“Everyone was upset about the last game against Madagascar so I think everyone has that extra motivation. It’s do or die because we know we have to do everything to stay in the tournament,” Troost-Ekong told reporters on Friday ahead of the last-16 tie. “We’ve been in this situation before when we’ve lost games when we might have been favourites beforehand. So we have to be very driven to show Nigeria and Africa that we feel otherwise. If you need motivation for this game you’re probably not in the right mindset.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2019 10:30 UTC