Izuchukwu OkosiReal Madrid got back to winning ways in the UEFA Champions League with a 5-0 mauling of Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday evening.
Madrid were second in Group D heading to this game two points ahead of Inter Milan and Shakhtar and three points behind surprise group leaders Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova who shocked Carlo Ancelotti’s with a 2-1 defeat in their last group fixture.
Madrid went ahead in the 37th minute, thanks to a Sergey Kristov own goal while trying to defend the ball against Karim Benzema who was poised to pounce on a cross.
Vini Junior who has been in imperious form for the Galaticos secured a hat trick while Rodrygo and Benzema all got on the score sheet.
After the own goal, the 23 times European champions doubled their lead with a fine team effort when Benzema won the ball and squared the ball to Luka Modric.
The Croatia international then rolled back the years when he produced an exquisite pass onto the path of Vini Junior who lobbed the ball above the Shakhtar goalkeeper.
The Brazilian showed real composure to make it 3-0 and grab his brace for the night after an assist from Benzema.
Brazilian youngster Rodrygo then made it 4-0 on the night with a composed finish after he was found by Vini Junior
Benzema then rounded off the goals of the night with a well taken strike to reward his industry all night.
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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