Argentina vs Bosnia & Herzegovina World Cup 2014 football: Preview, time, TV info

Lionel Messi of Barcelona (Wikimedia Commons)

Argentina will play Bosnia & Herzegovina on Sunday as Group F kicks off things at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Lionel Messi will be the player everyone wants to see, and many will be hoping he can light the World Cup alight with some goals.

Today's big game will kick off at 6 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on the ESPN network. The game can also be watched online through live stream via the link provided below.

Argentina will be hoping that Messi can score his first goal in the World Cup in eight years. His last World Cup goal was way back in 2006 when he made his World Cup debut in Germany. At that time he came off the bench to score in a 6-0 win over Serbia and Montenegro.

Bosnia meanwhile are making their World Cup debut in this year's tournament, and they have a massive challenge to start things off with. Argentina are one of the most successful World Cup nations, and they have strength and depth that should ensure they go far in this year's tournament. If Bosnia are to get anything from today's game they will have to really get among the Argentinian players and upset their flow. In particular, they must nullify the threat from four-time World Player of the Year, Lionel Messi.

As well as these two teams, this group also contains Nigeria and Iran, so Argentina will be big favorites to claim top spot. The second qualifying spot for the Last 16 could be much more open though, and all three other teams will believe they can get the results to snatch second place.

Today's game starts at 6 p.m. EST and can be watched on ESPN. The game can also be watched online by clicking here.

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