The African champions that comes from losing to Argentina 3-2, looms as the biggest test for the French defense in the tournament so far.
"Les Blues" looking to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006, when they arrived at that instance in Germany and ended up losing the final against Italy. Nigeria is in its first phase of ticket to the top eight.
Before the game, a dispute arose regarding the payment of bonuses to players fromNigeria, who even amagaron with a strike. The case was settled on Thursday night with the intervention of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who spoke to the helmsmanStephen Keshi and Captain Joseph Yobo.
The lawsuit pointed to the internal dispute occurred four years ago in the French team,whose players threatened not to train. Resolved their claims, Nigerians began to psychin French and how men and neutralize Benzema.
The clash at the National Stadium in Brasilia is presented as an opportunity for the RealMadrid striker ratify the strength he exhibited in the first two games of pool play, in which he scored three goals to beat Honduras and Switzerland.
The forward is tied
for the third box of the
scoring charts with four players and behind theColombian James Rodriguez (5), the Brazilian Neymar (4), Lionel Messi (4) and the
German Thomas Muller (4).
