Argentina global football icon Lionel Messi has picked the Super Eagles of Nigeria as one of the difficult teams he has faced at international level.
The 34 year old has played against Nigeria in three World Cups namely in 2010, 2014 and 2018 with three goals from those meetings including a brace in the 2014 game.
He also faced Nigeria at U20 level when his brace from the spot in the final helped Argentina to triumph over Nigeria and at the Olympics in Beijing he assisted the winner scored by Angel Di Maria to hand his team the gold.
Speaking on the back drop of his recent Copa America feat with Argentina, Messi was asked about the teams he has faced from all continents and what he made of them. In Africa he picked Nigeria.
“ Nigeria because it’s always intense. They are a physical, skillful and unpredictable side. Never easy to get past them even though we have the edge over them in recent games”, he said.
