We are not afraid of Argentina – Super Eagles

“It’s going to be war (and) a final of finals because they need to win”, Ighalo told BBC Sport.

“We’ll try to make it better and hope that he will be able to receive the ball a lot more”.

Against Croatia, Nigeria sat back in a 4-2-3-1, and it’s likely they will do the same against a more talented Argentina side.

Nigeria put themselves in a strong position to qualify from Group D alongside Croatia after they beat Iceland 2-0 in their second fixture.

The Barcelona and former Liverpool midfielder wanted a change at the helm as part of a “pact for life” before the final group game with Nigeria in St Petersburg.

This is the last throw of the dice for Sampaoli, who would be extremely to keep his job if Argentina suffer a group stage exit. But the Super Eagles say his ambition is not worth more than the aspirations of over 190 million Nigerians, who want to see their team in the second round of the on-going World Cup in Russian Federation.

That was as good as it got for Argentina, however, as a 1-0 loss to England and a 1-1 draw against Sweden left them eliminated along with Nigeria at the end of the group stage – standings that represent a dream scenario this time around for Iceland supporters. If Nigeria wins, it will advance to the round of 16.

“We are not here to watch him playing”. In this scenario, the two teams’ respective disciplinary records will come into play, and this is where Jorge Sampaoli’s men are in the red, because they have three yellow cards whereas Iceland have none.

Shehu Abdullahi said that the team was confident of winning.

France have limbered towards qualification to the next round with two unconvincing victories based on the talent within their ranks and can afford to “rest” a few star players tonight against Denmark.

When is the Nigeria vs. Argentina match on?

Sergio Aguero was in that Olympic side, and has so far scored his country’s only goal at the 2018 World Cup.

Argentina were abysmal during qualification and a moment of magic made the difference. Argentina might need an emphatic victory to guarantee safe passage to the next round, but that cause is only going to be helped by a water-tight defence, especially with Fazio in it.

All eyes will be on him, but will Lionel Messi deliver for Argentina against Nigeria?

In 2005, Messi won gold and Mikel silver at the Federation Internationale de Football Association U20 World Cup in The Netherlands, and while Messi was named Player of the Tournament, Mikel was named second best. The first game a 2-0 defeat to Croatia showed the worst of the Super Eagles, whilst against Iceland Nigeria took their chances and deservedly ran out 2-0 winners.