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Two World Cup Goals Against Nigeria

Argentina · Sport / Football. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1994–2014Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1994

Claudio Caniggia25 June 1994

Boston · Sport / Football

Scores twice as Argentina come from behind to defeat Nigeria 2-1 in the World Cup group stage.

2014

Lionel Messi25 June 2014

Porto Alegre · Sport / Football

Scores twice as Argentina defeat Nigeria 3-2 and complete a perfect World Cup group stage.

Names involved

Claudio CaniggiaLionel Messi

Provenance

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