Out of the five previous participation at the FIFA World Cup, the Nigeria Super eagles have been grouped with the Albacetes of Argentina four time (1994, 2002, 2010, 2014) with the current event at Russia 2018 being the fifth.

The first participation at the USA 1994 world cup see the Nigeria team losing to the Argentine team led by the diminutive Diego Maradona after two Claudio Cannigia goal cancelled Nigeria lone goal scored by Samson Siasia.

Both team met again at the Korea/Japan 2002 world cup with a Gabriel Batistuta goal making all the difference. The story was the same at the 2010 and 2014 World cup held in South Africa and Brazil respectively, both team were grouped together with the Nigeria team losing 1 – 0 and 3 – 2 on both occasion.

Russia 2018 with be the fifth time both team will be meeting at the Mundial, will Nigeria make the difference this time around. That is the question waiting for answer.

Watch highlights of all the matches involving the Super eagles of Nigeria and Argentina at the World cup since 1994 below.


https://www.naijasports.ng/football/world-cup-russia-2018/2018/06/video-nigeria-vs-argentina-rivalry-fifa-world-cup-since-1994-matches-1994-2018/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9soLc1PZSz8