<p>Lionel Messi’s man-of-the-match double goal performance in Argentina’s 3-2 win over Nigeria on Wednesday prompted the African champions’ coach Stephen Keshi to suggest the star striker had flown in from “Jupiter”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Barcelona superstar joined Brazil’s Neymar at the top of the World Cup scoring charts on four with a goal in the third minute and another, a superbly struck free-kick, in first half stoppage time.<br /><br />These came on top of his match-winning strikes against Bosnia-Hercegovina and Iran.<br /><br />“Messi is one heck of a player, he’s blessed,” Keshi acknowledged after seeing his side lose but still qualify for the last 16 as runners-up in Group F. “There are other calibre players in Argentina that are very strong, but Messi is from Jupiter,” Keshi told a post-match press conference.<br /><br />Messi, who enjoyed friendly banter with Nigerian keeper Vincent Enyeama during the game, said he was just happy he and his teammates had achieved their objective of qualifying. <br /><br />“We hope to continue like this, I think today you saw a better Argentina,” he said.<br /><br />“I’m happy at what we’ve done so far and to finish top of the group,” said the Argetina captain.</p>
<p>Lionel Messi’s man-of-the-match double goal performance in Argentina’s 3-2 win over Nigeria on Wednesday prompted the African champions’ coach Stephen Keshi to suggest the star striker had flown in from “Jupiter”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Barcelona superstar joined Brazil’s Neymar at the top of the World Cup scoring charts on four with a goal in the third minute and another, a superbly struck free-kick, in first half stoppage time.<br /><br />These came on top of his match-winning strikes against Bosnia-Hercegovina and Iran.<br /><br />“Messi is one heck of a player, he’s blessed,” Keshi acknowledged after seeing his side lose but still qualify for the last 16 as runners-up in Group F. “There are other calibre players in Argentina that are very strong, but Messi is from Jupiter,” Keshi told a post-match press conference.<br /><br />Messi, who enjoyed friendly banter with Nigerian keeper Vincent Enyeama during the game, said he was just happy he and his teammates had achieved their objective of qualifying. <br /><br />“We hope to continue like this, I think today you saw a better Argentina,” he said.<br /><br />“I’m happy at what we’ve done so far and to finish top of the group,” said the Argetina captain.</p>