ARGENTINA VS NIGERIA
No mercy for Messi as Argentina hang by a thread at World Cup
St Petersburg — Nigeria will take delight in ending what could be Lionel Messi’s last World Cup for Argentina despite their love and admiration for the five-time world player of the year, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr promised. Victory for the Africans in St Petersburg on Tuesday will send Argentina home in disgrace after failing to win a game in Russia and send Nigeria into the last 16. "We love this great player, Messi, everybody loves him," said Rohr on Monday. "The question is not if it is the last World Cup for him or not, the question is for us to qualify for the knockout stages. "We are not here to watch him playing. We are here to make a result, we are professionals. We are here to defend the colours of Nigeria and we know in football there is no mercy, no pity — everybody wants to win and we cannot make any gifts, even if we like very much this player." Messi carried Argentina through a troubled qualifying campaign but has so far failed to fire in Russia, missing a penalty...
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