Your strength is in your midfield, so playing with 3 CMs and only one striker (Martins) would be advisable. Also, controlling the game (slow tempo) might overcome your technical weakness, and your midfield should not get bullied off the ball.

With the two Latin countries, control the pace and set tackling to hard, and you should do well. Greece seems the easiest of the group.

To be brutally honest, you have a VERY tough group to get through.
BUT, its still very possible to go far with the Nigerian squad.

Use your star players, Mikel, Yakubu and Martins to your advantage.
Play Martins as a lone striker, or with Yakubu, and let him use his pace to tear down defences. Possibly use him as a target man, with the 'run onto ball' option ticked on.

4 defenders is a must, a defensive midfielder is needed also, and dont focus too much on youth, just use the best at your disposal.

I would definetly reccomend a 4-5-1 or a 4-3-3 with two wingers.

Good luck!

Forza Milan

if i am correct dont u hav a two friendly's free so the first one u should play a weak team such as Iceland or Macedonia and the try and play against a decent team in ur second friendly play teams such as Australia or USA or even Croatia thats my personal view u dont have to do wt i am sayin but when i am normally a national manager thats how i approach major tournaments

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Thanks guys. I'm trying to set a friendly date in March but apparently everyone i've proposed this friendly to is unavailable? Any way of geting someone to play me? It may take me a while to get to the summer as i have Mocks that start on wednesday but ill post up results as soon as i play them.

Just try play a proper crappy team to get the morale up before the world cup so someone like Antigua is recommended

Wow, almost exactly a group from the 1996 WC, but Mexico replaces Bulgaria. Good luck!

Nigeria won the World Cup in my Ireland game