Soccer Football - World Cup - Nigeria Training - Saint Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia - June 25, 2018. Nigeria's coach Gernot Rohr, players Mikel John Obi, Leon Balogun, Odion Ighalo and John Ogu during training. REUTERS/Henry Romero
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Nigeria have no sympathy for the struggles of Argentina striker Lionel Messi at the World Cup and will do everything they can to bring his tournament to a premature end when the teams meet in St Petersburg on Tuesday.
Argentina, bottom of Group D, need victory to progress to the knockout stages and must also hope Iceland do not beat Croatia, because that could send them out anyway, depending on goal difference.
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