Argentina friendly wasn’t easy to get – Eagles Official

Officials of the Super Eagles have admitted that it was difficult to convince Argentina to play against the Super Eagles because they are ranked by FIFA well outside the top 30 teams in the world.
Lionel Messi and his Argentina team will take on Nigeria on November 14 in a friendly match as part of preparation by both countries for next year’s World Cup in Russia.

“The high-profile friendly against Argentina is a big one as it will help knock our team into shape for World Cup especially as we do not have another window for such a match until March next year, when we will play AFCON qualifiers.” Eagles Spokesman Toyin Ibitoye said

Nigeria are currently ranked 41st in the world by FIFA, while Argentina are fourth in the world.
“Being outside the top 30 teams in world, it was not easy to get Argentina to agree to play us,”

“But thanks to the leadership of the NFF and our match agent, Jairo Pachon, we were able to swing it”, Ibitoye concluded