Some football fans on Saturday described the Super Eagles opening match at the 2018 FIFA World in Russia as “`unimpressive”.

A former coach of the Super Falcons, Godwin Ozilein, has described as shocking, the Super Eagles 0-2 loss to Croatia in the ongoing World Cup in Russia.

Former Super Eagles midfield maestro, Jay Jay Okocha has blamed the Super Eagles’ 0-2 loss in the Nigeria vs Croatia World Cup game on lack of creativity.

Nigeria vs Croatia – Football fans in Owerri, the Imo capital, have continued to react to the defeat of the Super Eagles at the hands of their Croatian counterparts.

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has stated that his team is out to play good football and gain confindece and they are not under pressure to produce results.

Nigeria vs Croatia : Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr admitted his young team had been “naive” in a 2-0 loss to Croatia in their opening Group D game Saturday, continuing a dismal recent record at World Cups. A Luka Modric penalty 20 minutes from time and a first-half own goal sealed victory for a Croatia side […]

Nigeria’s World Cup hopes ran into traffic yesterday as Croatia overwhelmed the Super Eagles and ran away with a 2-0 win in their group D opener at the Kaliningrad Stadium.

Lionel Messi fluffed his World Cup lines on Saturday, missing a penalty as Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw after France benefited from the first use of the Video Assistant Referee system in tournament history to grind out a victory over Australia.

Egypt’s super striker Mohamed Salah needed help from three teammates pulling on a jersey over his injured shoulder on Saturday, according to AFP reporters at the team’s training camp.

World Cup standings after Saturday’s Group C and Group D matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

A Luka Modric penalty and an own goal from Oghenekaro Etebo gave former semi-finalists Croatia an easy 2-0 win over Nigeria in their World Cup Group D opener on Saturday.

Brazil vs Switzerland: Coach Tite says Neymar is not fully fit but will play some role when the five-time champions open their 2018 World Cup account against Switzerland on Sunday.

Nigeria vs Croatia : German coach Gernot Rohr kept faith in 19-year-old goalkeeper Francis Uzuho as he named an attacking Nigeria line-up for their Group D opener against Croatia in Kaliningrad on Saturday.

Peru vs Denmark : Yussuf Poulsen ruined Peru’s first appearance at a World Cup finals for 36 years on Saturday with the winning goal for Denmark to seal a 1-0 victory in Saransk

Argentine vs Iceland : Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson revealed Saturday how he worked on psyching out Argentine superstar Lionel Messi to make a penalty save that sealed a 1-1 draw with the footballing superpower.