Tremendous Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has assured Nigerians that the workforce will strategy Tuesday’s essential FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier towards South Africa with confidence however with out conceitedness.
The skilled defender emphasised that Nigeria’s focus stays firmly on securing most factors in Bloemfontein because the race for qualification heats up. He harassed that whereas the Tremendous Eagles respect the energy of their opponents, they won’t enable complacency or overconfidence to have an effect on their efficiency.
“Our strategy might be devoid of conceitedness; we’ll play with stage heads and go all out for victory,” Ekong stated. “There might be no conceitedness, however we won’t be diffident both. We all know what’s at stake and we’re prepared.”
The Nigeria captain, who was named Man of the Competitors on the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire, defined that the workforce will not be dwelling on previous encounters. Nigeria edged South Africa on penalties within the semi-final of that event, however Ekong insists this fixture is a brand new problem totally.
“We defeated them on the Africa Cup, however that’s up to now,” he famous. “Each groups have made modifications since then, and it is a totally different battle. South Africa is an effective workforce we respect, however we simply should play our recreation.”
The central defender reaffirmed that Nigeria’s final ambition stays qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by america, Canada, and Mexico. “Our goal has not modified; we need to go to the World Cup finals subsequent 12 months,” he concluded.
The highly-anticipated conflict on the Free State Stadium guarantees to be a fierce contest, as each nations search to achieve a bonus in Group C.
