Football: Nigeria register historic win
The hosts dominated this game from start to finish.
ABUJA:
Nigeria trounced Argentina 4-1 in a friendly for their first-ever win over the two-time world champions. Nigeria’s best result before this was a 0-0 draw with Argentina at the 1995 Fifa Confederations Cup, with the South Americans winners on three different occasions. The hosts dominated this game from start to finish and Argentina, effectively a second string side missing several first choice stars, led by Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta were never really in it as they hardly threatened the Nigerian goal and created very few openings.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 3rd, 2011.
Nigeria trounced Argentina 4-1 in a friendly for their first-ever win over the two-time world champions. Nigeria’s best result before this was a 0-0 draw with Argentina at the 1995 Fifa Confederations Cup, with the South Americans winners on three different occasions. The hosts dominated this game from start to finish and Argentina, effectively a second string side missing several first choice stars, led by Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta were never really in it as they hardly threatened the Nigerian goal and created very few openings.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 3rd, 2011.