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Coach Samson Siasia is seriously searching for the formula that would propel his Super Eagles side to their first win against Argentina when both heavyweights clash in an high profile international friendly match on June 1 at the Abuja National Stadium.
Tagged the Big match by the organisers and sponsors, Guinness Nigeria Plc, this match holding in less than 12 days from now, promises to be replete with fireworks as the Nigerians search for their first ever victory against the Argentines, who on their own, are desperate to maintain the 100 percent winning record over the west Africans.
Coming from an humbling 3-2 defeat in the hands of Togo in the finals of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup in Abeokuta, Siasia, we gathered, is pained with the way his winning record as Eagles coach was ended by the Togolese and is determined to make amends with a good showing against the Argentines, who are a highly rated team in the world.
Both teams have played thrice in the past with the Argentines winning all the games. In fact, Siasia was in the squad that first lost to Argentine 2-1 in a group game at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States of America.
He also lost to Argentina in the final of the 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Championship in the Netherlands and in the finals of the football event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games.
A close associate of the former Beijing 2008 Olympics silver-medal winning coach said that Siasia has been devising the formula that would guarantee a n historic Nigerian win on home soil.
“Coach is serious about the match against Argentina because he knows the importance that Nigerians attach to the game and like in everything that he puts his hands into, he does not want to disappoint his fans, most of whom, clamoured for his appointment as Eagles coach.
“Coach wants to break the Argentina jinx. He does not want the trend to continue. That is why he is searching for the winning formula”, he said
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