Argentina maintained their 100 percent dominance over old foes Nigeria, after wining 1-0 in the opening match of 2010 World Cup at the Ellis Park Stadium. Remarkably, it was a soothing victory for the Argentine coach, Diego Maradona, who described the competition's first round game as a good start, an important step. It was no doubt an important match for the former skipper of his country, who as a player contributed immensely to the great comeback of Argentina in their 2-1 win over Nigeria at the 1994 edition of the World cup in the United States. Maradona has now beaten Nigeria both as a player and a coach. Argentina's second victory over Nigeria, known as the Super Eagles, was at the 2002 edition, when Gabriel Batistuta headed in the only goal of the encounter. On the whole in six games at all levels between the two countries, Nigeria has recorded just one win. That was at the Atlanta Olympics football final when the U-23 squad beat the South Americans 3-2. At the U-20 World Cup final in the Netherlands, Lionel Messi was the pivot of the team that piped the Nigerian side parading Mikel Obi and Taye Taiwo among others, 1-0. The Barcelona player led his side to overcome Nigeria again two years ago at the Beijing Olympics soccer final again by a lone goal. 