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Ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match, Super Eagles stand-in captain William Troost-Ekong has acknowledged not knowing much about Libya.
The Super Eagles are set to face Libya home and away ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.
The first-leg tie will be played at Uyo Township Stadium before Nigeria travels to Libya for the second leg.
Augustine Eguavoen’s side will be without their in-form striker, Victor Osimhen, who picked up an injury against Kasimpasa in the Turkish League.
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Troost-Ekong said in his interview with SoccerBytes that they need to adequately prepare before facing the North African team because not much is known about them.
The captain said, "Every game is a tough game, playing in Africa is never easy and I know they're in town now, so they are taking preparations serious.
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"I don't know too much about them, individually as players but we are going to doing video meeting about them
"Last time we played against them in 2018, I believe so. The team has changed a lot, I am not sure it is the same players, we have changed a lot since then but I know it is going to be a difficult game.
"Any team that wants to play against Nigeria will want to play a good game, we have to make sure we are ready."
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The two countries have faced off five times, with the most recent encounter occurring in 2018 before any of the current Super Eagles players had received caps.
Super Eagles players showed up at Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday in preparation for their match against Libya.
Wilfred Ndidi, Victor Boniface, Samuel Chukwueze, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Frank Onyeka, Raphael Onyedika, and Benjamin Tanimu all landed in Uyo for the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
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