UEFA Conference League: Lookman Shines, Iheanacho Fires Blank As Leicester Pip PSV

Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman started from the bench and made a great impact when he came on in Leicester City’s 2-1 defeat of PSV in the second leg of their UEFA Conference League fixture at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven on Thursday evening reports Prime Business Africa.

Leicester City started with the same line-up that played out a scoreless draw in the first leg.

Kelechi Iheanacho was a starter for the Foxes but he was substituted in the 65th minute by Ayoze Perez while young goalkeeper Chituru Odunze was named on the subs’ bench by manager Brendan Rodgers.

However PSV could not call upon England U-21 international of Nigerian descent Chinonso Madueke who could not pass a late fitness test.

Lookman came off the bench in place of Harvey Barnes just a minute into the second half and was instrumental in the second goal scored by Ricardo Pereira with just two minutes to full time.

PSV will play in the final of the Dutch FA Cup against Ajax on Sunday, 17 April.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.