Tammy Abraham but Okereke turned out to be the match winner as he latched onto a lofted pass beyond the Roma defence to .score.

 

Diego Maradona was cebrated by Napoli with a special jersey ad they hosted a difficult Hellas Verona a d it ended a goal apiece. Victor Osimhen returned to the starting line up but fired blanks.

 

Cyriel Dessers who has just one international cap for Nigeria was the hero for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie as he came off the bench to score the decisive goal for his team against AZ Alkmaar.

 

Midfielder Joe Aribo who is expected to hit the Super Eagles camp latest Tuesday morning ahead of the Liberia game this weekend grabbed a goal for Scottish champions Rangers in a 4-2 victory over Ross County.

 

Aribo scored the first goal for his side in the 19th minute and also assisted the third goal.

 

Other Nigerians on target include Akinkunmi Amoo in Sweden for Hammarby IF against Oerebro SK.

 

In Greece, Chuba Akpom whose parents hail from Onitsha, Anambra state and has elected to represent Nigeria was in action for AS PAOK against Panathinaikos. In Belgium, Al Hassan Yusuf played for Royal Antwerp against Anderlecht.

 

In Norway, little-known Moses Ebiye scored the equaliser as Tromsoe played out a 1-1 draw with Stroemsgodset. In the Czech Republic, Ubong Ekpai scored as Slavia Prague recorded a comfortable win against Pardubice

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.

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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