Musa targets victory against Croatia, Iceland

Ahmed Musa says Nigeria must target six points if they are to qualify from the group of death at the
World Cup.

The Leicester City winger, who is joined in the Super Eagles squad by his City team-mates Wilfred Ndidi
and Kelechi Iheanacho, believes Nigeria will top the group that also includes Argentina, Croatia and
Iceland, but they must target wins over the latter two before facing Argentina in a group decider to
achieve their goal.

“’We need a maximum,” he said. “I think we need six points. The plan is to win the first two games.”

However, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is worried about Musa’s stamina ahead of his side’s opener
against Croatia on Saturday.

The former Bayern Munich defender has expressed his concerns that the Ramadan fasting, which ends on
Thursday, will affect his performance in the game with the Croats.

“For the first game, it will not be easy to put it away,” said Rohr to the German Press Agency.

”The energy loss is difficult to balance in such a short time. We’ll probably log it into the first
game.”

During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating any food and drinking from sunrise to sunset; travellers
can be exempted from fasting but they should make up for lost fast days later.