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Nigeria vs Argentina, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE

Nigeria
Argentina
Nigeria
1 : 2
26th of June 2018 18:00
Finished
First half: 45  |  Second half: 45
Argentina

Live comments

  • 0' - Welcome to that hosts another battle between Nigeria and Argentina.
  • 5' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nigeria that had 4 games and scored 4 goals.
  • 10' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Wilfred Ndidi, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 14' - What a strike from Lionel Messi! The score is 0-1.
  • 19' - Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Argentina needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 24' - The travelling Argentina supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 29' - Francis Uzoho needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 32' - The referee calls foul for Leon Balogun. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 37' - Argentina is showing some good football. However, Argentina are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 42' - It’s high time Jorge Sampaoli made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' - Odion Ighalo is replacing Kelechi Iheanacho for the Nigeria side.
  • 49' - It’s a booking for Argentina player. Javier Mascherano gets a Yellow card.
  • 51' - Goal! Victor Moses scores his 10 goal in 331 matches.
  • 56' - Brian Idowu has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 61' - Another change for Argentina made on 61 minute. Enzo Perez leaves to be changed by Cristian Pavon.
  • 64' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ever Banega.
  • 69' - Nigeria is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 72' - Argentina manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Maximiliano Meza is hanging Angel di Maria on the field on 72 minute.
  • 77' - We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 80' - Time for substitution for Argentina. Nicolas Tagliafico is replaced by Sergio Aguero.
  • 85' - Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 86' - GOAL! Marcos Rojo scores on 86. Assisted by Gabriel Mercado
  • 90' - It’s a booking for Nigeria player. John Obi Mikel gets a Yellow card.
  • 90' - It is a substitution in Nigeria team. Kenneth Omeruo is replaced by Alex Iwobi on 90 minute.
  • The final score is 1-2.

Today 2018-06-26 Nigeria vs Argentina are fighting Worldcup league .

Nigeria had 3 games and get got 3 points in Season (2018/18)

Argentina had 3 games and get got 6 points in Season (2018/18)

Todays referees are: Daniele Orsato, Massimiliano Irrati, Pawel Sokolnicki, Bjorn Kuipers, Sander van Roekel, Cuneyt Cakιr, Bahattin Duran, Tarik Ongun, Pawel Gil

Ranking

Team Played Points
Netherlands 3 7
Portugal 3 6
Brazil 3 6
Morocco 3 7
Japan 3 6
France 3 6
Argentina 3 6
England 3 7
Croatia 3 5
Senegal 3 6
Spain 3 4
Switzerland 3 6
South Korea 3 4
Australia 3 6
Poland 3 4
United States 3 5
Belgium 3 4
Iran 3 3
Ecuador 3 4
Tunisia 3 4
Germany 3 4
Mexico 3 4
Uruguay 3 4
Cameroon 3 4
Serbia 3 1
Wales 3 1
Canada 3 0
Qatar 3 0
Costa Rica 3 3
Denmark 3 1
Saudi Arabia 3 3
Ghana 3 3

Nigeria

Lineup Bench

Argentina

Lineup Bench

Nigeria Past Matches

2018-06-22 Nigeria
Iceland 		2
0
2018-06-16 Croatia
Nigeria 		2
0
2016-08-21 Nigeria
SV Drochtersen/Assel 		1
2

Argentina Past Matches

2018-06-21 Argentina
Croatia 		0
3
2018-06-16 Argentina
Iceland 		1
1
2016-08-20 Argentina
Karlsruher SC 		0
7