The Super Eagles no longer playing Argentina and Messi

The postponed Super Eagles friendly match against Argentina has finally been canceled.

Lionel Messi and his colleagues will now play an exhibition against Costa Rica instead of Nigeria in Los Angeles on March 26 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the latest change for a match that has switched location and

The World Cup champion originally was to face Nigeria at Hangzhou and Cote d’Ivoire at Beijing during a tour of China from March 18-26. That tour was canceled after Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami’s preseason game in Hong Kong. Argentina last week announced matches against El Salvador on March 22 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Field and Nigeria four days later in Los Angeles.

The Argentina Football Association said Tuesday the latest change was caused by administrative problems with visas.