 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Mumitambo mishanu yematanhatu ekutanga yeWorld Cup, Nigeria yakaiswa muzvikwata neArgentina iyo yakakunda makwikwi maviri uye inoonekwa nevateveri vakawanda seyakazviregerera zvine mutsindo kurwisa hofori yenhabvu. Mutambo uyu ndiwo unonyanya kuzivikanwa munhoroondo yemakwikwi aya uchibatanidza nyika dzemuAfrica. Mitambo yose mishanu yakakundwa neArgentina, asi yose yaive nechinangwa chimwe chete 21 muna 1994, 10 muna 2002, 10 muna 2010, 32 muna 2014 uye 21 muna 2018 uye yakanyatsopikiswa. Kusvika pari zvino Nigeria yakanyora kukunda kaviri pamakundano matanhatu eArgentina, kukunda uku kuchiitika mumitambo yechikwata. Nigeria yakasvika pedyo nekukunda Argentina mumusangano wavo wokutanga, panguva iyo vakabata kutungamirira kwemaminitsi mashomanana emutambo. Izvi zvakateverwa nemutambo weConfederations Cup muna 1995iyo yakaona Nigeria ichibata maSouth America kusvika 00 dhizaini. Pasi pemwero wepasi rose, zvikwata zvavo zveOlympic zvakatarisanawo mumutambo wemenduru yegoridhe muna 1996 32 kuNigeria, uye 2008 10 kuArgentina. Mhedziso ye2005 FIFA World Youth Championship yakatambwawo pakati pavo; zvese zvibodzwa zveArgentina mukukunda kwavo 21 zvakapihwa naLionel Messi, uyo aizoenderera mberi nekuwana mambure echikwata chevakuru mumitambo ye2014 ne2018 World Cup. 