Diego Maradona Caught Sleeping In The Stands During Argentina vs Nigeria

It might have been one of the most crucial games in Argentina's long and successful history, but Diego Maradona decided to take a quick nap during their final group game against Nigeria, this evening.

Rather incredibly, the sleeping incident happened not long after he was snapped celebrating like he'd just scored the winner in the World Cup final himself.

The 57-year-old shut his eyes as Jorge Sampaoli's side looked threatening on the attack.

Clearly the action wasn't entertaining enough for the great man.

Moments later, this happened.

Just moments earlier, Lionel Messi, who struggled in previous games to make any impact, has scored the 100th goal at the 2018 World Cup ending a 22-shot run without scoring in the competition.

Messi got on the end of a sublime Ever Benega pass to stroke home from inside the penalty area.

Argentina fans proceeded to go absolutely wild inside the Saint Petersburg Stadium, including this man.

Can Lionel Messi go on and help his team progress to the latter stages of the tournament? Thoughts on Maradona's antics on Tuesday night?

Let us know in the comments below.

Topics: Football News, Football, Diego Maradona, Argentina, World Cup

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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