The Super Eagles held an emergency meeting behind under-fire Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr on Monday night as they endeavor to turn things around their problematic position at the Russia 2018 World Cup in front of their next fixtures against Iceland on Friday.
Nigeria are in grave danger of an early World Cup exit subsequent to opening their battle in the competition with a 2-0 trashing to Croatia in Kaliningrad on Saturday. The three-time African champions must win the clash at Volgograd Arena to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the second round of the championship.
A worse than average Croat side fired by La Liga stars Lukas Modric and Ivan Rakitc ran out winners after a simple Nigerian team neglected to manage dead ball circumstances.
New Stoke City midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo, who was the sparkling light in the hapless Rohr's side, incidentally directed the ball into his own net, while William Troost-Ekong gave away an unnecessary penalty coverted by the Man-of-Match Real Madrid midfielder Modric.
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