'YES WE KAN' – Nwankwo Kanu confident Nigeria can shock Argentina

The football icon is positive that the Super Eagles can upstage misfiring La Albiceleste to cruise to the World Cup knock out phase.

Nwankwo Kanu believes Nigeria have what it takes to spring a surprise against Argentina in Tuesday’s Group D clash.
Gernot Rohr’s men gave their World Cup aspiration a major boost by defeating Iceland 2-0 – thanks to a brace from Ahmed Musa, and they must avoid defeat at Krestovsky Stadium, to seal a Round of 16 berth.
Jorge Sampaoli’s team are on the brink of elimination after just two games and must beat the Super Eagles to progress to the knockout stages.

However, the former national team skipper is bullish about Nigeria’s chances of teaching the South Americas a bitter lesson.

“Nigeria vs Argentina. Kan you believe? Yes we kan and kan we do it? Yes we kan,” Kanu tweeted.

Prior to this game, Rohr’s side defeated Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly played in Krasnodar, and when they face off in Saint Petersburg, they would be hoping to break the Argentine jinx.
Nigeria have never defeated La Albiceleste in the history of the Fifa World Cup – losing in all previous meetings.

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NIGERIA TO TACKLE ARGENTINA IN NOVEMBER FRIENDLY

As part of the Super Eagles’ preparations for World Cup 2018, Gernot Rohr’s men will renew rivalry with La Albiceleste in Russia.
Nigeria will face Argentina in a friendly at Krasnodar Stadium on Tuesday, November 14.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday confirmed the fixture, which will mark the first meeting between the two sides since Argentina’s 3-2 win at Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre on June 25, 2014.
Ahmed Musa grabbed Super Eagles goals as Stephen Keshi’s side bowed in the Fifa World Cup encounter.

NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi said: “We have had long and fruitful talks, and we can say that we have an agreement.
“We await the approval by FIFA and also, we have to agree on the flight arrangements that would be comfortable for the players and crew.
“The match will come up on 14th November, four days after the Super Eagles’ final 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying match away to Algeria.
“We had offers from teams like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Morocco but we have opted for the Argentines.”

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9 Kinds Of People You Will Meet At A Nigerian Football Field

If you have been to a local Nigerian football field, you will know that there are different kinds of characters that you will come across. Here are the 10 types of people you will meet at a Nigerian football field.

The Emperors
These are the people who act like they're the sponsors of the football match and make it their duty to determine how the team will be shared and what the rules will be.

The Super Stars
These are the people that are known to be very good football players and they don't look as desperate when it's time for people to be picked because they know they'll probably be picked first.

The Left Overs
These ones are perpetually unlucky as no team picks them. It may be because everyone knows that they're bad footballers or they look like they're bad due to their physique. If there's going to be what Nigerians call SET, they'll decide to join a new set but may never even be chosen.

The Pretenders
These ones actually came to the field hoping to play football but in order not to be embarrassed, they'll act like they're not interested but hoping that a miracle will happen in their favour.

The Goal Keepers
Nobody likes been a goal keeper on a Nigerian football field as goal keeping is usually left for the left overs. These people make it a duty right from the start to tell everyone that cares to listen that they want to be goal keepers because they know they will not be chosen for any other position.

The Complainers
The complainers act like they've played for Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid at one point in their career and make it their duty to frustrate their fellow team mates who make the slightest mistake.

The Scared ones
This group start getting scared from the moment they get to the field, to the moment they're chosen by a team till the moment a ball is passed to them. They are also scared of the complainers who are out to make their lives a living hell.

The Rough Riders
They're not there to play football but to send someone to the hospital. if you notice them, better avoid them or you'll never play football in your life again.

The Fighters
These people fight for sports. They come to football fields when they have run out of fights in their neighborhoods. If you dare mark them wrong or the referee blows again them, the match is officially over because they will fight till everybody decides to go home.

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7 MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF SPEAKING NIGERIA'S THREE MAJOR LANGUAGES

Nigeria has three noteworthy dialects to be specific Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. The thing is not countless can impart in these three dialects. This is maybe on the grounds that English is our principle most widely used language. There are such a variety of advantages of talking these three dialects. Jumia Travel, the main online travel organization, shares these advantages.

It is, essential, to state that despite the fact that we are urging Nigerians to talk these three dialects, an ever increasing number of subjects are moving far from conveying in their own first language.

You will have more openings for work

There are sure employments you can not have any significant bearing for on the off chance that you can't talk these three dialects. What's more, you realize that these occupations accompanied fabulous pay rates and rewards. For instance, you can't work for BBC Hausa, in the event that you can't communicate in Hausa whether you are a veteran telecaster or not.

Enhance your intensity

Talking a moment or third customary dialect makes your educational modules vitae emerge and can help you to the highest point of the meeting list with potential businesses. You are exceptionally aggressive.

Can procure more cash

The budgetary returns of taking in an additional Nigerian dialect can enable you to gain more cash. You can independent as an interpreter in this manner making more quids as an afterthought.

Get the chance to attempt on various identities

You can't be categorized on the off chance that you talk these dialects. Thus, You can without much of a stretch move starting with one identity then onto the next relying upon which dialect you and your companions are talking. You will have an all-adjusted identity.

Opens up social and social open doors

Talking another dialect enables you to communicate with various individuals and comprehend the advantages of different societies. This implies you have better opportunities to make companions, investigate distinctive lifestyles and have the capacity to mix with various ways of life.

Enhances critical thinking

Being multilingual in conventional dialects can enhance your cerebrum capacities like the capacity to center consideration and perform mental errands. Along these lines, individuals who talk more than one Nigerian dialect can prepare data all the more proficiently.

Help guards you

Have you been in a perilous circumstance in which you don't talk a similar dialect with the general population included? Indeed, people who are multilingual don't have to stress on the grounds that their capacity to talk and comprehend whatever they are stating can spare you. Be that as it may, don't be excessively hurried, making it impossible to react in light of the fact that this can likewise be deadly.

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