A, as in Ar-gen-tina! A memento from the World Cup in soccer/football, 1994 USA. Maximum card from Romania

If you don't already know, guess who has won this group?

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Nigeria!

"Group D

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup Group D

Argentina collected a maximum of six points from their opening two matches after beating Greece 4–0 in Foxboro before coming from behind to overcome the feisty Nigerians 2–1 on the same field four days later, yet still only finished third. The match against Greece had been won in style thanks mainly to a hat-trick from Gabriel Batistuta, yet it was the other goal in the match - from Diego Maradona - that hit the headlines. Nigeria had been very impressive on their World Cup debut, and despite the narrow loss to Argentina, had emerged as group winners following comfortable victories against Bulgaria and Greece. The Bulgarians also surprised many. Having never won a single match at the World Cup finals prior to this tournament, their fortunes seemed unlikely to change in the aftermath of the 3–0 defeat by Nigeria in their first game. However a 4–0 demolition of the Greeks (who had suffered exactly the same fate five days earlier against Argentina) and a win against Argentina had seen them advance in style. Argentina had actually been winning the group going into injury-time; however, a 91st-minute strike from Nasko Sirakov meant that they dropped two places and finished 3rd.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Greece	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

21 June 1994 12:30 EDT	Argentina	4 – 0	Greece	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,456 Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
	Batistuta  2', 45', 89' (pen.) Maradona  60'	Report

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21 June 1994 18:30 CDT	Nigeria	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 44,132 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
	Yekini  21' Amokachi  43' Amuneke  55'	Report

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25 June 1994 16:00 EDT	Argentina	2 – 1	Nigeria	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,453 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
	Caniggia  21', 28'	Report	Siasia  8'

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26 June 1994 11:30 CDT	Greece	0 – 4	Bulgaria	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,160 Referee: Ali Bujsaim(United Arab Emirates)
		Report	Stoichkov  5' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Letchkov  65' Borimirov  90'

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30 June 1994 18:30 CDT	Argentina	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 63,998 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
		Report	Stoichkov  61' Sirakov  90'

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30 June 1994 19:30 EDT	Greece	0 – 2	Nigeria	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 53,001 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
		Report	George  45' Amokachi  90'

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_1994

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The U.S.-Saudi Dilemma: Iran's Reshaping of Persian Gulf Politics | STRATFOR

A maximum card from Iran, with The CASPIAN RED DEER (Cervus elaphus maral).

"The Caspian Red Deer, (Cervus elaphus maral) (Armenian: Մարալ), (Azerbaijani: Maral) is the easternmost subspecies of Red deer that is native to areas between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea such as Crimea, Asia Minor, the Caucasus Mountains region bordering Europe and Asia, and along the Caspian Sea region in Iran. 

This animal is sometimes referred to as Maral or Noble deer."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maral

Islamic Republic of Iran جمهوری اسلامی ایران Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Flag Emblem
Motto: استقلال. آزادی. جمهوری اسلامی Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic
Anthem:  National Anthem of Islamic Republic of Iran  (official) Ey Iran  (De facto) (Persian: Oh Iran)

"Iran (ⁱ/ɪˈrɑːn/ or /aɪˈræn/;^[8] Persian: ایران; [ʔiˈɾɒn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Central Asia and Western Asia.^[9][10] 
The name "Iran" which means The Land of Aryans^[11] has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia ( /ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/).^[8][12] 
Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, "Iran" is the name used officially in political contexts.^{[13][14"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran}


How RED is a Red Deer? I guess the visibility of the pigment depends on the amount of light.

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