"The goalkeeper was phenomenal," Messi said after Argentina were limited to a 1-0 win over Nigeria at Ellis Park with Enyeama producing a series of tremendous saves to thwart the world player of the year.
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"He takes all the credit. We played a great game today and created a lot of chances. We just couldn't get the second goal."
"It would be my best possible performance possible performance playing against the best possible player in the world, so it was my best," Enyeama told a news conference after he was named man of the match.
Asked how he had "God is my secret, just God. He made me calm and he made me quiet."
Argentina's winner came from a corner which followed a superb Messi chip which Enyeama had palmed over.
Messi threatened again near the end of the half when he curled a lovely shot towards Enyeama's top right corner with the keeper again leaping to tip the ball wide.
