2018 W/Cup: My Chelsea Teammates Say Nigeria Won’t Make Knockout Rounds – Moses
Super Eagles winger, Victor Moses has said that his teammates at Chelsea have written off Nigeria’s chances of making the knock out stages in next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The Nigerian team were drawn in the Group D of World Cup alongside Argentina for a record fifth time, Croatia and Iceland are also in the group.
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“We keep getting Argentina for some reason” Moses told the UK Mirror.
The 26-year-old also claimed Messi’s Argentine side will be scared of facing the Super Eagles at the tournament next year.
“Argentina are going to be scared of us as well.
“We don’t want to play against Messi, but it is what it is. We’ve got to go and play our football and see what happens.
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“After what Iceland did last year [beating England in the last 16 of the Euros], football nowadays, there’s no easy game.
“It’s all about football at the end of the day.
“Everyone at Chelsea was saying we’re going to get a thrashing and we’re not going to make it through the group stage.
“Hopefully we can go out there and make the nation proud and get out of the group.”
Nigeria will take on Argentina in the last Group fixture on June 26, 2018, at the St. Petersburg Stadium.
