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Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0 in Group F

Argentina downed Nigeria 1-0in Group F as Gabriel Batistuta, playing in his third World Cup, broke an Argentine World Cup record with a 63rd minute goal in Ibaraki on Sunday.

He now holds the Argentine World Cup record of 10 goals, two more than Diego Maradona and 1930 striker Guillermo Stabile.

Batistuta notched hat-tricks in the 1994 and 1998 World Cup.

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