Aguero Breaks Silence On Why Argentina Lost To Nigeria: They Were Scared I Was In Hospital
Published: December 05, 2017
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has broken his silence on why Argentina surprisingly lost 4-2 to Nigeria in an international friendly in Krasnodar on November 14, 2017.
It would be recalled that La Albiceleste number nine did not come out for the second half of the contest as he suddenly developed illness during the intermission and had to be rushed to the hospital for a routine examination.
Prior to Aguero's unplanned substitution at half-time, the South Americans were leading 2-1 with the City star registering his name on the score-sheet in the 36th minute.
''The second half against Nigeria I could not see, because I was in the Hospital, but when they told me how it panned out, I asked, 'What happened?'' Aguero said to Libero, according to dobleamarilla.com.ar.
''That happens sometimes, it was because they thought of me, they were scared, I do not know.''
Reacting to Friday's World Cup draw, Aguero was more concerned about Argentina's first two opponents in Group D, saying : ''The rivals are not bad, but let's not say it's very good for us, Iceland is one of the debutants, they do not play badly, they are a very organized team and they have (Gylfi) Sigurðsson...
''They are the first two games, they are the most important, they will not be easy.
''Croatia have a great midfield, they have Modric, Rakitic, you have Perisic who plays outside and he's very fast, Croatia is a bit more complete''.
Nigeria will face Argentina for the fifth time at the World Cup on June 26, 2018 at the Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : twitter.com/67Kelechi
It would be recalled that La Albiceleste number nine did not come out for the second half of the contest as he suddenly developed illness during the intermission and had to be rushed to the hospital for a routine examination.
Prior to Aguero's unplanned substitution at half-time, the South Americans were leading 2-1 with the City star registering his name on the score-sheet in the 36th minute.
''The second half against Nigeria I could not see, because I was in the Hospital, but when they told me how it panned out, I asked, 'What happened?'' Aguero said to Libero, according to dobleamarilla.com.ar.
''That happens sometimes, it was because they thought of me, they were scared, I do not know.''
Reacting to Friday's World Cup draw, Aguero was more concerned about Argentina's first two opponents in Group D, saying : ''The rivals are not bad, but let's not say it's very good for us, Iceland is one of the debutants, they do not play badly, they are a very organized team and they have (Gylfi) Sigurðsson...
''They are the first two games, they are the most important, they will not be easy.
''Croatia have a great midfield, they have Modric, Rakitic, you have Perisic who plays outside and he's very fast, Croatia is a bit more complete''.
Nigeria will face Argentina for the fifth time at the World Cup on June 26, 2018 at the Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : twitter.com/67Kelechi
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