The number of Croatian fans at the Kaliningrad Stadium made it feel like the match with Nigeria was taking place in Croatia, Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr said on Saturday.
Nigeria lost 2-0 to Croatia in their opening Group D game of the World Cup.
“It was a match like in Croatia," Rohr told reporters when asked if the number of Croatian fans put pressure on Nigeria.
"But what I like is the quality of our supporters who are coming from so far away. And you know that it is not the number of the supporters that is important, it is the quality of the supporters."
Nigeria will face Iceland on Friday in Volgograd, and will finish their group campaign against Argentina on June 26.
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