Sport, World Cup 2018,Lionel Messi Was The Hero As Argentina beat the Super eagles.

  Lionel Messi, was the hero as  Argentina, beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their final   group D game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup » 

  on Tuesday, June 26.

Argentina beat Nigeria 2-1 through goals from Lionel Messi and Marcos Rojo late effort that cancelled out a penalty by Victor Moses.

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Messi scores against Nigeria

Lionel Messi scored his first goal of the 2018 FIFA World Cup against Nigeria.

Messi who was criticised for not scoring in his first two games against Croatia and Iceland.

Twitter users were full of praise for the Argentine captain, 

Moses scores penalty against Argentina

Victor Moses scored a penalty against Argentina to level the scores and Twitter went wild in celebration.

The Super Eagles could not stop Argentina  (FIFA)

Marcus Rojo scores winner against Nigeria

Nigeria out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Argentina progress to the round of 16 where they will take on France while, Croatia will take on Denmark.