Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong says the team will keep pushing to earn a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, reports Completesports.com.
Nigeria will face the Crocodiles of Lesotho, and neighbours Benin Republic in their last two games of the qualifiers on Friday, and early next week.
Eric Chelle’s side sit in third position in Group C with 11 points three adrift leaders Benin and South Africa.
The West Africans must win their last two games and pray for a favourable result elsewhere to qualify for the global soccer fiesta.
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Troost-Ekong’s Rallying Call
Despite the enormity of the task before the team, Troost-Ekong insisted they will keep pushing to achieve their objective.
“We’re optimistic, and we’re always going to fight till the end,” Troost-Ekong told the Super Eagles media.
“We believe and we’re never going to stop believing, two important games, Friday, the first one, and after that we get back to Nigeria. Our focus now is on Lesotho.
“The boys are in camp, focused, and the spirit is high. It’s been the same for us; we have to win this game. We are very optimistic and focused on the game on Friday.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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Okay captain it is a little bit too late to put on boxing gloves jare……….
In as much as I respect the hard work and commitment of Captain William Ekong, I strongly believe that he should start planning to retire from the Super Eagles of Nigeria immediately after the AFCON tournament in Morocco. He is now very slow, commits major errors that have cost us victory. I am not saying that he can no longer play, but what I mean is that he should concentrate on club football in Saudi Arabia, play for 3 more seasons make some Cool Cash and quietly retire and enjoy life to the fullest. He must not allow the younger players to ruine the good legacy that he has built over the years.
You in particular that has swallowed 6points should do away from showing your face talkless of speaking on behalf of a team that you will score owngoal against. Abi you play betting for owngoal? It is strange how you have the audacity to be speaking on something that you should be begging the nation for repeating. Please and please hide your face and don’t provoke fans that were already making arrangements to travel for the WC. Too much social media and notice me was your biggest undoing. And you don’t seem to have learnt your lessons by staying quiet and dropping that vlog camera.
This is going to be difficult
Captain Ko Too Late Ni.. Ekong is the main reason we are in this predicament as we we should have been on 13 points. now with a better fighting chance and opportunity to even Make 1 of the 2nd best teams if the fight fails now we have no chance because of Mr Captain, Mtcheeww!!!! I blame the Fans and NFF this thing of holding on to players way past their sell by date because they had one good tournament. Is a big reason Nigeria is failing, We did it with Musa and Now WIth Ekong, because I tell you what, If Ekong was French or Spanish or ENglish he would not smell an International game again after the Zimbabwe Calamity talkless of SA Disaster!!!.. Mtcheeew!!!. but No Bro will still be starting in AFCON in December for this Useless country. Go and Convince Tosin Adarabioyoo as we have no better Experienced defender now of Nigerian Origin in Tosin’s Position playing at International level.. But Noo Nigeria will beg no one Okay ooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Ekong the boys will fight only if you stop helping the opposition to steal points away from us, like you did with Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The Boys will fight Ekong, as long as you don’t play these matches, we will have a better fighting chance.