England and Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy has advised Croatia that the Super Eagles will not be easy to beat when they face them in their 2018 World Cup opener on Saturday at the Kaliningrad Stadium.
Vardy, who was a non-playing substitute as the Three Lions struggled to beat Gernot Rohr’s men 2-1 in a pre-World Cup friendly played two weeks ago at Wembley, believes the Eagles can pose a serious threat when they face the Zlatko Dalić’s men.
Nigeria has never lost or drawn an opening game of the World Cup against European opposition, beating Bulgaria and Spain in 1994 and 1998 respectively.
”Nigeria is a strong team. To play a friendly with them which we played is one thing, playing official game against them is completely different,” Vardy told reporters including Sportske Novosti.
”Croatia is very strong and can win but be careful: It won’t be easy with Nigeria.”
Vardy added: ”Lovren is a great player, a few years already proving this in the Premier League, you can be proud of him”.
The kick off time for the match is 8:00pm
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