Joebie:
I’m not gonna say this because people are gonna come for my head. But after it happens, I would refer u guys to one of my posts showing it was exactly what I said would happen.

Mujtahida:


Mystic Marcus 2.0. Oshe

somehow:
But that one na rubbish na. i scored 10 and conceded 10, someone that scored 3 and conceded 3 will now lose out? if you're so good, why did you concede 10 na?

Icon4s:


There is nothing like goals aggregate in this type of permutation.

Goals aggregates are used when teams play on home and away knock-out basis.

safarigirl:
I want us to win Argentina as the final nail in their coffin

It is imperative now more than ever that we destroy that team and their self esteem so much that their FA will disband the team after this World Cup.

Argentina does not deserve a place in the Round of 16. They have not worked for it or earned it. Just a bunch of overhyped, overpaid, spoilt brats who think everything should be handed to them because they are Argentina

Nigeria will be doing the whole world a favour if we successfully beat that team. It never mattered all this time when they were winning us, but this is the most important game of their lives since these guys began to play together and this is the game to hurt them.

This is the defeat that will stay in their memories forever. And we have been handed the glorious opportunity to inflict this fatal wound. We must not make nonsense of it. There will be no better time


For the last three or so World Cups, at least one great team has crashed out in the group stage of the World Cup. Argentina must be that team this time.

These boys should destroy Argentina, for all of their predecessors who had to taste defeat over the years

And the best thing is, there will be no Enyeama to be following Messi to smile after conceding

khunz:
Nigeria 3 - Argentina 2 final scoreline for the last group match of their 2018 world cup!!!

COOL10:
. Bros,I am a die hard Messi/Barca fan. In fact I wished for Naija and Argentina to qualify but unfortunately it won't happen cos one of us has to leave 2mao and it definitely won't be Nigeria. I seriously love Messi but he gotta go mehn. My country comes first. It's either kill or be killed and he definitely won't hesitate to score us so why should I be sympathetic towards him? They shot themselves in the foot by not winning their initial games and unfortunately for them,they'll have to rely on us to lose this game. But it won't happen. Nah. We have a huge bone to pick with them and tomorrow we'll attack them with so much anger and precision for the hurt they've caused us in the past years. We'll save compassion for later. WithNaijaIStand.

TSOM:




I understand your positions and I'd criticize me too for feeling that way if I wasn't one already.

I suppose for most Messi fans, the irrationality is born out of the need to see him have one (or many, even) over Ronaldo and cementing his place as the "G.O.A.T" as we call him.

What we actually mean is, while we love the Super Eagles and would want to see us win the game, we'd rather Messi (Argentina) benefits from our loss (if we lose) than any other team/player.

Of course, there are exceptions to my sweeping generalization about Barça fans supporting Messi tomorrow - there are always exceptions to any such rule or assertion, you two being examples. But MOST Nigerian Barça fans want Messi to progress to the next stage, even if it's at our expense, sadly.

All you need do is search out posts by Nigerian 'Messi fans' on social media platforms (Twitter, especially) and the interactions with them/us off the internet.

Again, it's an oddly irrational loyalty. We all know this.

Kilanee:
My Russia Diary. Day 13.
.
I jux finished eating breakfast in my Kazan
Hotel wen i heard a knock. To my surprise it
was Messi. He greeted me and said he jux
stopped by to gimme Kola Nut. He was
taking style to ask me our formation and the
strategy we are going to use against
Argentina. I simply told him i dont know and
that i only came to Russia to see my phwend
the Russia President. He murmured some
words in Argentina and collected back his
Kola b4 leaving. How is Nigeria Today and
hope NTA is televising the World Cup as i
instructed them

Icon4s:

I think H2H was used for the last AFCON qualification. We didn't just find ourselves in that situation. And WCQ is organized by FIFA and not CAF. And so FIFA rules and not CAF rules are applied.

Certitude:

The last Afcon qualifications was when we had Egypt in our group. Egypt had drawn us at home and the the calculation stuff started prior to the second leg. I'm very sure the H2H wasn't considered first.

TSOM:




I understand your positions and I'd criticize me too for feeling that way if I wasn't one already.

I suppose for most Messi fans, the irrationality is born out of the need to see him have one (or many, even) over Ronaldo and cementing his place as the "G.O.A.T" as we call him.

What we actually mean is, while we love the Super Eagles and would want to see us win the game, we'd rather Messi (Argentina) benefits from our loss (if we lose) than any other team/player.

Of course, there are exceptions to my sweeping generalization about Barça fans supporting Messi tomorrow - there are always exceptions to any such rule or assertion, you two being examples. But MOST Nigerian Barça fans want Messi to progress to the next stage, even if it's at our expense, sadly.

All you need do is search out posts by Nigerian 'Messi fans' on social media platforms (Twitter, especially) and the interactions with them/us off the internet.

Again, it's an oddly irrational loyalty. We all know this.

Sainty92:
The way these Argentinians are confident that beating us will take them to the round of 16, Somebody should help me tell them that even if they beat us,(Godforbid), they might still not qualify if Iceland beat Croatia with the same margin or better margin. Heard Croatia is resting 10 first team players for d game. So Argentina should just stop all this overconfidence. We will shock them today!!

Icon4s:


Head to Head was never considered because Egypt was already ahead in terms of points.

realpoacher:
Finally the Day is upon us

Argentina are like wounded lions and they are going to come at us with everything they've got


Our win against Iceland gave them a lifeline and they will need to beat us with minimum of 3 unreplied goals to stand a chance to qualify.

On our part, our destiny rest squarely in our hands

We need either a scored draw or a win to qualify

Its simple... We have two options before us

We either lie down and take a beating

OR

we stand up to them and match them strength to strength, man to man and outscore them





Watching Iran fight Portugal yesterday and Morocco handle Spain was a joy to behold

Both Spain and Portugal needed the support of the Referee and VAR to snatch a draw from either of Iran and Morocco

Such inspiration,... Such Passion... Such fight is what the Super Eagles must put up today..

May the Good Lord..., the God of our Fathers grant us Victory today.

AbuMikey:
Cuneyt Cakir?

There is Problem!

Fadiga24:


Your analysis are always off the point and ridiculous

LieDetector:
Self-Confessed Fan Of Messi Appointed As Referee For Argentina Vs Nigeria Tie

Nigeria are going to face Argentina tomorrow in their final group D game of the World Cup 2018 in Russia. A game where a win will see them progress regardless of what happens in the other group game between Croatia and Iceland.
Argentina on their part need a win against Nigeria and that will be enough to see them progress from the group if Croatia who are already through to the next round beat Iceland in the other group game. A situation which has made the game against Nigeria more intriguing than it is on paper.
Yesterday, FIFA confirmed the appointment of referee Cuneyt Cakir as centre referee for the game ‎and it has been viewed by many as controversial because the Turkish referee has in the past confessed his love and admiration for Argentina super star forward Lionel Messi.


Cakir described the five time best player in the world as his favourite and has officiated games which has ended in favour of teams of Messi, the most memorable which didn’t go the way of Messi with him in the middle was the UEFA Champions League clash which ended 3-3 between Barcelona and Chelsea with Chelsea progressing and Messi missing a spot kick.














The politics just begun FIFA wants her favorite to progress.

bengine:
To beat Argentina tomorrow, we need to take a cue from Croatia..

First Of all we need to do a high press so Argentina doesn't build up play from the back..let them kick the ball in the air which means 50-50 chance to get the ball back and automatically they become less dangerous since most of their strikers are short...

To neutralize messi, you need proper space engineering...never give messi room to run at you from the center and do combination play...we need to crowd that midfield whenever Argentina has possession, this would render messi less effective since he thrives on pocket of space left out by midfielders..Etebo would really have his hands full..its much easier for him to mark messi since he also has a low center of gravity!!!

I hope our players would not be selfish tomorrow and play with each other..its all about the team winning!!!

This is a game I believe we can win...we just need to get our tactics right and the players have to be alert for 90mins..no loosing concentration