Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba has reacted to Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to Argentina in the 2018 World Cup fixture played on Tuesday night at the Saint Petersburg stadium.
Messi had put his side ahead with a 14 minutes strike.
But Victor Moses levelled up for the Eagles through a penalty kick six minutes into the second half.
However, Rojo gave the La Albiceleste their first win of the tournament with a clinical finish less than 10 minutes to the final whistle.
Drogba criticized the decision of the Turkish referee, Cuneyt Cakir for not awarding the three times African champions a penalty after the ball hit Rojo’s arm in the second half of the game.
The former Ivorian captain, however, said the Super Eagles showed their true football identity despite losing to the La Albiceleste and crashing out of the ongoing tournament in Russia.
”I think it’s a bad decision from the referee [to not give Nigeria a second penalty]. It’s the defender’s mistake – he didn’t read the ball well. It’s difficult to give the penalty because it would take Argentina out of the competition,” Drogba told BBC Sport.
”Nigeria gave everything. But I’m disappointed because they did have the chances to score and kill the game through Ighalo.
“They will have some regrets about the first game they played against Croatia but against Iceland and today, we saw the real Nigeria”.
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