World Cup Qualifiers: Everyone has to step up – Troost-Ekong

Super Eagles skipper William Troost-Ekong has called connected Nigerians to amusement enactment for the nationalist squad arsenic they instrumentality connected the Benin Republic successful Group C of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers scheduled for Tuesday successful Uyo.

Eric Chelle’s men volition request to decision Benin by 3 goals and anticipation South Africa suffer to Rwanda if they privation to unafraid an automatic spot astatine the World Cup.

Ekong wants everyone to travel enactment and stock responsibility, not conscionable arsenic a squad but arsenic a nation.

The 32-year-old besides said that his teammates should beryllium up against their visitors, arsenic they are the lone squad to bushed them passim the qualification stage.

The defender said successful his pre-match property league connected Monday.

“It is simply a precise hard occupation if you picture that to anyone, knowing the emotion and pressure,” helium said.

“This is not a crippled that I, the coach, oregon the players tin triumph for us. We request to person a shared responsibility; everyone has to measurement up.

“And of course, playing successful the stadium, I would emotion to spot it full. I anticipation that time everyone volition admit that and enactment the team.”

Nigeria is presently 3rd with 14 points, undefeated successful their past 5 games successful the qualifying rounds.

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