Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong said so far no games has been easy for the team at the African Cup of Nations tournament.
As they clash with Angola on Friday in the quarter-final tie Troost-Ekong urged his teammates to gear up for a tougher battle.
“There haven’t been easy games here,” Troost-Ekong told thenff.com
“We have played Equatorial Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and Cameroon, and none has turned out to be a picnic.
“From the quarter-finals, it will be a lot tougher because all the teams will believe they are good enough for the trophy.
He added the team players have been discussing among ourselves what we have to do.
“There is no resting on our oars. We saw Guinea eliminate Equatorial Guinea that emerged the best team of the group phase.
” Football is like that. We must be alert for the entire period and do our best to convert the chances that we create.”
Also speaking added:
“It is going to be a difficult game, like the ones against Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon, and even Equatorial Guinea. We must be at our best and focus on the prize.”
