Nigeria fired up for World Cup opener vs. Croatia | Goal.com

Nigeria have announced their readiness for their opening 2018 World Cup game against Croatia on Saturday at the Kaliningrad Stadium.

 The west Africans will be making their sixth outing at the global football showpiece and are aiming to surpass their previous performance in the tourney.

The three-time African champions last won their opening game at the quadrennial tournament in the 1998 edition against Spain.

And, although, they failed to convince in their build-up to the tournament, team captain John Obi Mikel John Ogu, William Troost-Ekong, Elderson Echiejile and Joel Obi have taken to Instagram to herald their readiness for the crunch tie with the Zlatko Dalic’s men.

“We’re ready to go,” Mikel posted.

 

We’re ready to go! #SoarSuperEagles🇳🇬

A post shared by Mikel Obi (@mikel_john_obi) on Jun 15, 2018 at 2:45am PDT

“Ready for tomorrow. Naija way,” Ogu wrote

 

READY FOR TOMORROW. NAIJA WAY 🇳🇬🇳🇬.

A post shared by ogu30 (@ogu30) on Jun 15, 2018 at 3:13am PDT

“Getting ready for tomorrow with the boys,” Troost-Ekong wrote.

 

Getting ready for tomorrow with the boys 🇳🇬 #Naija #Russia2018

A post shared by William Troost-Ekong (@wtroostekong) on Jun 15, 2018 at 3:40am PDT

“With my brothers, excited about our game tomorrow,” Elderson Echiejile posted.

 

With my brothers🇳🇬🇳🇬 Excited about our game tomorrow #supereagles #eue3 #positivevibes @ogu30 @kelechi72 @uzoho4sure1

A post shared by MON (@elderson_echiejile) on Jun 15, 2018 at 3:48am PDT

“One day to go, first match coming! Ready for Fifa World Cup,” Joel Obi wrote.

 

One day to go, first match coming 🔜 ! Ready for @fifaworldcup ⚽️🌏🇳🇬 #Russia2018 #WorldCup #Team9jaStrong #SoarSuperEagles #Dream

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A post shared by Joel Obi (@joelobi22) on Jun 15, 2018 at 8:54am PDT

After their encounter with Croatia, Gernot Rohr’s side next trade tackles with Iceland before they take on Argentina for their last group D game.