Ex-Super Eagles Technical Adviser and former CAF/FIFA Coaching Instructor, Adegboye Onigbinde, has warned the team to be wary of Argentina in their final Group D match on Tuesday. Onigbinde told reporters on Sunday at St Petersburg that the team should not underrate the Azurris in the make-or-mar encounter.
Super Eagles had lost 0-2 to Croatia in their opening game at Kaliningrad on June 16, but came back into reckoning after a 2-0 thrashing of Iceland on Friday at Volgograd Stadium. Nigeria played well to beat Iceland 2-0 to return into contention for the next round, but they should expect a tough challenge from the wounded Argentines.
‘‘They are in a bad shape now as far as the ongoing World Cup is concerned, but they have a way of coming back when the chips are down, this is why the Super Eagles players and their coaching crew led by Gernot Rohr must cut short their celebration and prepare for an herculean task against Argentina on Tuesday,’’ the coach said.
Onigbinde, who commended the team for the dramatic comeback against Iceland via Ahmed Musa’ s two goals, however advised that the players must be on their toes throughout the game’s 90-minute duration.‘’The team must be active in all the departments of the game. Right from the defence,and through the midfield to the attack. There must be no slip or laxity of any kind,’’ he said.