The Argentina captain scored twice - the second a
stunning free kick - as his side beat the Super Eagles
3-2 in their final Group F match in Porto Alegre on
Wednesday.
It took Messi’s tally for the World Cup to four goals so
far – and Keshi was in awe of the forward’s talent
following his latest match-winning display.
"Messi is one hell of a player. There are other high
calibre players, but Messi is from another planet, he's
from Jupiter I think," Keshi said in his post-match
press conference.
Iran's defeat to Bosnia-Herzegovina meant Nigeria
still qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup by
finishing second in the group.
Keshi was frustrated that his players showed too
much respect for Argentina in the first half and urged
them to reproduce their second-half display in their
second-round fixture, which is all but certain to be
against France.
"We respected Argentina too much," Keshi added.
"We relaxed on the second half, tried to play our
game and improved then. I hope we can continue like
this on the rest of the tournament.
"We know France is a very good team, they play very
well. We know about them and we'll have to prepare
for that."
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