Late football icon Diego Armando Maradona was in Russia to watch the last group match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria against Argentina in the 2018 World Cup after his ban from the previous World Cup. The match ended 2-1 without

The goat Lionel Messi is scoring. Argentina had opened scoring through no other but Lionel Messi, whom Maradona watched, but Chelsea's Victor Moses equalized for the Super Eagles via penalty, only for Rojo to score late in the 86th minute to seal a round of sixteen appearance for the South Americans.

It was the same score line four years before between the two countries in the USA, with Maradona playing and bagging two assists.