Eagles will fight against Croatia’s stars

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has admitted he has respect for Croatia but

insists his young side will not be overrun by the Europeans when both teams meet

in their World Cup Group D clash on Saturday at the Kaliningrad Stadium , reports

Completesportsnigeria .com .

The Croats have a number of talented individuals in their team with the likes of

Luka Modric , Ivan Rakitic , Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric and Mario Mandzukic

expected to lead the assault against the Eagles .

Nigeria on the other hand will be parading a number a youngsters who will be

playing at the World Cup for the first time.

“ We admire this team (Croatia )

but we do not plan to watch

them when we play against

them , we hope to fight . They

are all wonderful players,

playing in biggest teams in

Europe . On paper , with their

names , they are much better

than us , ” Rohr stated while

addressing reporters on

Wednesday at his team ’ s

training base in Essentuki .

“ But sometimes on the pitch , it

could be different. We don ’ t

have their big stars , but we try

to play collectively with our young team . ”

The German coach also provided updates on right - back TyronneEbuehi , who

suffered a nose bleed in Tuesday ’ s training , and also passed a clean bill of health

on the other players .

“ He ’ s fit and there are no injury problems in the team , ” Rohr stated