Jonas Azevedo Mendes Jonas Azevedo Mendes, the Captain of the Guinea Bissau national team, has mentioned that his group would rather ‘die’ than lose the match against the Nigerian Super Eagles arranged for Wednesday, January 19.

Mendes, who is the group’s first-choice goalkeeper stated they will be out in full force to battle the Super Eagles for a victory.

Asked if there was any particular player in the Eagles team they were targeting, Mendes said, “we know Nigeria is a good team. It will be an error to target any specific player. We are facing all of them with equivalent attention,” he said.Raised in Portugal, the goalkeeper has invested most of his playing career in the 3rd tier of Portuguese football. ToriNG