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This match was very important for both the participants themselves and for the Argentina national team, which yesterday lost to Croatia without a chance. Iceland actively started the fight, several times dangerously threatening the gate of the national team of Nigeria. However, the defense of the wards of Guernot Rore coped without any problems with the attacks of the islanders. In general, in the first half the game was held, mainly in the center of the field, so there is nothing surprising in the fact that the teams went on a break with a score of 0: 0.
In the second half Nigerians stepped up, and in one of the attacks managed to realize at the time. Victor Moses gave an accurate pitch from the right flank to Ahmed Musa, who shot the gate of Iceland's national team: 1: 0 in favor of Guernot Ror's charges. Iceland now had to recoup, and the Nigerians, in turn, did not sit out on the defensive. Soon the Africans increased their advantage. Ahmed Musa wonderfully figured out in the opponent's penalty area, beat the goalkeeper and hit the already empty goal: 2: 0. The islanders had nowhere to go, and they continued to make attempts to recoup. In the course of the remaining time they had a one hundred percent chance, as a goal was scored to the Nigerian national team. Gilfi Sigurdsson approached the ball, but ran the ball into the stands. The final whistle of the referee recorded the victory of the Nigerian national team with a score of 2: 0.
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NIGERIA - ICELAND. GAME SCORE:
2: 0 (0: 0)
Goals: Ahmed Musa (49 ', 75')
INTERESTING STATISTICS AFTER THE MATCH OF NIGERIA - ICELAND
All six of his victories in the World Championships Nigeria scored in the games against the European teams. And in five of the six matches, she kept her own gate intact;
For the first time Iceland lost the match of the group stage of a major tournament (+ 1 = 3);
The last four goals of Nigeria at the World Championships were scored by Ahmed Musa (in 2014 he made a double in a duel with Argentina, which his team lost with a score 2: 3);
Gilfi Sigurdsson in a match against Nigeria struck two blows on the target gate of the opponent in the first 6 minutes of the game - the same as in all 90 minutes of meeting with Argentina;
It was only Nigeria's second victory in the last 14 matches at the World Championships (= 3-9, in 2014, she beat Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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NIGERIA - ARGENTINA. WHO IS THE FAVORITE MATCH?
Bookmakers are betting on the victory of Argentina, and with a difference of not less than two goals. Believe in this is quite difficult after seeing the first two rounds. Argentina started the Championship with an inexpressive draw with Iceland - 1: 1. And then lost in all respects to Croatia, conceding three unanswered goals. There is no team game in Argentina - it's a bunch of stars that interact very little on the field. As a result, the potential of this South American national team is not realized even by 50%. There are huge problems in the defense, but they are mostly associated with the tactical settings of coach Jorge Sampaoli. By the way, after the game with Croatia, information appeared that players do not want to play under his leadership and demand the resignation of a specialist right now. Despite the fact that there is no official confirmation of such requirements, it is obvious that in the camp of the national team of Argentina, not everything is in order.
Nigeria after the first round was considered one of the weakest teams of the Championship on the quality of the game. She was weakly lost to Croatia with a score of 0: 2 and everyone was confident that it was the Africans who would take the last place in Quartet D. But then there was a magnificent victory over Iceland with the double of Ahmed Musa. If in the first half of the meeting with the debutant of the world championships the game was equal, then in the second half the Nigerians showed that they were very well prepared physically. Analysts of the site Bookmakers.rf believe that in the match against Argentina, Nigeria can well count on the points scored. This may be another fiasco of the finalist of the last World Cup - a match in the best case for Argentina can end in a draw that will leave it behind the playoffs.
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NIGERIA - ARGENTINA. DISCLOSURES BETWEEN THE MATCH
Even before the start of the World Cup, Group D was considered the most interesting in terms of the composition of the participants, on the possible intrigue in the struggle for access to the playoffs. And she fully justified herself. The quartet's favorite is Argentina, on the verge of relegation from the World Championship. Now she only has one point, but, oddly enough, everything is in her hands. To begin with, she needs to beat Nigeria to leave behind the African team. After that, Argentina will have four points. And if in a parallel meeting Iceland does not win from Croatia, then it's in the hat. If the islanders win, then it will be necessary to consider the difference of goals. Now Argentina is one point behind Iceland in this indicator. This means that with the victory of Iceland over Croatia with a difference of one goal, Argentina will need to beat Nigeria with an advantage of not less than two goals. As for Nigeria, her victory over Iceland led the team to second place. Draw with Argentina should be enough to go to the playoffs - if Iceland does not beat Croatia with a difference of two or more goals. But the defeat from Albiselest will leave the Superorls without the 1/8 finals.
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RATES / COEFFICIENTS OF BOOKMAKER OFFICES ON MATCH NIGERIA - ARGENTINA:
the victory of Nigeria - 6.43, the draw - 4.46, the victory of Argentina - 1.50.
Forecast for the match Nigeria - Argentina (World Cup 2018, group stage, 3rd round, June 26): Nigeria's victory with a handicap (+0.5). In the bookmaker office 1xStock predict Argentina's victory with the score 1: 0 or 2: 0 (coefficient 7.00). Bets on Nigeria's win with a handicap (+0.5) are accepted with a coefficient of 2.68.
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NIGERIA
The Nigerian team unsuccessfully held the first fight with Croatia, losing to the opponent 0: 2, but more importantly - the Nigerians did not show high-quality football. Ogonekaro's own goal of Etobe was a reflection of the game of the Nigerian national team in the first half. In the second half of the meeting, the Croats doubled the advantage, leaving not much chance for the Nigerians to leave the group.
In the second duel with Iceland, Nigeria appeared in a completely different form - the team clearly understood how to act, competently defended and used its main trump card - speed. Thanks to the rapid breakthrough Ahmed Musa, Nigeria scored two goals, not conceding a single one.
On the eve of a duel with Argentina, Gernot Rohr gave an interview in which he frankly admitted that he did not know what to expect from today's Argentina. German specialist noted that the crisis of "albiselest" can both help his team win, and vice versa - give motivation.
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ARGENTINA
Argentina at the current "mundiale" frankly disappointing. In the first duel with Iceland, the star attack "albiseleste" did not know what to do with the three lines of defense of the opponent. I managed to open it once, but the answer was very quick - Iceland realized its moment and created several more. In the second half, Lionel Messi did not realize a penalty, and the partners frankly screwed up several scoring chances. The match ended in a draw 1: 1, and Iceland's team liked many more.
In the second match, Argentina and did lost. The first time with Croatia was in equal fight, but in the second goalkeeper of the national team of Argentina, Villi Caballero made a mistake, which became scoring. After that, the game of the team of Jorge Sampaoli disintegrated, and Croatia scored two more times. In the interview after the match, Sampaoli admitted that he was wrong with both the game plan and the choice of the main line-up.
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ARGENTINA
Argentina at the current "mundiale" frankly disappointing. In the first duel with Iceland, the star attack "albiseleste" did not know what to do with the three lines of defense of the opponent. I managed to open it once, but the answer was very quick - Iceland realized its moment and created several more. In the second half, Lionel Messi did not realize a penalty, and the partners frankly screwed up several scoring chances. The match ended in a draw 1: 1, and Iceland's team liked many more.
In the second match, Argentina and did lost. The first time with Croatia was in equal fight, but in the second goalkeeper of the national team of Argentina, Villi Caballero made a mistake, which became scoring. After that, the game of the team of Jorge Sampaoli disintegrated, and Croatia scored two more times. In the interview after the match, Sampaoli admitted that he was wrong with both the game plan and the choice of the main line-up.
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STATISTICS
The last time the teams met in a friendly match in 2017, then Nigeria won 4: 2
The teams met in the same group at the last World Championship, then the Argentina national team won 1: 0
Nigeria was able to win only one mast from the last seven, lost five times and one match ended in a draw
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