Tremendous Eagles’ captain, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi has admitted that profitable the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations could be an incredible achievement for the group, however harassed that their focus for now could be solely on the subsequent match.
Sports247 stories that the Besiktas of Turkey midfielder additionally disclosed that he goals about turning into a legend of Nigerian soccer, however conceded that reaching such standing can solely come after reaching nice outcomes.
Ndidi recounted the feats of Rashidi Yekini, Daniel Amokachi, Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, and others, all of who he disclosed encourage him to hunt trophies for Nigeria.
The previous Nath Boys of Lagos, RKC Genk of Belgium and Leicester Metropolis of England battler, famous, “They’re nice legends, and we respect them. The one method we will observe them is simply to ship good outcomes.
“They noticed all of it. They have been there earlier than us, and that’s why they count on extra from us. We’ve got no drawback with that, and we’ll carry on making an attempt our greatest on daily basis.
“We’ll preserve making an attempt to enhance as a result of the one reply we can provide is to ship good outcomes. That’s why we wish to get one thing out of this match.”
Nonetheless, whereas stressing the significance of leaving Morocco with the AFCON trophy, Ndidi was fast to affirm that he and his colleagues should give attention to every match at a time, in order that they don’t get distracted.
He added, “It might be one thing else to win this match. Sure, profitable this AFCON shall be actually wonderful.
“We wish to begin dreaming of it, however the actuality for now could be the subsequent sport. We don’t wish to dream concerning the cup or the ultimate and overlook the subsequent sport.”
The skipper, who began as a central defender earlier than he was transformed to a defensive midfielder throughout his days in Belgium, additional averred that the gamers won’t even speak about this yr’s remaining till they finally get there.
Ndidi submitted philosophically, “This subsequent sport will take us to the place we wish to be. So, for now, our essential focus is the subsequent sport on Monday.
“After the subsequent sport, there shall be extra video games earlier than we get to the place we wish to be. So, we shouldn’t dream concerning the cup now and overlook the sport that we’ve got at hand.”
