LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Croatia on Thursday defeated highly rated Argentina 3-0 in a Group D match at the ongoing World Cup in Russia. Croatia had in the first group match defeated Nigeria 2-0. Goals by Croatia in the match against Argentina were scored by Rebic, Modric and Raktic. The win by Croatia leaves the Super…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles midfielder, Austin Okocha has slammed Coach Gernot Rohr for his tactical approach in Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Croatia. Okocha also blamed the team’s poor defending which led to the two goals conceded in each half. He added that Mikel was not creative enough in the midfield, adding that the…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has attributed Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the opening match at Kaliningrad to too many mistakes. The Eastern Europeans broke the deadlock in the first half as a Mario Mandzukic’s header was unfortunately steered home by Oghenekaro Etebor. Luka Modric converted a second half penalty to…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria ensured that Africa’s teams went 0-3 at the World Cup as they put on a lifeless display and were duly swatted aside by a Croatia side who ran out 2-0 winners. The defeat leaves the Super Eagles with much to do to escape Group D, particularly with Argentina to come in…