Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong says the team won’t give up in their fight to secure a place at the 2026 World FIFA World Cup, reports Completesports.com.
Eric Chelle’s men sit in fourth position in Group C with seven points from
The Bafana Bafana of South Africa extended their lead over the Super Eagles to nine points after edging past Lesotho 3-0 on Friday.
Troost-Ekong Up For The Test
Despite the enormity of the task before the team, Troost-Ekong insisted that they will keep fighting to achieve their objective.
“Our desire, and willingness to play at the World Cup is still the same. We know what it is to play in a big tournament like the World Cup. I was part of the team in Russia 2018, and it was a memorable experience,” Troost-Ekong told a press conference.
“I know everyone is willing to give their best on the field tomorrow. We know we have to keep fighting, and not give up.
“We will give our best from the first minute, and give our all on the pitch. It’s important for us to beat Rwanda.
The coach has told us to focus on the game against Rwanda, and not think beyond that.”
Playing For The Fans
Troost-Ekong believed the fans have a role to play against the Amavubi.
“We know the fans will come out in large numbers to support the team. We are expecting a full house,” added Troost-Ekong.
“The most important thing is for us not to disappoint them. We must do our best to make them happy.”
By Adeboye Amosu in Uyo
3 Comments
It is yourself and your others players that you are deceiving not us.
You blew it all by that last game where you guys play draw. What were you ppl even thinking?
The stock and value of you guys too will go down, infact after afcon most of you guys should never near eagels again.
Don’t mind him. He will end up committing one useless mistake again.
In fact, I am sorry to say, South Africa deserves to qualify for the world cup..They have done better and they are more committed. It’s just that they can’t really give Africa a worthy representation.
These Nigerian players are the ones putting themselves into this type of situation.
All the same I wish Nigeria best of club.
Well, we should not write ourselves off just yet. We can’t give up now that the final whistle is not yet blown. Everything is still possible in the game of football. I think over confidence and pride will be South Africa’s undoing. This is football, never say never! I still believe that there would be a historic turn around. Let’s just believe, the super eagles have a history of bouncing back strongly especially when written off. Remember in 2013 we won afcon??? At the end of the group stages, our next opponent was An Ivorian team which was in form and had a good run in the group stages while we had a miserable nail biting experience during same. As a result, the nff secretly went and booked return tickets for the team and prepared keshi’s sack letter bcs they felt the super eagles had no business playing in the knock out stages but guess what???, the super eagles just turned the game on its head and blazed the trail to the finals and Eventually won the cup to the amazement and shock of the whole world! It can still happen again, let us just believe and be positive. The turn around would start with today’s match and then it will continue. Fifa would eventually dock points from south Africa which will eventually work to our own advantage. Don’t forget that the super eagles is a strong brand in world football and fifa would rather want Nigeria to qualify than south Africa.