Musa defect Iceland by 2-0

• Nigeria won their first match of Russia 2018, defeating tournament newcomers
• Ahmed Musa scored both goals for the Super Eagles

Nigeria got their first win of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ by beating competition debutants Iceland 2-0 in Volgograd. The outcome implies the race for second place in Group D will go down to the keep going amusement on 26 June. Eventually, three groups will go after a spot in the Round of 16 on the last day, with the Super Eagles still ready to top the pool in front of effectively qualified Croatia.

The saint of the match was without a doubt Ahmed Musa, who woke up in the second half and played brilliantly, scoring both Nigerian objectives. His first complete specifically will unquestionably live long in the memory as one of the objectives of the competition: he controlled Victor Moses' cross with one touch, setting himself up for a relentless half-volley with his second. Both Musa's strikes were warmly gotten by the group at the Volgograd Arena, a considerable lot of whom know about the striker from his spells at CSKA Moscow.

Curiously, while the Super Eagles took control in the second half, in the primary they neglected to enroll a solitary shot on focus on Hannes Halldorsson's objective. The Icelanders verged on narrowing the deficiency towards the finish of the match, however their principle star Gylfi Sigurdsson spurned a radiant shot from the punishment spot.

Group columnist examination 
Annette Braun with Nigeria 
Nigeria attempted to make obvious possibilities in the primary half. After Ahmed Musa's two objectives, Gernot Rohr's amazingly youthful group picked up a considerable measure of certainty from their assaulting endeavors, in any case. This will help them for the urgent last amusement against Argentina on Tuesday. Nigeria have it in their own hands presently to progress to the Round of 16. That is everything they could have requested.

Petur Hreinsson with Iceland 
After a decent first half, Iceland appeared a little shell-stunned after the primary objective they yielded. One of the group's most perilous weapons, the long toss in, betrayed the Icelandic players and found them napping. It was an up-slope fight after the objective and the Nigerians had the higher vitality levels to finish off the diversion.

Budweiser Man of the Match ​ 
Ahmed Musa not just scored a twofold of every a pivotal gathering stage diversion yet additionally turned into the primary Nigerian in history to score at two FIFA World Cups.

The detail 
3 - Iceland are the third World Cup debutants from Europe to have confronted Nigeria at the competition, and on each event the Eagles have risen triumphant, after triumphs against Greece (2-0) in 1994 and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1-0) in 2014.

What's straightaway 
Iceland v Croatia (Group D, 26 June, Rostov-on-Don)
Nigeria v Argentina (Group D, 26 June, Saint Petersburg)