Argentina in the Sub 20 World Cup: the phrase and gesture of two Nigerian boys as soon as the local elimination was completed

The Argentine team was eliminated from the Under 20 World Cup that takes place in the country. He missed many goal chances and suffered the forcefulness of Nigeria, who won 2-0 with goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Rilwanu Sarki. At the end of the match, two players from the green eagles They celebrated the triumph before one of the cameras, taking the index finger to the neck and repeatedly moving it from left to right and vice versawhile they reproduced a sharp phrase in English: “We killed them!” (“we killed them!”).

The gesture that simulates a slit contrasts with an image that was seen immediately after. the archer Chijioke Aniagboso he took off his shirt and revealed the shirt he was wearing below, on which was written by hand “Jesus love you” (the final ese was missing in “love”), that is, “Jesus loves you”. A whole other side of the celebration of his colleagues before the cameras of international television.

The Nigerian team celebrated a victory that deposits it in the quarterfinals of the Youth World Cup, in which it will face the winner of the duel between Ecuador and South Korea, which will play this Thursday in Santiago del Estero. The victory in San Juan and the great performance in the group stage, in which they got a win over Italy, leave Nigeria as one of the favorites to win the trophy.

The African team faced the commitment against Argentina with the firm idea of ​​surprising. And he got it. But the celebration goes far beyond the game won. Previously, those led by Ladan Bosso suffered a setback that made them miss a day of training, which generated a marked disagreement in the delegation. The team had to board a flight from Buenos Aires to San Juan on Monday at 9, but for reasons that were not specified, it finally took it nine hours later. On its Twitter account, the Nigerian Football Federation spread its discontent: “Players and officials of the Eagles finally settled in San Juan, venue for the round of 16 match with Argentina. The team was supposed to leave Buenos Aires for San Juan at 9 a.m. on Monday, but the flight was delayed until 6 p.m. No explanation was given for the delay,” the entity published.

Nigerian anger with the organization

Said event ignited a spark in the heart of the green team. Missed training should not be an excuse to eliminate the local before his people. The African boys had to remain calm and bring out their best weapons: physical power and speed. And just as they were not clear dominators of the match, the lack of effectiveness for the Albiceleste played its role. The team led by Javier Mascherano had many opportunities to convert and failed to break the zero in the goal defended by Aniagboso.

Their victory is not explained by the number of scoring chances created, but by the danger of those that the visitor did produce. The albiceleste team was not a shadow, far from it. He even showed interesting things in some sections. But he was far from matching what was done in the zone instance. In the last minutes of the first stage and in the first minutes of the second, Argentina dominated all facets of the game. Mainly, ball possession. But Nigerian counter-attacking speed hurt her too much.

Alejo Véliz, Luka Romero, Valentín Carboni, Juan Gauto and Federico Redondo, among others, had chances to convert, but they did not materialize. Nigeria did take advantage and, with just four shots between the three sticks, they scored two goals, one of them in additional time, and obtained a victory that allows them to continue in the race for the trophy.

Six of the eight round of 16 matches have already passed. So far, the only defined junctions of the following instance are Israel vs. Brazilscheduled for this Saturday at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium, and Italia vs. Colombia, scheduled for the same day and the same place. The other two qualifiers are USA (will play against Gambia or Uruguay), which left New Zealand and Nigeria on the way (it will collide with Ecuador or South Korea).