Kapitan dan kociyan kungiyar Super Eagles ta Nijeriya, William Troost-Ekong, ya amince da matsalar da kungiyar ke fuskanta a wajen set pieces bayan sun sha kashi a wasan da suka taka da Rwanda a gasar neman tikitin shiga gasar AFCON 2025.
Troost-Ekong ya bayyana haka a wata taron manema labarai bayan wasan, inda ya ce kwai ya yi kasa a wajen kare set pieces, wanda hakan ya sa suka ciwa kwallaye biyu daga Rwanda.
“Yes, you’re right, and I take responsibility,” ya ce Troost-Ekong. “As captain and the last man at the back, I know we should have done better. Free kicks, like other set-piece situations, can trouble any team, and I think that’s what happened today,” in ji shi.
Kungiyar Super Eagles ta Nijeriya ta fara wasan ne a gida, inda ta ci kwallo ta farko ta wasan ta hanyar Samuel Chukwueze, amma ta ciwa kwallaye biyu daga Ange Mutsinzi da Innocent Nshuti.
Troost-Ekong ya ce suna da aikin su ya yi wajen kare set pieces, musamman bayan da suka fuskanci irin wadannan matsaloli a wasanninsu na karshe biyu da Benin Republic da Rwanda.
“We have to take responsibility for the two goals conceded through set pieces in two games, it’s something that we have to work on and I think when we have some changes to in the team, we see some different balls,” in ji Troost-Ekong.
