Nigeria will peak at 2022 World Cup

in sprtshub •  7 years ago 


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Nigeria mentor Gernot Rohr trusts his group won't crest for an additional four years regardless of his side's 2-0 win against Group D rivals Iceland.

Leicester striker Ahmed Musa's second-half twofold in Volgograd kick-began Nigeria's World Cup after thrashing to Croatia in their opening match.

The Super Eagles' win implies they, Argentina, who they look in their last match, Iceland still have a possibility of meeting all requirements for the knockout stage.

"What I like in my young group is lowliness, solidarity and battling soul," Rohr told a question and answer session. "I thought before this World Cup we were here to learn.

"I figure this group will be prepared in 2022 and this World Cup is coming early, however we have a decent opportunity to win against Argentina."

A win would take Nigeria through to the knockout rounds while a draw will be sufficient giving Iceland don't beat gather pioneers Croatia by a sufficiently major edge.

"I figure scoring against Argentina isn't that troublesome for me," Musa said. "We know the significance of the diversion. It's do or kick the bucket, we need to win."

Iceland mentor Heimir Hallgrimsson stayed playful regardless of seeing Everton midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson miss a 83rd-minute punishment for his side.

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"We are still in the race," Hallgrimsson said. "We didn't figure we would experience this World Cup without a misfortune and misfortunes are constantly hard to swallow. Be that as it may, we just need to beat Croatia, which is conceivably simpler to state than do."

Croatia top the gathering after 2-0 and 3-0 wins against Nigeria and Argentina separately, yet Hallgrimsson is unafraid.

"We've played Croatia four times in four years and we've regularly said we're similar to a hitched couple attempting to get separated however we generally get together once more," he included.

"They've had two outrageously great exhibitions in the World Cup. The last one was a sparkling case of how great Croatia is, however that likewise gives us certainty since we were in front of them in our (qualifying) gathering and have officially beaten them once in Iceland."

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