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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in their last World Cup group match on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi and Ahmed Musa scoring two goals each before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner. Mo Williams Jersey . Argentina won Group F while Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the round of 16 in Brazil. Messi had his best match of the World Cup so far, scoring twice in the first half to boost his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigerias defence with dazzling runs and clever passes. "We played against a team that wanted to play," Messi said. "I think we saw a good Argentina. We need to continue on this path." The Argentina captain needed less than three minutes to finish Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeamas clean sheet in Brazil, slamming in the rebound after Angel Di Marias shot bounced off the post. Nigeria replied within a minute as Musa cut in from the left and beat Sergio Romero with a curling shot toward the far post. Nearing halftime Messi tested Enyeama with a 25-meter free kick that the goalkeeper struggled to push to a corner. Having found his aim, Messi was ice cold when Nigeria gave up another free kick just moments later from a slightly shorter distance. This time Enyeama was stunned as the ball hooked over the wall and slipped in just inside the post. "Messi is one of heck of a player, hes blessed. You cant take it away from him," Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said. "Messi is from Jupiter, he is different." The second half started at the same furious pace as the first, with two goals within the first five minutes. First Musa took advantage of confusion in the Argentine defence to score his second. Then Rojo made it 3-2 as he got his right knee on a corner kick three minutes later. Both teams continued to chase more goals but the intensity dropped off somewhat as Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella substituted Messi after the hour-mark. The Barcelona wizard enjoyed the space he was given by Nigeria, which surged forward rather than locking down in defence like Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran did against Argentina. He has scored in each of the teams three matches. Finding more space to attack, Argentina created more chances than in its previous games, but its defence caved in on both of Musas goals. Another concern for Argentina: Striker Sergio Aguero was injured in the first half, and replaced by Ezequiel Lavezzi. "I think we had a lot of chances, and could have scored a few more goals," Sabella said. Tens of thousands of Argentine fans had travelled to Porto Alegre for the match, taunting Brazilian spectators by singing "Maradona is greater than Pele" at the 44,000-capacity Beira-Rio Stadium. The Brazilians booed and held up five fingers to remind the Argentines of how many World Cups theyve won. Argentina has two. Meanwhile, tragedy struck in Nigeria before the match, as an explosion rocked a shopping mall in the capital, Abuja, and police said at least 21 people were killed. The blast came as Nigerians were preparing to watch the World Cup match. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later. ------ Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama; Efe Ambrose, Kenneth Omeruo, Joseph Yobo, Juwon Oshaniwa; Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, John Obi Mikel, Michael Babatunde (Okechukwu Uchebo, 66); Peter Odemwingie (Uche Nwofor, 80), Emmanuel Emenike. Argentina: Sergio Romero; Pablo Zabaleta, Federico Fernandez, Ezequiel Garay, Marcos Rojo; Fernando Gago, Javier Mascherano, Angel Di Maria; Lionel Messi (Ricardo Alvarez, 63), Gonzalo Higuain (Lucas Biglia, 91), Sergio Aguero (Ezequiel Lavezzi, 38). Mike Dunleavy Cavaliers Jersey . Kelli Stack and Alex Carpenter also scored for the Americans, who avoided a repeat of Finlands upset at the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., in November. Finnish goalie Noora Raty made 58 saves in that one, but the three-time Olympian could stop just 40 of 43 U. Cavaliers Hats .Bacca took advantage of Cristian Alvarezs hesitation to head a lobbed pass over the goalkeeper and then used his feet to roll the ball into an empty net in the eighth minute. The Colombia strikers 10th goal pulled him level with Lionel Messi as the leagues third-leading scorers, far behind Cristiano Ronaldos runaway tally of 23 goals.(SportsNetwork.com) - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his I have a dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963. The nation is honoring the American civil rights activist Monday, and not too far from where Dr. King called for an end to racism, the Washington Wizards will host the Philadelphia 76ers at the Verizon Center. Washington is second overall in the Eastern Conference and has won six of its last eight games, including Saturdays 99-90 win at Brooklyn. Nene scored 20 points, Bradley Beal had 17, nine rebounds and eight assists, and John Wall recorded 11 points, six boards and six assists. It was a good game ... just playing the right way, Beal said. We did a better job of executing on both ends of the floor. The Wizards shot 51.9 percent and received 10 points and 16 rebounds from Marcin Gortat. They are 12-0 this season when making 50 percent or better from the floor. The Wizards are 23-1 this season when holding opponents under 1000 points and will also host Oklahoma City on this brief homestand. Kevin Love Cavaliers Jersey. They are 17-5 in DC this season and the 17 home wins lead the East. Philadelphia enters Mondays game losers in three of the last four games. In a 107-89 beatdown at the hands of the surging Detroit Pistons on Saturday, Michael Carter-Williams posted 15 points and Henry Sims added 12 and 10 boards. The Pistons set the tone with 31 points in the first quarter and scored 30 points off 22 Sixers turnovers. The 76ers lead the NBA with 17.9 turnovers. I just think the mindset, coming into the game, (was) not having the focus on the defensive end, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. The Sixers are 5-16 away from home and will host New York on Wednesday. 76ers guard and leading scorer Tony Wroten (knee) is out indefinitely. He is averaging 16.9 ppg. Washington went 3-1 against Philadelphia last season. Wall averaged 20.3 points and 9.0 assists against the Sixers in 2013-14. 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