Argentina must improve and find greater mobility to cope with the imminent threat posed by Nigeria and to make further inroads at this World Cup, coach Alejandro Sabella suggested in Porto Alegre on Tuesday.

Uruguay kept their World Cup dream alive with a 1-0 win over Italy in Natal on Tuesday that sent the four-time champions crashing out of the competition.

World football governing body FIFA has picked Nicola Rizzoli of Italy to oversee the Group F match between Nigeria and Argentina on Wednesday at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Tickets for the last Group F match between Nigeria and Argentina on Wednesday at Porto Alegre, at the ongoing 2014 World Cup in Brasil are now in hot demand a day to the encounter.

When the Super Eagles file out at the Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, it will be with an objective to make certain their qualification into the Round of 16 at the ongoing World Cup in Brazil.

The World Cup hopes of Italy and Uruguay will be on the line when the two former former champions clash Tuesday as England bring the curtain down on a miserable campaign against Costa Rica.

Yaya and Kolo Toure will have to shake off their grief over the death of their brother against Greece on Tuesday as they try to take Ivory Coast into the World Cup knock-out stages.

Four-time champions Italy admitted they are struggling with the weather conditions ahead of their clash with Uruguay in Natal on Tuesday where they will try to avoid being eliminated in the first round at successive World Cups.

Coach Alberto Zaccheroni must urgently find a way to unlock Japan’s attacking potential against already-qualified Colombia on Tuesday but is relying on events elsewhere if his side are to reach the World Cup last 16.

England return to Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, scene of the country’s greatest sporting humiliation, where they will attempt to restore pride against Costa Rica after another chastening World Cup experience.

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has told his country’s footballers he will double their World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece, the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) said Monday.

Confident Luis Suarez said Uruguay will look to pounce on Italian weaknesses as the ‘Celeste’ bid to keep their World Cup dream alive with a win against the four-time champions in Natal on Tuesday.

Stephen Keshi has one thing to tell Nigerians:“Always be patient. Don’t write off any team in a tournament until that tournament is over.”

Juventus star Arturo Vidal said Monday that Chile were ready to realise their “dream” by overturning their jinx against five-time champions Brazil in the World Cup last 16.

Veteran Mexico captain Rafael Marquez helped set up a last-16 clash against the Netherlands by finishing second in Group A after Monday’s 3-1 win over ten-man Croatia, who exited the World Cup.