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Super Eagles Land In Russia For World Cup

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have touched down in Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The players and their officials landed in their Essentuki base late on Monday night at around 11pm Nigerian time.

It was learnt that the team’s flight from Austria was delayed which affected their arrival time.

Gernot Rohr’s men are expected to have their first training session following their arrival on Tuesday.

They are the last team in Group D to arrive in Russia for the mundial with Argentina and Iceland jetting in on Saturday.

Croatia arrived in Russia on Monday afternoon.

Nigeria will take on Croatia in their opening Group D fixture on Saturday at the Kaliningrad Stadium.

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