(AFP/Getty Images)Argentina, Iceland, Croatia and Nigeria won’t be dancing on the ceiling.
On first impressions it appears that Group D could be the ‘group of death’ that every World Cup is obliged to have, pitting as it
does two strong European teams, a Nigeria side that cantered through a tough qualifying group and Lionel Messi et al.
Nigeria
The first team to qualify from Africa did so in style, beating Cameroon, Zambia and Algeria in style. Nigeria finished second behind Argentina in 2014 and beat the group leaders in Moscow last month.
With Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Victor Moses among the bright young things in Gernot Rohr’s squad there is certainly reason to believe Nigeria could at least match their best finish in the World Cup by reaching the round of 16.
GROUP D
Argentina
Iceland
Croatia
Nigeria
Fixtures
Saturday, June 16
Argentina vs Iceland (Moscow)
Croatia vs Nigeria (Kaliningrad)
Thursday, June 21
Argentina vs Croatia (Nizhny Novgorod)
Friday, June 22
Nigeria vs Iceland (Volgograd)
Tuesday, June 26
Nigeria vs Argentina (Saint Petersburg)
Iceland vs Croatia (Rostov)
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