Iniesta Congratulates Nigeria On Qualifying For World Cup, Mikel Commends Costa Rica

Published: November 30, 2017
Iniesta Congratulates Nigeria On Qualifying For World Cup, Mikel Commends Costa Rica Barcelona captain Andrés Iniesta has congratulated Nigeria on qualifying for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia, ahead of Friday's draw in the Russian capital Moscow.

As reported by the official Fifa World Cup Twitter account, thirty two players from each team participating in the 2018 World Cup recorded video congratulations to each other in different languages.

While Iniesta congratulated the Super Eagles, the captain of the national team John Obi Mikel commended Costa Rica for qualifying for their fifth World Cup.

Neymar, Toni Kroos, Eric Dier, Robert Lewandowski, Nemanja Matić, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Luka Modrić were among the selected players that congratulated other qualified countries on behalf of their teams.

The ceremony of the World Cup draw will take place on Friday, December 1 at 1800 hours Moscow time in the State Kremlin Palace.

The Super Eagles are in pot four along with Serbia, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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