Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria forward Samuel Chukwueze played for 72 minutes on Wednesday night in Villarreal’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in Anfield in the second semifinals of the UEFA Champions League reports Prime Business Africa.
The Super Eagles star scored the decisive winning goal on aggregate for the Yellow Submarine when they ousted Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals second leg tie which ended 1-1 (2-1 on aggregate).
Meanwhile Dutch forward of Nigerian descent Arnaut Danjuma played for 85 minutes before he was also substituted.
An own goal by Pervis Estupinan and a goal by Sadio Mane ensured the Reds took a two-goal advantage to the Stadio Ceramics next week.
Villarreal manager Unai Emery is however upbeat that his team will give Liverpool a tough second leg.
“The match next week will be very different to tonight. They are going to suffer more in Villarreal,” Emery told BT Sport.
Villarreal will also be hopeful of having striker Gerard Moreno back for the second leg, with the 30-year-old tallying 13 goals and six assists in 26 games for Villarreal in all tournaments this term.
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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