Nigeria's Group D Opponents, Iceland & Argentina Fly To Russia For World Cup

Published: June 09, 2018

Nigeria's Group D opponents, Iceland and Argentina have flown to Russia ahead of their opening match at the 2018 World Cup.

The Nordic nation has the least population of all the countries that will be playing in Russia this month, with an estimated number of 335,000 people.

Iceland, playing as underdogs pulled off a major shock at the Euro tournament in 2016 where they beat England 2-1 enroute to advancing to the quarterfinals in that competition.

The Heimir Hallgrimsson-led side finalized their preparations for the competition with a 2-2 draw with Ghana last Thursday, with Kari árnason and Alfreð Finnbogason scoring the goals for the team.

The Argentine Football Association few minutes ago tweeted that the national team has departed for Russia

English Premier League stars Marcos Rojo, Nicolás Otamendi, Sergio Aguero and Willy Caballero plus Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín and ángel Di María were part of the traveling party.

West Ham's Manuel Lanzini suffered a ruptured anterior knee ligament injury in training yesterday and has been replaced by River Plate's Enzo Pérez.

Nigeria will play Iceland in their second game of the tournament on June 22 at the Volgograd Arena after they had played Croatia, while they face Argentina in their final group game.

Emmanuel Chinaza

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