{"id":16651,"date":"2019-10-12T17:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16651"},"modified":"2019-10-12T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:48:10","slug":"what-troost-ekong-said-ahead-of-brazil-friendly-udinese-star-to-captain-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/what-troost-ekong-said-ahead-of-brazil-friendly-udinese-star-to-captain-eagles","title":{"rendered":"What Troost-Ekong Said Ahead Of Brazil Friendly; Udinese Star To Captain Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Football Federation<\/a> have confirmed that Udinese defender William Troost-Ekong will captain the Super Eagles when they take on Brazil in a glamour friendly in Singapore on Sunday evening local time.<\/p>\n

The former Tottenham Hotspur youth-teamer has insisted that the Super Eagles are not scared of facing the South Americans and are drawing inspiration from the performance of Senegal who held the five-time world champions to a 1-1 draw on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Troost-Ekong will have a new defensive partner against Brazil, with Brighton’s Leon Balogun and Leganes’ Kenneth Omeruo not summoned for the game as a result of fitness issues.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Troost-Ekong said : ”Brazil is a top team, probably the best team in the world. But Senegal gave them a good fight on Thursday. We can pick some inspiration from that performance when we play the Brazilians on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“It will be tough because they will want to win at least one game against an African team on this tour, but we will also want to take something off them”.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s encounter starts at 2000 hours Singapore time (1300 hours Nigeria time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that Udinese defender William Troost-Ekong will captain the Super Eagles when they take on Brazil in a glamour friendly in Singapore on Sunday evening local time. 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