16 Jun 2014

Messi seals opening win for La Albicelestes

12:00 pm on 16 June 2014

Barcelona star Lionel Messi sealed a 2-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina with a 65th minute finish in Argentina's opening football World Cup match in Rio de Janeiro.

Sead Kolašinac opened the scoring with an own goal in the third minute, while substitute Stuttgart striker Vedad Ibišević scored Bosnia and Herzegovina's lone goal in the 84th minute to set up a tense finish.