BATTLE AGAINST ARGENTINA: No special TREATMENT for Messi

The die is cast. No more excuses or promises to qualify for the Round of 16 in the ongoing Russia 2018
World Cup for Nigeria and Argentina as only a victory can guarantee either side the ticket at dusk
inside the Saint Petersburg Stadium from 7pm.

But Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr assured his audience at an international press conference in
Volgograd that his players will not give Argentine star, Lionel Messi any special attention nor will
his boys man-mark the iconic star in today’s game.

Instead, Rohr has warned his players to stick strictly with their game plan insisting that Eagles will
attack the Argentines until the final whistle by the designated match referee from Turkey.

Indeed, Rohr disclosed further that he hopes that the players will exploit the advantages which Ahmed
Musa’s speed bring to the team in counter attacking situation adding that they will be more compact,
direct and united in the way they play against Argentina today.

From Rohr’s body language, he may not chane the players he used for the second half of the Icelandic
game except for the fact that he revealed he pulled out Byan Idowu from the Iceland game because he
wanted to initiate his attack from the flanks, aside the fact that he had been shown the yellow card
late in the first half.