The Super Eagles on Monday left their Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria to Russia for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals.
This would be the Eagles’ sixth appearance in seven finals since making a memorable debut in the USA in 1994.
The Eagles emerged from an appropriately –styled ‘Group of Death’ in the African qualifying series and became the first African team to reach the finals in Russia.
Nigeria has played against Argentina, Poland, Serbia, DR Congo, England and Czech Republic in friendlies, winning two, drawing one and losing three.