Troost-Ekong: Our target is three points here in Abidjan
Super Eagles captain, William Troos-Ekong says the Nigeria senior national team’s only one focus is to win and get all three points when they face the Cheetahs of Republic of Benin in their penultimate qualifying group game of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
‘The stadium is a familiar one for us and we have good memories from the AFCON. We will rather focus on the positive results we have taken away from here and work hard for another good day in the office on Thursday.
‘It is not going to be easy because the Beninoise are also chasing a ticket to the final tournament. However, our objective is clear: three points on the night,’ Captain Ekong said on Tuesday in Abidjan.
With 10 points from four matches, seven goals for and none against, and top of their Group D, the Eagles will walk with an extra bounce into the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the facility where they upended the aspirations of Guinea Bissau, Cameroon and Angola at the 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cote d’Ivoire earlier in the year.
It was also the venue where in the summer, they were slated by two goals to one by the Cheetahs (who have been forced by lack of a CAF-approved facility in their country to adopt Abidjan as home) in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying game in which they scored first.
