Nigeria will have to be at its best in all the group matches and hope for good fortune to realize its ambition of getting to the quarterfinal of the Russia 2018 World Cup. Some pundits actually believe that the Super Eagles must win Group D to have any realistic chance of crossing the second round. And so, if Nigeria finished behind Argentina in Group D, the Super Eagles will meet France in the second round, that is if Les Blues lived up to expectations and win Group C. Winning Group D will give the Super Eagles a ‘weaker’ opposition from one of Australia, Denmark and Peru. Should the Eagles scale the second round, the competition will become tougher as they will meet the victor in the second round game between Group A winners and Group B runners up. Group A has Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay, while Group B is made up of Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Iran.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2017 04:30 UTC