Lionel Messi, Marcos Rojo push Albiceleste to knockout stage
Argentina moves on to the round of 16 after beating Nigeria with an 87th-minute goal
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![Marcos Rojo’s clinical volley in the 86th minute rescued Argentina after Victor Moses’s penalty had cancelled out Lionel Messi’s opening goal]()
Argentina have to get past Nigeria in their last league match to qualify for the knockouts
World Cup 2018: It’s time for Lionel Messi to deliver for Argentina in must-win clash with Nigeria
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![Diego Maradona confident of Argentina's World Cup revival]()
England thrashes Panama 6-1 thanks to Harry Kane hat-trick
Harry Kane has struck a hat-trick, with England marching into the last 16 of the World Cup with a record 6-1 win over a woeful Panama in its World Cup Group G match.
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![Harry Kane has struck a hat-trick, with England marching into the last 16 of the World Cup with a record 6-1]()
World Cup: Lionel Messi carrying Argentina's weight of expectation
If ever a picture summed up the pressure of a nation on a player's shoulders, this was it.
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![“Leo is our heart and soul, but we couldn’t find him with the ball,” said manager Jorge Sampaoli, urging fans to turn their ire on him and not on Messi.]()
Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli plans big changes for World Cup match with Croatia
Di Maria, meanwhile, looks like he will be sacrificed for Cristian Pavon, who impressed Sampaoli in just 20 minutes as a substitute against Iceland.
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![The connection between Lionel Messi and Cristian Pavon impressed Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli]()
Mexico stun champions Germany 1-0 in World Cup opener
Defending champions Germany crashed to defeat in their first game at the World Cup on Sunday as an enterprising Mexico refused to be intimidated by history and ran out 1-0 winners in a thrilling Group F opener.
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![“Our motto was play with the love of winning and not the fear of losing,” said a delighted Osorio.]()
Cristiano Ronaldo hits hat-trick as Portugal deny Spain in six-goal thriller
Fernando Hierro, the man who never expected to be standing there on the touchline, said: “When there’s someone like Ronaldo out there, these things can happen.”
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![“When there’s someone like Ronaldo out there, these things can happen.”]()
Robbie Williams flips his middle finger during a performance of 'Rock DJ'
Pop star flipped the finger at the World Cup while singing 'I did this for free' - amid a tsunami of criticism for performing in 'anti-gay' Russia
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![The middle finger was seemingly a response to critics who blasted him for accepting performance in Russia]()
