Nigeria to play Argentina in international friendly in March
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will take on reigning world champions Argentina in an international friendly game in March 2024.
There is no official announcement yet from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The match will be played inside the Olympics Sports Centre, Hangzhou, China.
This will be the fourth time the Eagles and Argentina will meet in a friendly.
In their last friendly encounter on 17, November 2017 in Krasnodar, Russia, the Eagles came from 2-0 down to beat Argentina 4-2.
Argentina avenged the defeat to the Eagles when both teams met in their final group game at the Russia 2018 World Cup.
Needing only a draw to qualify for the round of 16, the Eagles conceded a late goal to lose 2-1 to the Argentines.
Overall, both countries have met nine times with Argentina recording six wins to Nigeria’s two and one game ended in a draw.
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