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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

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  • 0' - The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Nigeria is hosting Argentina for another epic battle.
  • 5' - Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 10' - Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 14' - What a strike from Lionel Messi! The score is 0-1.
  • 19' - It looks like no one’s ball. Nigeria is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 24' - Angel di Maria needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 29' - While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 32' - A meaty challenge results in booking for Leon Balogun on 32.
  • 37' - It’s high time Gernot Rohr made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 42' - Nigeria seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 46' - Odion Ighalo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kelechi Iheanacho on 46 minute.
  • 49' - It’s a booking for Argentina player. Javier Mascherano gets a Yellow card.
  • 51' - What an equalizer from Victor Moses!
  • 56' - Argentina is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 61' - Cristian Pavon has so much to prove this time. He replaces Enzo Perez on 61 minute.
  • 64' - The referee shows Argentina player a Yellow card on 64.
  • 69' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Argentina that had 25 games and scored 44 goals.
  • 72' - Another change for Argentina made on 72 minute. Angel di Maria leaves to be changed by Maximiliano Meza.
  • 77' - Nigeria is showing some good football. However, Nigeria are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 80' - Another change for Argentina made on 80 minute. Nicolas Tagliafico leaves to be changed by Sergio Aguero.
  • 85' - 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.
  • 86' - Argentina is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcos Rojo on 86.
  • 90' - A meaty challenge results in booking for John Obi Mikel on 90.
  • 90' - Another substitution for Nigeria to replace Kenneth Omeruo by Alex Iwobi on 90 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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