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My headline writing career is over before it starts

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"Moses departs the Messi!" was going to be my stunning arrival into top-flight journalism, before Rojo popped up with that stunning winner. Maradonna gave it the double bird and like that my dreams (and Nigeria's too) we're in tatters.

What a game though. A thoroughly emotional atmosphere in the stadium, great anthems with Nigeria belting out theirs and the Argentina fans doing likewise whilst their players, to man, gave it the "fully focussed" death-stare. It was obvious we were going to get redemption from the France v Denmark snore draw.

Even Maradonna was pumped, so much so, that I rather suspect he's spent a few days at the Russian training facilities that Stevie has talked of. He was proper rolling!

Messi scored that great goal, and things looked better for the Argies for a while, until Mascherano and his one man calamity  crew gave Nigeria a lifeline. The last 30 minutes was just a breathless exchange  and it was truly anyone's game in the end.

(Edit: totally goofedthe fixtures!) So, more seats are now taken, and France vs Argentina looks a sumptuous clash, with Portugal and Uruguay looking set to be a festival of fouling and diving for sure. Croatia should breeze past Denmark.

Today, Germany and Brazil. It's fun, this.


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