Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu says his team is battle ready for their Round of 16 fixture against Argentina at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, reports Completesports.com
The encounter will hold at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago on Wednesday.
Nigeria held Colombia to a 1-1 draw on Monday morning to secure a place in the Round of 16
The West Africans finished third in Group F with four points from three games.
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Argentina on the other hand are unbeaten so far in the competition, recording three wins from their group games.
Zubairu is however unfazed with the quality of their opposition, and is optimistic the Flying Eagles can earn a berth in the quarter-finals.
“Every game is a new challenge, and we’ll prepare with the same mentality — focus, discipline, and teamwork,” Zubairu told FIFA.com.
“We respect Argentina, but it’s a challenge that must be overcome.”
It would be recalled that the Flying Eagles knocked out Argentina at the same stage of the competition two years ago.
By Adeboye Amosu
3 Comments
Oga allow us to hear word abeg.
Just go there, play and come back home.
You talk too much and your team play the same way, no direction.
Chai Supa u won kill me with laugh hahahaha!.. that’s what Nigerian coaches are good at doing….only talk no action, no game plan, no strategy… Argentina will whoop their ass
Argentina will not win today because we played without focus on the group stage.
If we had done well in the group stage, I would have given up concerning our team’s winning today
Don’t lose hope, it will be penalties and we will win.