Group F: Is the entire competition fixed?
Argentina, ably aided by referee Milorad Mazic, who already showed how competent he is at apparently favouring big teams when awarding Germany a penalty against Portugal, yet denying Portugal almost a carbon copy at the other end later on, tops the group. How predictable, even if Messi and his colleagues do not deserve it.
Nigeria 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0
Odemwingie 29
Nigeria
Enyeama, Ambrose Emuobo, Oshaniwa, Mikel, Yobo, Omeruo, Odemwingie, Onazi, Emenike, Babatunde (Uzoenyi), Musa (Ameobi)
Coach: Stephen KESHI
Yellow card: Mikel
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Begovic, Mujdza, Lulic (Salihovic), Besic, Sunjic, Spahic, Hajrovic (Ibisevic), Medunjanin (Susic), Dzeko, Pjanic, Misimovic
Coach: Safet SUSIC
Yellow card: Medunjanin
Ball possession: Nigeria 40% Bosnia-Herzegovina 60%
Shots/on target: Nigeria 20/9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20/7
Corners: Nigeria 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 4
Fouls committed: Nigeria 9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 7
Group F
Argentina 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Nigeria 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
Iran 0 1 1 0 1-1 1
Bosnia-H 0 0 3 1 3 -2 0
Goal scorers
Argentina: Messi (2) Kolasinac (own goal)
Bosnia-H.: Ibisevic
Nigeria: Odemwingie