NewsAssociation
Group F table without changes, Messi caught up with Neymar
Argentina beat Nigeria 3:2 and secured the first seed in group F before the playoff stage of the 2014 World Cup. Leo Messi scored twice and caught up with Neymar at the top of the scorer's table. Another group F game between Bosnia and Hercegovina and Iran ended in a 3:1 win by the former.
25th of June 2014, 18:00 – Porto Alegre (Estádio Beira-Rio)
Nigeria – Argentina 2:3 (1:2)
Goals: Ahmed Musa 4, 47 – Lionel Messi 3, 45, Marcos Rojo 50
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama – Efe Ambrose, Joseph Yobo, Juwon Oshaniwa, Kenneth Omeruo – Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, John Obi Mikel, Michel Babatunde (65, Michael Uchebo) – Peter Odemwingie (80, Uche Nwofor), Emmanuel Emenike.
Argentina: Sergio Romero – Pablo Zabaleta, Federico Fernández, Ezequiel Garay, Marcos Rojo – Fernando Gago, Javier Mascherano, Ángel di María – Gonzalo Higuaín (90, Lucas Biglia), Lionel Messi (63, Ricky Álvarez), Sergio Agüero (38, Ezequiel Lavezzi).
Yellow cards: Omeruo, Oshaniwa.
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy).
25th of June 2014, 18:00 – Salvador (Arena Fonte Nova)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Iran 3:1 (1:0)
Goals: Edin Džeko 23, Miralem Pjanić 59, Avdija Vršajević 83 – Reza Ghoochannejhad 82
BiH: Asmir Begović – Avdija Vršajević, Toni Šunjić, Emir Spahić, Sead Kolašinac – Anel Hadžić (61, Ognjen Vranješ), Miralem Pjanić, Muhamed Bešić, Tino-Sven Sušić (79, Sejad Salihović) – Edin Džeko (84, Edin Višća), Vedad Ibišević.
Iran: Alireza Haghighi – Jalal Hosseini, Amir Hossein Sadeghi, Pejman Montazeri, Mehrdad Pooladi – Ashkan Dejagah (68, Karim Ansarifard), Andranik Teymourian, Masoud Shojaei (46, Khosro Heydari), Javad Nekounam, Ehsan Hajsafi (63, Alireza Jahanbakhsh) – Reza Ghoochannejhad.
Yellow cards: Bešić – Ansarifard.
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain).
| GROUP F | Matches | Points | Goals |
| 1. Argentina | 3 | 9 | 6 – 3 |
| 2. Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 3 – 3 |
| 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 3 | 4 – 4 |
| 4. Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 – 4 |
