Izuchukwu OkosiUEFA Champions League holders Real Madrid produced a stunning comeback from two goals down to earn a pulsating 5-2 victory at Anfield against Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday night.
Two brilliant goals each from Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema turned the tide in favour of the Spanish champions who was recently crowned the FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah got the Reds in front and it seemed the night was meant for Jurgen Klopp’s troops but Madrid rallied back from the disappointment of conceding in the 4th and 10th minutes largely due to the goalkeeping gaffe of Thibaut Courtois.
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Vinicius struck a sublime shot to find the bottom right corner and scored from a fruituous effort after another goalkeeping, error this time, by Allison Becker’s mistake to level the match by halftime.
Ederson grabbed the second goal through a bullet header early on the second half through centreback, Eder Militao.
Influential striker and captain, Karim Benzema ensured that there was no coming back for the English media at he scored twice to silence the hitherto vociferous crowd.
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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