Izuchukwu OkosiOut-of-favour France international, Kylian Mbappe, fired Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarter-finals with a brilliant brace in a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad Tuesday night at San Sebastian as the billionaires cruised through 4-1 on aggregate.
Coach Luis Enrique has handed Mbappe limited minutes on the pitch in recent games since his revelation that he would be leaving the Parisiens for a new club this summer widely reported in the media to be Real Madrid.
Mbappe converted both strikes in the 15th and 56th minutes of the game, the first strike, a thing of beauty as his fleece shot tore a part of the net and had to be tied back.
The home side had the ball in the back of the net but the VAR check ruled that out and only got a measure of consolation in added time as captain Fran Merino had his low shot certified legitimate by the VAR.
The Basque team had their fans singing their praises from the stands and despite no further participation at the UEFA Champions League at San Mames, the general consensus seems to be that the better team had progressed to the ‘last 8’ of the competition.
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.
