Super Eagles defender, Leon Balogun has pinned the team’s ouster from the 2018 World Cup on lack of fighting spirit.
Nigeria lost 1-2 to the Argentinian team in their last Group D game of the competition
Reflecting on the team’s outing, Balogun told BBC that, “It’s always important when you play internationals to be a bit dirty.
“That’s what Argentina had, definitely, and you also need to be cold-blooded – that’s probably the most important (lesson from this World Cup).”
Balogun, 30, added that, “It will be very important to keep going the way we have started.
“We have experienced players, young players, talented players – and there are even more players that are not in the team yet – and we have to keep developing them and investing in their football education.
“We just have to keep working and keep our focus on advancing year after year and then in the next four years we will have a good team – maybe an even better one.”
