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| Lionel Messi of Argentina |
Argentina finished off their perfect group effort with a 3-2 victory over Nigeria behind two goals from Lionel Messi.
In spite of the loss, Nigeria still advance to the knockout stages of the competition as a result of Bosnia-Herzegovina's victory over Iran.
Messi (of course) scored in the third minute, pouncing on a rebound after Angel Di Maria was denied:
The match that could fairly be called both the Lionel Messi Show and the Ahmed Musa Show. Each player scored twice, turning in superb performances.
Messi needed only two minutes 26 seconds to tally, powering home the rebound of a shot that rang off the Nigerian post. But only 1:20 later, Musa blasted home a shot at the other end, and it was 1-1.
Messi struck again with a lovely free kick over the wall and under the crossbar a minute into first-half stoppage time. But just two minutes into the second half, Musa countered once more. He accepted a relay, burst into the Argentina box and slotted the ball home.
The deciding goal came shortly after that, in the 50th minute, when Argentina defender Marcos Rojo deflected a corner kick in off his knee. That closed the scoring at 3-2.
RESULT:
Argentina Defeats Nigeria, 3-2
GOALS:
- 3': Lionel Messi - for Argentina
- 4': Ahmed Musa - for Nigeria
- 46': Lionel Messi - for Argentina
- 47': Ahmed Musa - for Nigeria
- 50': M. Rojo - for Argentina
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