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- Nigeria vs Russia is already gathering momentum arsenic the three-time AFCON champions look the European federation successful an planetary friendly
- Russian defender Danil Krugovoy has boasted that his broadside volition spell each the mode to triumph successful beforehand of their location fans
- The highly anticipated brushwood volition connection some teams the accidental to show their advancement and refine strategies
Russian nationalist squad defender Danil Krugovoy has made a beardown connection to Nigeria’s Super Eagles up of their upcoming planetary friendly.
Both teams volition clash astatine Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium connected June 6, and they volition conflict for their respective country's pride.
The highly anticipated fixture is portion of Russia’s summertime friendlies, arsenic they volition besides instrumentality connected Belarus successful Minsk connected June 10.
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Krugovoy, who won the Russian Cup rubric with CSKA Moscow, has expressed unwavering assurance to Match TV up of the showdown with the three-time African champions.
He dismissed concerns astir Nigeria’s attacking prowess and emphasised Russia’s hopeless bid to triumph earlier a packed Luzhniki crowd.
Krugovoy said per All Nigeria Soccer:
"There are nary jitters, we are playing astatine home; Nigeria is simply a bully team, but we are obliged to bushed them."We volition propulsion disconnected from our crippled and effort to win."The Super Eagles volition usage the crippled to measure their mentation for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
For Russia, it volition supply caput manager Valery Karpin and his boys an accidental to show their advancement aft home achievements, Daily Post reports.
Nigeria to miss retired connected cardinal players
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles caput into the brushwood without cardinal players arsenic immoderate person near the campy for idiosyncratic reasons.
After winning the Unity Cup successful London, immoderate members of the squad person excused themselves from the crippled against Russia.
Team skipper Ahmed Musa earlier near to wed his 4th wife, portion Cyriel Dessers is acceptable to wed his sweetheart.
Russia manager wary of Nigeria
Meanwhile, the caput manager of the Russian nationalist shot team, Valery Karpin, has admitted that Nigeria tin nutrient a amended broadside without the beingness of their apical striker, Victor Osimhen.
The World Football Governing Body (FIFA) precocious sanctioned the affable lucifer betwixt some countries, scheduled for Friday, June 6, successful Moscow.
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The Nigerian broadside volition get astatine the affable aft winning the 2025 Unity Cup, with different salient players trying to unafraid a starting garment up of the September 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification matches.
Elisha Showunmi signs nonrecreational contract
Legit.ng earlier reported that English nine West Ham United person announced that Nigerian youngster Elisha Sowunmi has signed his archetypal nonrecreational declaration astatine the nine aft a promising play with the U18s.
Sowunmi joined the West Ham academy arsenic a five-year-old with the U9s radical and played astatine levels up until the U18s, wherever helium had his breakout twelvemonth past season.
He finished the 2024/25 play arsenic the U18s apical scorer with 16 goals and 5 assists, including 2 chapeau tricks, and has been rewarded with his archetypal pro, joining chap Nigeria-eligible prima Emeka Adiele to spell pro.
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