The forward stepped up for the Super Eagles in Porto Alegre, but was outshone by Lionel Messi and let down by criminal marking
The 2014 World Cup pit long-standing rivals Argentina and Nigeria together in Group F alongside Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran.
Renewed hostilities meant the Super Eagles got another chance of avenging slim 1-0 defeats by the Albiceleste in 2002 and 2010, while the South Americans were out to make it four successive wins over the West Africans at the global showpiece, a run that began with a 2-1 success in 1994.