Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong says he is happy with the team’s performance against the Rwanda in Tuesday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Afrosport reports.
The three-time African champions has the better chances in the game but were denied by astute defending and goalkeeping.
Speaking after the game, Troost-Ekong stayed: “I’m proud of the team, it’s always difficult to play away from home, not the best conditions, the pitch was not good enough.
“I think we put in a good performance, we created a lot of chances, we could have scored two, three four goals. I think we have to look at that objectively and say it was a positive.
“Now we have four points from our first two games, I think we should be happy.”
The Super Eagles will now shift their next month’s double header against Libya and Troost-Ekong wants the seal qualification for the finals in Morocco next year.
“We continue, we said we want to qualify for the AFCON. We are on a course of doing that. Two positive results. Our next two games against Libya, we want to seal the deal,” he added.
“We will go into those games with more seriousness. For now we have to focus on our clubs and back in October we hope everyone will be fit and give the coach a selection headache.”
NAIJA THANK YOU! 🇳🇬 PROUD OF THIS TEAM pic.twitter.com/KM1zZPV9v8
— William Troost-Ekong (M.O.N) (@WTroostEkong) September 10, 2024
Nigeria top Group D of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers with four points, one clear of Benin while Rwanda and Libya have two points and one point.
