Nigeria’s Super Eagles have arrived in the southern Russia town of Volgograd ahead of Friday’s FIFA World Cup Group D encounter against Iceland.
The Brazil 2014 Round of 16 berthers flew from their Essentuki base on Thursday morning and were settled in their Hampton-by-Hilton Volgograd Hotel abode a little after 1pm, according to the Nigeria Football Federation’s spokesman Ademola Olajire.
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Focus has been on the encounter with the Euro 2016 quarter finalists since the loss to Croatia in Kaliningrad on Saturday.
A victory against the feisty Scandinavians will renew hope for a place in the knockout rounds while defeat would mean early and unflattering elimination from the quadrennial showpiece.
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