By Busari Kabirat
The Super Eagles and Argentina friendly match that was supposed to take place has been called off.
The cancellation is due to Lionel Messi‘s absence from a recent exhibition in Hong Kong, as he was expected to play in the game.
The superstar and Argentine captain not present in Hong Kong has led to rise in frustration and disappointment amongst his fans.
His absent has had a big effect, which led to the decision of calling off the upcoming friendly match between Argentina and Nigeria, which was meant to take place in March at Hangzhou, China. The development pronounced when Messi, despite missing the Hong Kong match due to injury, appeared in a game in Japan few days later.
The new development had in a statement explained, where Hangzhou authorities said, “As a commercial event, a company and the Argentinian soccer team negotiated that the team would play a friendly match in March this year in the city of Hangzhou.
“In view of the current well-known reasons, according to the competent authorities, conditions to hold the friendly match are not mature, therefore (we) have decided to cancel it.”
