[size=13pt]Nigeria Vs Argentina: Supporters, Sponsors scramble for action[/size]

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) are being inundated with requests from supporters and sponsors all desperate to grab a piece of the action when Argentina and Nigeria clash in Dhaka next month.

The two teams will play an international friendly match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sept. 6 which is being described as the biggest ever soccer event to be held in Bangladesh.

World Player of the Year Lionel Messi will lead a star-studded Argentina team to Dhaka with Nigeria also sending a full-strength side.

“We are overwhelmed by the response from the fans. Sponsors are showing a lot of interest,” Anwarul Huq, chairman of the match organising committee, told Reuters.

Local media reported that the BFF were selling the rights of everything associated with the match – from an official dinner to the bus bringing the teams to the venue.

A local event management firm has bought the rights for the dinner where a maximum of 250 seats will be available for supporters to eat with officials, sponsors and the teams.

There will also be an auction for supporters attending the dinner where they can buy different souvenirs and autographed pictures and shirts of famous players.

The BFF are also closing in on a deal with a local sponsor, who will brand a vehicle carrying Argentina fans to follow the team bus carrying Messi and his team mates, officials said.

Twice world champions Argentina are hugely popular in soccer-obsessed Bangladesh where their former captain and coach Diego Maradona is worshiped like a demigod.


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this is crazy,why cant nigerian players be worshiped like that

We are far from being worship

I guess FIFA felt really insulted by our last match and have scheduled a comprehensive beating for us.

A Daniel has come to judgement.

This will be fun.

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So help us God. I feel for those cheeky eagles.

O God please help eagles beat these guys (though its seems impossible) let the whole shame be on Messi, Terves, all of them, what do they mean by Nigeria can't beat them

Lol. Argentina would eat Nigeria alive. I hope they don't injure Messi

Why are we playing in Bangladesh? Do they play football there? Thought they had civil unrest there. Na wa o.

Enyeama, there is work to do. Hope you are playing first team football now because Messi is on fire

You go fear as Argentina go use vex take wipe Nigeria. You think say na dat one wey SE do for Abuja? E neva halla!!!

The match is a hyped match, for the Banglas,

argentina has been over rated. We will beat them with ike uche and reformed osaze together with our neely discovered young eagles.

can't wait to hear what FIFA would say when we beat Argentina! We tend to forget that Argentina doesn't play like a team at all, i won't take away the fact that there side is star studded, that not withstanding, beating them is not impossible

Nigeria could create surprises. Lets watch

i am not afraid of argentina and there array of stars but their day of reckoning is here NIGERIA will humiliate them again,

but shouldnt nig feel insulted at the mere suggestion that d previouse match was fixed?

Vaaaaaamooooosssss , NIGERIA!!!

I would like to see Croatia Nigeria friendly one day