The Super Eagles players on Monday in St Peterburg said that the team would beat Argentina in the last group D game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Some of the players who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that they were not afraid of the Argentines. Ahmed Musa said that all the players knew the importance of the match.
”We know the importance of the match against Argentina, so we are going there for the three points stake. We know it would be a difficult game for us, but we are determined to win,” Musa said. Shehu Abdullahi said that the team was confident of winning.
“We were confident that we would win our last match against Iceland, that was the mentality we took to the pitch and we won. We are going to approach our game against Argentina with the same mentality.
“We are not leaving anything to chance, we just have to get to the field and do the job.
“This is a different game from that of Iceland, so the tactics to be adopted by the coaches may be different.
“The team did well in the last game with the game plans to be adopted will depend on what the tactics the coaches come out with.