Nigerian Football
BRITISH NEWSPAPER RATES SUPER EAGLES’ WORLD CUP KIT AS THE BEST
BY BOLAJI OKUNOLA.
British tabloid, Daily Mail has reported positive reception of the Nigeria’s World Cup kit unveiled in London on Wednesday. The kit is made by US sportswear manufacturers, Nike. Headlined “Football fans all over the world rush to show love for Nigeria’s “beautiful: World Cup 2018 kit’, the report has it that football fans have rushed to social media to show their love for Nigeria’s 2018 World Cup kit.
A wide range of Super Eagles’ 2018 World Cup kit
With the unveiling of the Super Eagles’ kit, 20 of the 32 World Cup-bound squads have revealed what their teams will wear. The newspaper rates Nigeria’s kit as best so far among the 20 already unveiled.
Those already unveiled include that of England which incidentally is also manufactured by Nike. Nigeria’s rating, according to the newspaper, is measured by the volume of positive feedback on Twitter.
Alex Iwobi is the poster boy for the Supper Eagles’ home kit. The forest green away strip has Mikel Obi. The choice of Iwobi is possibly informed by the fact that it was his heroic strike on October 9, 2017 that earned Nigeria the World Cup qualification.