Nigeria to meet Argentina again in group D
Idris Adesina
London, Dec. 1, 2017 (AltAfrika)-Nigeria’s Super Eagles will play in group D of the 2018 world cup in Russia playing Argentina, Iceland and Croatia .
Group of death for Argentina?
Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger for 5 live Sport
There’s always going to be a group of death and reckon it’s Argentina’s Group D. They may not even get through.
Nigeria are underrated, Iceland have proved themselves over the last two of three years and Croatia – what a talent.
BIG GAMES BETWEEN NIGERIA & ARGENTINA
25 June 1994: Nigeria 1 Argentina 2 – Boston, USA
(FIFA World Cup)10 Jan 1995: Argentina 0 Nigeria 0 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (FIFA Confederations Cup)
3 Aug 1996: Nigeria 3 Argentina 2 – Georgia, USA (Olympics Final)
2 June 2002: Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 – Ibaraki, Japan (FIFA World Cup)
2 July 2005: Nigeria 1 Argentina 2 – Utrecht, Netherlands (FIFA U20 World Cup Final)
23 Aug 2008: Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 – Beijing, China (Olympics Final)
12 June 2010: Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 – Jo’burg, South Africa (FIFA World Cup)
1 June 2011: Nigeria 4 Argentina 1 – Abuja, Nigeria (International Friendly)
6 Sept 2011: Argentina 3 Nigeria 1 – Dhaka, Bangladesh (International Friendly)
25 June 2014: Nigeria 2 Argentina 3 – Porto Alegre, Brazil (FIFA World Cup)
Aside the recent friendly which ended 4-2 for Nigeria, other meetings as shown above isn’t cheering
