Super Eagles, the
acclaimed most well dressed team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, left Austria
their final training camp for Russia on Monday, 11th June. It is three days to the kick off of the World
cup and five days to Nigeria's first match against Croatia.
The team before heading
to the world cup made the headlines after becoming one of the first teams to
qualify edging out the likes of Cameroon and Algeria. The Gernot Rohr tutored
side also played a couple of friendly matches considered very unimpressive in
some quarters especially their outing against England at Wembley and Czech Republic
in Austria.
They lost both matches but the back to back
defeat appear to have partly been overshadowed by the country's jersey to the
world cup which did not hit the headline with a storm but arrested the interest
of not only football fans but even those with soft spot for fashion and even
musicians alike. Nike who produced the
jersey even confessed that the jersey was an instant hit with reported three
million request already on made even before the outfit was launched.
As if that was not
enough the Eagles again kissed the headlines after stepping out in their
traditional attire for the trip to Russia
The outfit reminds you
of a well tailored Aso-Ebi for a gorgeous and typical African wedding. Latest report indicate that many fans heading
to the world cup and who have been caught in the bug of the Super Eagles jersey
have signified interest in going home with one the outfits to serve as special souvenir
from Russia 2018.
Most analysts have submitted
that the John Obi-Mikel Captained side has become fan favorites even before the
start of the World Cup.
The fact that the outfit
even have African touch also tickled the fancy many fans.One fan wrote on
Twitter: 'Love the fact you guys aren't going in suit. We are Africans. We dress
like one to Russia. Goodluck.'
Nike explained after the
kit's February release that they wanted to 'tap into the attitude of the
nation', with a brief nod to their World Cup debut at the 1994 tournament in
the USA.
The demand for the green
zig-zagged home shirts was so high, that some were being sold online at a
resale price of £300.
They will hope their
performance in Russia will match their creative ambition in kit designs,
though, and will need to improve upon their efforts in warm-up defeats by
England and Czech Republic.
They enter the
competition as one of the lowest ranked sides, 48th in the FIFA rankings. When
the team files out against Croatia in their opening match on June 16 at the
Kalingrade Stadium spectators will first be thrilled by the jersey before
settling down to see how the team will attempt to checkmate their opponents.
That tie will be
followed by a clash with Iceland Iceland at the Volgograd and finally against
Argentina at the St Petersburg.
The prayer among
Nigerians is that the Eagles should do well in Russia but should they fail to
fly for whatever reason, it will be safe to say they went saw and at least made
a fashion statement.
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