Argentine star Lionel Messi who celebrated his birthday yesterday scored two goals to help his country beat Nigeria 3-2 and also qualify for the FIFA World Cup knockout stages.

Argentina won Group F while Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the round of 16 in Brazil.

Looking at the result from this morning, Bosnia beat Iran 3-2.

Eight teams have qualified so far for the knockout stages.

Uruguay will meet Colombia in one elimination at 8am Sunday while Brazil takes on Chile at 4am.

On Monday at 4am Netherlands will meet Mexico followed by Greece and Costa Rica at 8am.

16 teams will be part of the eliminations where the eight winners will go through to the quarterfinals.

France meets Ecuador while Honduras faces Switzerland this hour.