The Super Eagles have settled down at their Sanatorium Istochnik Hotel, Essentuki team base camp at the 2018 World Cup and had their first training (open session) on Tuesday from 5pm Russian time. Essentuki is located in the Stavropol region of southern Russia. There was a brief airport reception coordinated by staff of the Local Organising Committee and the world football-governing body, FIFA. On Tuesday morning, FIFA and LOC conducted the team arrival meeting, ahead of the training session in the evening. The Super Eagles will train again on Wednesday evening, before flying to Kaliningrad on Thursday for their first match of the 2018 World Cup against Croatia on Saturday at the 35,000 –capacity Kaliningrad Arena.

Source: Punch June 12, 2018 23:15 UTC