Super Eagles players are N166M richer for winning Iceland at the World Cup on Friday.Each of the 23 players will be paid $20,000 about (N7M) by the Chieftains of the Nigeria Football federation.
It will definitely be party time after the World cup for the three times-African Champion if they they eventually get to the round of 16 in Russia.
They will have to overcome Lionel Messi’s led Argentina on Tuesday to progress beyond the group stage of the tournament.
The Eagles lost their first match against Croatia but won Iceland in the second match with Ahmend Musa scoring both goals.
Nigeria started the second half after a goalless first 45 minutes with verve and urgency. And it led to Musa’s sublime opener in the 49th minutes after a pull out from Victor Moses down the right flank. Musa controlled the ball nicely before firing into the net.
Moments after hitting the bar, Musa found the back of the net in the 75th minute with Leon Balogun laying a superb pass to Musa sprinted dashed past Arnason, rounding goalkeeper Halldorsson to fire into an empty net.
With the 2-0 win over Iceland the Group D is wide open! Though Croatia is through – but a big showdown between Argentina and Nigeria beckons on Tuesday.