Nigeria is in danger as a rival of the Argentine National Team for March

Nigeria is in danger as a rival of the Argentine National Team for March

Already without China as the venue for the tour Argentine team and with the United States confirmed Now the world champion team in Qatar 2022 faces a new problem with one of its rivals for the March FIFA date.

Argentina will play against El Salvador on March 22 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and then before Nigeria on the 26th at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

However, a visa problem for the Nigerian national team jeopardizes their entry into the United States for the match.

The problem is not impossible to solve, but its resolution is complex. Given this, his confrontation with the Albiceleste begins to be in danger. For now, there is time, but not too much, especially because the Nigerian national team has not yet signed the contract for the friendly, waiting to resolve the problem.

In the event that the impossibility of arriving in the North American country is confirmed, the replacement would be Costa Rica, the team led by Gustavo Alfaro.,

However, there is another drawback, since Costa Rica has a match agreed with Trinidad and Tobago for those dates

Specifically, the team led by Gustavo Alfaro A match against Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled for those dates. Thus, if the withdrawal of Nigeria and the Ticos They accept Argentina’s invitation, then they must leave that contractual commitment and then agree with Argentina on the new confrontation.

Those that are confirmed are the friendlies against Ecuador and Guatemala. These matches will be the last two before the Copa América, to be played in the middle of the concentration prior to the official competition.

Although the dates and venues remain to be defined, in principle, the match against Ecuador would take place on June 9 in Chicago, while the duel against Guatemala It would be the 14th of the same month, in Washington, six days before the start of the Copa América.

Source: Ambito

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