Flying Eagles of Nigeria’s journey at this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup was brought to an end following a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Argentina, in Wednesday’s round of 16 clash, Completesports.com reports.
It was revenge for the Argentines who were eliminated by the Flying Eagles on home soil 2-0 at this same stage in 2023.
Also, the Flying Eagles have now lost 11 times in 14 meetings (one win, two draws) against South American opponents at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Not a few will argue that Argentina were deserved winners as they dominated most parts of the game and created more scoring chances.
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It was not a surprise when Argentina took the lead just two minutes into the contest, as Alejo Sarco slotted the ball home in the second minute, after Ebenezer Harcourt had wandered out of his goalline to claim an ariel ball.
In the 23rd minute Maher Carrizo made it 2-0 with a superb free kick as he beat Harcourt at his near post.
Carrizo then made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute, beating the offside trap, raced towards goal before slotting past a stranded Harcourt.
Then in the 66th minute Mateo Silvetti added the fourth goal with a low left foot strike after dribbling past Daniel Bamayi inside the box.
Argentina, who are on the quest of landing a seventh U-20 World Cup title, will now take on Mexico in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Africa’s other representative and U-20 AFCON champions South Africa lost 3-1 to Colombia in the other round of 16 encounter also played on Wednesday.
By James Agberebi
16 Comments
You guys disgraced your families and not us.
This coach has mad cow disease. How can your Afcon team be better than your WC team? I’m still baffled as to why Oliseh was dropped. Defence was zero except for the left back. Trash team trash coach.
lol useless corrupt NFF ,coaches and players lol . I’ve said it several times and I’ll say it again that corrupt NFF administrators have buried Nigeria football. The whole NFF needs to go if Nigeria really want to develop our football
This is what you get with a FEDERAL CHARACTER COACH, as well as a FEDERAL CHARACTER TEAM.
Why almost all the players from Notth?
I know I expected a “mauling” but not this pathetic description. As for those penalty calls, the first player had run out of gas and casually fell. Ref was spot on.
How can you play to get penalties to move forward when you are not Lionel Messi led Argentina at the Qatar 2022 world cup which enjoyed such monumental privileges?
Reducing our standards to that is similar to wishing to qualify for the senior world cup after playing 5 draws (half of the series).
If mediocrity is not defined as that, I wonder what is.
NFF, over to you.
Let’s see the next northern Nigerian coach in cue for more eye scotching and atrocious performances.
I think when many foreign born players no longer want national team football with us and rather stay in international exile if their first nations don’t call them up (as more than half of the current Super Eagles will not successfully run the 2030 race), then we will begin to seek real grassroot football development.
Daga is still 18 so he has another under 20 world cup to dream of, abi?
We are extreme jokers.
Deo, come and do a post mortem on this disaster class 2025 set of under 20.
I’ll not be surprised if no one remembers 80% of this team as early as 2028.
Referee bias ko, Argentina bully ni.
The most painful part of this crash is that most of the locals have stood firmly in our corner yet
* Zero goals from our attack
* Zero goals from our wingers and midfield
* 2 penalty goals from 4 scored in 4 matches
* Princely 8 goals conceded
*All 4 scored were from 3 defenders.
And we had a world cup team.
Now, unto the next set of new mediocre, NFF sided, slot buying players and the failure cycle continues.
A round of applause for NFF and their technical team.
Even overaged under 20 teams in time past were a lot smarter than the current ones even though most of them fizzled out quickly too because nature set in.
Northern bloc, keep your slots jor. Our mumu never do finish.
Let’s try insanity again. We might get a more pristine result because the world will remain at a standstill for us to wake up finally.
Never say never. In Dr.drey voice, LMAOOO…
Make we dey see the “big leagues” our “future eagles” go go. CS no go kuku waste time.
Rubbish
I want to officially use this opportunity to announce to the public that I’m no more a patriotic
fan of Nigeria’s men football. The same way I don’t bother myself watching Npfl that’s the same way I’l not bother myself watching Nigeria’s men’s national team.
it’s a shame that Nigeria once regarded as a football power house in Africa has now turn to a country that cannot produce a single team that canot beat even the weakest africa opponent concincely..how the mighty has fallen”
My advice to you that’s reading this comment is “switch to something else that gives you joy because Nigerian men’s football is now dead and never to resurrect.
Until all those devils in the glasshouse and some useless ex internationals die and new administrative structure is created where only pure raw talent will only be selected to play for our national teams..the game will still remain dead
Mr Sly
Mehn, this guy you sure chat a lot of bull – Your’e really not the sharpest tool in the box are you? Certainly not as bright as you’re posturing to be man, and it’s very easy to see – keep fanning the brown-nosing flames up your “mentors” Deo and Dre’s arses.
You really are just the palace jester – offering up a load of pathetic waffle mostly. Abeg rest!
If you had stuck to consistency in opinions too, you’d have made the mix too. No wonder the real moniker of your name often adds “original”.
Keep understanding what bs comments are rather than air your views.
Deo has often been giving his ratings on our performances but had been “cold” during this tournament.
If calling him out of “hiding” to genuinely rate this “national pride” is bull, well, it’s your cup of tea.
You don’t know how to talk. You’re very negative and fake!
Which consistency are you talking about? Okay show me anywhere in what I have said where I have been inconsistent then, or maybe you are suffering from delusions.
And made what mix? Who told you that this is about making some imaginary mix in your mind? and does that not prove that you are in this for the wrong reasons?
I don’t come here because I want to “make a mix” We are all Eagles fans and individuals who have opinions and have every right to them. When you are obviously missing the point and sticking out like a sore thumb with your comments, then expect somebody to call you out! Especially when you are leading with an attack on somebody else’s opinion who you know sweet FA about.
It is nothing personal and I don’t see the relevance of your comment about “some real moniker” – All that just further proves my point that you really are missing the point and not seeing the forest for the trees – you are in this for all the wrong reasons and to be seeking affirmation of your opinion from or somehow seeking clout from other people who only also have their opinions like you and are not any kind of proven authorities on the subject, shows some kind of complex.
My points are only ever related to a football match that I have watched involving our national football teams at any level and for somebody to have blinkers on, swimming against the tide of popular opinion which is based on events that we have all witnessed is very dangerous.
People like you who have some sort of agenda that leads them to disagree with established FACTS like that the officiating we witness when Nigeria are playing is often biased or who is claiming not to see other injustices and imbalance that every normal and rational person clearly sees is a danger to our collective strive for justice and equality. It is people like you who will deny that racism exists due to some small minded and selfish personal agenda and yet you will no doubt agree and complain (like everyone else) about the tribalism that we see in Nigeria – The question you need to ask yourself is – Is there any difference in the two? Why do you believe in the existence of one but try to deny the other? and why, oh why do you need a next man (a man just like you) to validate something that is supposed to be your own opinion based on your experiences and the events that unfold before your eyes?
Please stay in your lane and don’t come for me and you will avoid humiliation – You started this, you could have disagreed with my opinion and that would have been your own prerogative and I would not have had an issue with that but when you assume that your opinions take precedence over mine, when they very clearly don’t because you are missing the point due to a lack of exposure (or something), or your need to “brown-nose” others for clout and acceptance – then you are pissing in the wind and I am not the person to try that with.
Imagine bringing something like “a real moniker” into this? PMSL- do you think that bothers me even in the slightest? Or that it devalues my opinion? Or maybe you think that makes the other person more correct or more relevant than me?
Do you even know anything about me or the owner of the other “moniker” which you are obsessing about?
Like I said to you before, rest abeg!
Do you, but do not come for me unnecessarily because I will say it like it is!
Wait until Naija would be giving out appointment on merit not otherwise.
This is bad. This team messed up.
The only reason the women team is doing well is because the northern girls do not play football, wait until they start playing football and see your nepotism NFF piling the national teams with half baked talents……. Failure will continue to be the portion of this NFF if they don’t repent from their tribalistic and religious sentiments! Inshallah
I am not surprised that they lost 4-0 to Argentina, after Super Eagles CHAN lost 4-0 and our World Cup 2026 super chickens performance in the qualifiers, I knew Nigerian football is finished. How was that Flying eagles team assembled and made up of mostly Northerners?
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Abeg make I laugh jare!
We never see anything.
Shebi NFF refuse to do the right thing, abi? With their BELLE FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
Belle over everything. Pay and play. Oya now, we are seeing the result. You want to reap without sowing. I just feel for Naija fans who want the best for the national teams. Na dem dey suffer, while the baboons in the Glass House continue to feed fat on filthy lucre.
It could have been worse. At least na only 4. What if it was 10 or even 12? NFF, unu do well ooo!