A lone goal second half goal from Angel Di Maria saw Argentina claim their second straight Men's Olympic Football gold in a narrow 1-0 win over Nigeria on Saturday.

In a rematch of Nigeria’s 1996 3-2 Gold Medal win over the Argentina, the South Americans turned the tables on the Super Eaglets, and while there was no five goal score-line the match still pulsated with class and pace befitting an Olympic final.

The match turned on the end of a well-styled counter-attack early in the second half, as Lionel Messi managed to pull the Nigerian defenders out of position with his close control, before sending an inch-perfect through ball to Di Maria, racing in from a deep...
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