Ex-Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo, has urged the team to focus on their first game rather than dream of the FIFA World Cup final.
The three-time African giants begin their Group D campaign against Croatia in Kaliningrad, before taking on Iceland then Argentina.
Yobo, Nigeria’s joint-most-capped player of all-time, believes Gernot Rohr’s men shouldn’t be carried away by talks of reaching the final.
“It should be one game at a time,” the ex-Everton defender told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“You don’t go to the World Cup and be dreaming of playing in the Final when you are not done with what you have right before you first in the group stage.
“Win your first game first, and prepare for the next one without thinking of the third game. It should be one at a time. I don’t think it is good to lose the first game and begin to panic.
“If the Super Eagles can win the first game, the confidence and quality will build and Nigerians will see the quality in them as the competition progresses.”
