Argentina and world football super star Lionel Messi is surprised that the senior national team of Nigeria won’t be at the World Cup in Qatar, OwnGoalNigeria.comcan exclusively reveal.
Messi has played against the senior national team of Nigeria in three of the four World Cup tournaments he has played in the career namely 2010, 2014 and 2018 respectively. Argentina as a team has faced Nigeria all of the time the Super Eagles made it to the mundial.
This time around both countries won’t be facing each other following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the World Cup after the 1-1 draw in Abuja helped Ghana to go through ahead of the Super Eagles.
The former Barcelona ace who now plays for PSG was cornered by a group of Nigerian students a store in Paris in an exclusive video made available to OwnGoalNigeria.com, the legendary football went as far as asking the group of admirers if it’s true that they won’t truly be facing Nigeria at the World Cup.
” Oh we won’t be playing Nigeria at the World Cup? Strange because it’s like a tradition”, he said before making his way out of the store.