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Nigeria’s players attend a training session at Essentuki Arena in southern Russia on June 20, 2018 during the Russia 2018 World Cup football tournament.<br />/ AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

The Super Eagles had two training sessions yesterday with emphasis on building the players’ stamina and adapting to the expected sweltering heat in Volgograd on Friday.

The Eagles will meet Iceland tomorrow in Volgograd, a city with a temperature akin to what obtains in the northern part of Nigeria.

According to forecasts, the weather in Volgograd is expected to be around 34 degrees Celsius, which will suit the Nigerian players.

It has been an ideal weather for the Eagles this week with the outside temperature at 32 and 34 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and yesterday.

The weather today is…



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