| Messi |

Messi steals the show & crucially provides the piece of magic that is needed to break down a very well organised & tactically disciplined Iran side that unsurprisingly sat deep & nulified Arhgentina as well as causing them a few scares on the break.

Messi brilla.

· Messi scores in a second consecutive World Cup group game & scores his third World Cup goal overall.

· Argentina score in a fifth consecutive World Cup match.

· Argentina have only failed to in two World Cup group games since the start of the 1998 World Cup; Holland & England being the only nations that have stopped them from scoring in that time.

· 3 of Iran’s 7 shots were on target.

· Iran still have not won a World Cup match since 1998.

· 9 wins at the 2014 World Cup have came from South American nations with every South American nation having won at least once.