.Wants Rohr to study their games
By Taofeek
Babalola
Former AS Monaco of France forward Victor Ikpeba has warned Nigeria not to underrate Iceland and Croatia
in their World Cup group matches, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.
Nigeria have
been drawn to play against Argentina, Iceland and Croatia in the Group B after Friday 2018 FIFA World Cup draws in Mosscow.
Ikpeba, who
was part of the Eagles’ squad at the USA ’94 and France 98 World Cup, said
Super Eagles technical crew led by Gernot Rohr should start preparation for their
group opponents without delay by studding their style of play for easy game
during the tournament proper.
“Iceland won’t
be a pushover. Croatia won’t be a pushover too and we should not look at the
two teams as whipping teams in our group. They (Nigeria) have to study how Iceland and Croatia
plays their game so as to have an edge ahead of them. There is no minnow in the
world of football again. We must try and pick maximum points in the first two
matches. Maybe Argentina will want to beat Nigeria for pride. So if we can win
the first two games the last game will just be a formality for us,” Ikpeba
said.
Ikpeba, who
also helped Eagles won the 1994 African Nations Cup and the Olympic football
gold medal in 1996, believes that experience would play an important role
during the tournament.
“Experience
is very important. Experience will count for our team. Can they withstand the crowd?
That is where the experience will come to play. We have are a very strong team
and we should be selfish at the world Cup,” he added.
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