23 March 2011
Nigerias Super Eagles will play a high-profile friendly against Lionel Messis Argentina on June 1 in Abuja.
Officials informed MTNFootball.com that the friendly is being bankrolled by one of the teams leading sponsors, Guinness.
An event to announce the details of the match will take place in Lagos later Wednesday.
This will be a rematch of a 2010 World Cup group game between the two countries in Johannesburg.
Argentina won 1-0 courtesy of an early Gabriel Heinze powerful header, but goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama was in inspired form to deny Messi on at least two occasions.
The South Americans also beat the Eagles 1-0 in a 2002 World Cup group clash.
Both teams have twice clashed in the final of the Olympic football event.
Nigeria beat Argentina 3-2 to win an historic Olympic Gold at Atlanta 96, while the South Americans got their revenge at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Argentina inspired by Messi also denied Nigeria the 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Messi and company won 2-1.
The June friendly will be a good tune-up match for the Eagles prior their Nations Cup qualifier away to Ethiopia.
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