 Triestina almost relegated that season after failing to score (ranked 4th least goal in Serie B).In the first half of the season, along with Francesco Ruopolo, Eliakwu played as 4th striker, and Eliakwu had to compete with former Inter teammate Federico Piovaccari to be the third striker in a formation which used 3 front men, to partner with Mattia Graffiedi and Emiliano Testini.He did not feature in Triestina's 2 strikers formation.