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Former Croatia and West Ham manager Slaven Bilić has admitted that Croatia are facing a difficult clash playing against Nigeria in the 2018 Russia World Cup.
The Fiery Ones are paired alongside Nigeria, two-time World Cup champions Argentina, and heroic European Cinderella team Iceland in Group D of the biggest global football tournament which will be staged in Russia next summer.
Bilic who won the 1998 World Cup bronze medals with Croatia insists the team are in a difficult group, and more so they will be playing Nigeria in their opening clash.
Bilic, who last managed West Ham United before he was axed on November 4 after Hammers’ 1-4 disastrous home loss to Liverpool, believes the World Cup have not been kind to Croatia after they were drawn to face Nigeria.
The 1998 World Cup bronze medalists are also up against two-time world champions Argentina and Europe’s Cinderella team Iceland, a tiny country that showed their strength at Euro 2016.
”It seems to me that it is not sufficiently recognized the weight of our group and especially the negativity of the schedule. We have a difficult group and the worst possible match schedule,” Bilić told Sportske Novosti.
”Nigeria at the start when it is, by tradition, the strongest and most difficult. Argentina have a decisive squad, and it would be better if it was in the third when we might have already settled the placement.
”The Icelanders are the third rival, but they have a mentality that even if they have already crashed out, and perhaps just because of that, playing as if their life depends on that encounter. ”
Nigeria and Croatia open their tournament at Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad on June 16, before Croatia lock horn with Argentina and finally Iceland.
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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF President has confirmed that four international friendlies have been lined up for the Super Eagles.
The President was Speaking at the final of the NFF/Zenith Bank Under-15 Football Tournament at the Agege Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday.
The NFF boss Amaju Pinnick, confirmed that Eagles were going to take on the Three Lions of England at the Wembley Stadium on June 2, 2018.
He also revealed that another international friendly match has been fixed for May 27 for Eagles but did not confirm the country.
The NFF chief further hinted what would have been a fifth friendly fixed on June 6 was cancelled because of its closeness to June 16,the date Nigeria will play her opening group game against Croatia at the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia.
“The fear of injuries also necessitated the cancellation of the June 6 date. The game will ordinarily have come up two days after the final 23-player squad lists would have been submitted.
We cannot afford to take that risk,” stressed Pinnick who is also a CAF executive committee member.
The 2018 Russia-hosted FIFA World Cup will take place in 11 Russian cities from June 14 to July 15 next year.
Nigeria is drawn in Group D and will open her campaign against Croatia.
This will be followed by Iceland on June 22 at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd while a fifth World Cup group game against Argentina will hold at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg on June 26.
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