African champions, Nigeria will battle potential exhaustion from extensive travel during the group stage of the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals in Brazil.
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The Super Eagles will face Group F opponents, Iran, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina in Curitiba, Cuiabá and Porto Alegre respectively.
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Stephen Keshi's men will make a trip of 1,726 kilometres from Curitiba (venue of their first group game against Iran on June 16) to Cuiabá where they will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina in their second group game on June 21.
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Four days later, the Nigerian contingent will then embark on an even longer journey that will involve the navigation of 2,145 kilometres from Cuiabá to Porto Alegre where they will be saddled with the task of stopping the Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina.
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Overall, the Nigerian team will be expected to cover 3,871 kilometres for their group games alone.
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In 2010, the Nigerian team covered just 950 kilometres for their three group games against Argentina, Greece and South Korea in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Durban respectively.
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Meanwhile, Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Mba acknowledges that the trips in Brazil will be grueling but does not believe it will adversely affect the players.
By the grace of God they will pull through. They have to put up their best performance
They did all this at the Confederations Cup too so they should be more used to it now. They can cope