Atalanta of Italy winger, Ademola Lookman has admitted that he and his colleagues within the Tremendous Eagles anticipate to face a harder opponent within the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
Sports247 experiences {that a} 4-0 spanking of Mozambique on Monday took Nigeria into the last-eight stage of the continued continental showpiece, and Lookman acknowledged that issues are certain to be twice as troublesome.
He then assured that each one gamers within the Nigerian squad are decided to excel collectively, at the same time as he performed down his second man of the match award and third purpose of the competitors.
The previous Charlton Athletic, Everton, Fulham and Leicester Metropolis of England winger declared, “I’m simply fascinated with the crew and what we’re doing collectively. We scored 4 targets, however our subsequent opponents will likely be one other sturdy crew.
“We simply hope we get one other huge efficiency for the crew, and I’m blissful for the help we’re getting right here in Morocco.
“It’s not straightforward to place up such a efficiency and, clearly, the expectation is excessive on us. For us to maintain the momentum and identical mentality, we’ll hope for extra help in our subsequent sport.”
Lookman concluded by recalling the ache of failing to qualify for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup and, although he confessed that it may possibly by no means be forgotten, the in-form dazzler pressured that each one consideration for now could be solely on their upcoming quarter-finals fixture.
“The frustration of not qualifying for the World Cup remains to be there, and there’s nothing we are able to do about that. However, now now we have certified for the quarter-finals of the AFCON.
“So, we focus now on the following huge crew we’ll play towards. That’s the one factor that we are actually specializing in,” Lookman pressured.
