Leaving it late - last-gasp goals light up World Cup


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Nigeria vs Argentina - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 26, 2018 Argentina's Marcos Rojo scores their second goal REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - If you like late goals that turn soccer matches on their head, this is the World Cup for you.

Players like Marcos Rojo, whose dramatic 86th minute volley against Nigeria kept Argentina's hopes alive, have scored many more vital late goals in the group matches than at the same stage of the previous two World Cups.

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