Nigeria defender, Semi Ajayi has urged the Super Eagles not to joke ahead of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) round of 16 clash with Cameroon on Saturday night.
Ajayi urged Jose Peseiro’s side to be ready to fight for everything and beat their opponents.
According to him, that is the only way they can win the tournament in Ivory Coast.
“We can’t give up, we are fighting for our country. The aim is to win the tournament and we can only achieve that by beating others,” Ajayi was quoted by Sporting Life as saying.
“We know how important the knock stages are, we can’t joke with it. We need to be ready to fight for everything.”
He added, “It is coming [the goals], you can see from the number of chances we created in the final third.
“We getting closer and closer. Once things click, we will start adding goals to our game.”
Nigeria vs Cameroon: We can’t joke – Ajayi makes demand from Super Eagles
