Izuchukwu OkosiRivers United defied all odds to earn a ticket into the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday evening as they defeated Burkina Faso’s Etoile Filante 2-0 in the return leg of their preliminary round of qualifiers Sunday evening, reports Prime Business Africa.
The first leg of the fixtures ended in a scoreless draw.
The ‘Pride of Rivers’ missed two penalty kicks with only just 15 minutes left to the end of the game with the aggregate score still at 0-0.
The scoreline irked the fans and led to their departure from the stands even before the final whistle.
But just as the supporters were giving up on them, the ‘unexpected’ happened.
Alex Oyowah struck in the 89th minute and then converted the third penalty awarded to the Nigerian side with nine minutes added after normal time.
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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