Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland face final game deciders on Tuesday

Group D concludes with Argentina finally being put out of their misery or coming back from the dead in their last game. Elsewhere Australia hope France v Denmark will not be too friendly an affair. Tuesday will see Groups C and D conclude with the fate of Lionel Messi's Argentina the main attraction. The twice winners need to beat Nigeria in St. Petersburg and for Iceland to fail to beat Croatia in Rostov.
If both Argentina and Iceland win then Argentina will need to win their game by a greater margin to go through. Nigeria will join Croatia in the next round if they beat Argentina or if they draw and Iceland fail to beat Croatia by a two-goal margin. Argentina's biggest problem going into their game with Nigeria concerns the relationship between the players and coach Jorge Sampaoli.
When Sergio Aguero was asked after the Croatia defeat about comments from Sampaoli suggesting the players had not understood his instructions, he said: "Let him say what he wants." That seemed to sum up the bad feeling in the camp. But amid suggestions the players want to pick the team for the last game, Argentinian football federation supremo Claudio Tapia said on Sunday: "Many things that have been written are lies." And midfielder Javier Mascherano added: "Many myths are created here and we don't have an explanation for them."
Group C will also conclude on Tuesday with Australia facing Peru in Sochi and Denmark playing France in Moscow. If the French draw with the Danes, then Didier Deschamps' already-qualified team will top the group and Age Hareide's team will reach the last 16. Australia are hoping there will be no such draw of convenience. If France beat Denmark and the Socceroos see off Peru, who are already out, then they will progress providing they close up a goal difference that is currently in Denmark's favour.