Messi Made Argentina Snub Azerbaijan, Ukraine In Favour Of Nigeria

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‎Argentina were advised by senior players of their national team lead by captain Lionel Messi to settle for a friendly game against The super Eagles Of Nigeria ahead of Azerbaijan and Ukraine .

The FA in Argentina were in talks with Azerbaijan and also Ukraine for a friendly game after securing a high profile friendly against host of next year World Cup Russia, and talks were at an advanced stage before they settled for The Super eagles.

Nigeria were originally looking for a game against Argentina next year but the plan was brought forward after senior players in the team decide on facing the Super Eagles ahead of Azerbaijan and Ukraine

The players were asked to choose between Nigeria, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, the latter duo were the preferred choice of the FA due to their proximity to Russia, but the players pushed for a game against Nigeria to have a taste of something different.