FIFA World Cup 2018: How Messi's Argentina can qualify for knockout stage after Nigeria beat Iceland

June 22 (AZINS) Ahmed Musa returned to the line-up with devastating effect as he scored both goals for Nigeria to help them resuscitate their World Cup hopes in a 2-0 win over Iceland at the Volgograd Arena on Friday.

Musa's double not only gave Nigeria a lifeline but also enhanced Argenitina's chances of making it to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup 2018. If Iceland has won the match it would have almost all over Lionel Messi's Argentina.

However, Nigeria's win (and a two-goal margin) has given them a fresh lease of life.

Here's how the Group D points table looks:

Group D

Pos    Team         M     W     D     L     F     A     GD     P
1       Croatia        2     2     0     0     5     0     +5     6
2       Nigeria        2     1     0     1     2     2      0     3
3       Iceland        2     0     1     1     1     3     -2     1
4       Argentina    2     0     1     1     1     4     -3     1


As the FIFA World Cup 2018 Group D points table shows, Argentina are number 4 in the group right now. They have only one point from their two games and a negative goal difference of -3. However, they can turn the tide if they win big in their last gropu match and the other results of the group goes in their favour.

Argentina face Nigeria in their final group match while Iceland take on Croatia in the other match.  

Here's how Argentina can make it to the knockout stage:

# Argentina will need to beat Nigeria by a very good margin.

# They also need Iceland to lose their match against against Croatia.

# If Iceland beat Croatia then Argentina must score a big against Nigeria so they have a better goal difference than Iceland.