FIFA World Cup · 2014-06-25

Nigeria2–3 Argentina

Porto Alegre, Brazil · neutral venue

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Timeline

from the international archive

3'GOALLionel Messi ·

Argentina

4'GOALAhmed Musa ·

Nigeria

38'Ezequiel Lavezzi for Sergio Agüero ·

Argentina

45'GOALLionel Messi ·

Argentina

47'GOALAhmed Musa ·

Nigeria

49'Kenneth Omeruo — yellow card ·

Nigeria

50'GOALMarcos Rojo ·

Argentina

51'Juwon Oshaniwa — yellow card ·

Nigeria

63'Ricky Álvarez for Lionel Messi ·

Argentina

66'Michael Uchebo for Michel Babatunde ·

Nigeria

80'Uche Nwofor for Peter Odemwingie ·

Nigeria

90'Lucas Biglia for Gonzalo Higuaín ·

Argentina

Starting lineups

the teamsheet, on the pitch & in full

1Enyeama

13Oshaniwa

17Onazi

18Babatunde

1Romero

4Zabaleta

17Fernández

2Garay

16Rojo 14Mascherano

5Gago

7María

10Messi 9Higuaín 20Agüero

Nigeria· Stephen Keshi

1Vincent Enyeama5Efe Ambrose 2Joseph Yobo13Juwon Oshaniwa51'22Kenneth Omeruo49'17Ogenyi Onazi10John Obi Mikel 7Ahmed Musa4', 47'18Michel Babatunde8Peter Odemwingie 9Emmanuel Emenike

Argentina· Alejandro Sabella

1Sergio Romero4Pablo Zabaleta17Federico Fernández2Ezequiel Garay16Marcos Rojo50'14Javier Mascherano5Fernando Gago7Ángel Di María 10Lionel Messi3', 45'9Gonzalo Higuaín 20Sergio Agüero

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) · Attendance 43,285 · Estádio Beira-Rio

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