Following the 30-15 loss to the All Blacks last Saturday, Lions assistant coach Andy Farrell admits the side has to look within to get the result tonight.
"It is about character this week for us. It is about manning up and putting everything on the line. It is that situation, isn’t it? It is do or die for us.
"These guys are a little bit hurt in the way the game went last week. We will see how we go this week.
"We have had a lot more time to reflect and view and put the first test to bed. The boys, you could see a real ownership in what they want to achieve and they have done that very well."
Farrell said people should not read too much into bringing Johnny Sexton into the pivot position and moving Owen Farrell out one to second five-eighth.
"A lot had been made about the axis, if you want to call it [that], but it is about the bigger picture. It is about the team, it is about having another experienced voice and ears out there. These guys have been very close for the last five or six weeks and it has been seamless."
Farrell said the entire squad was behind the team and it had been like that since the start of the tour.
He was expecting more variety from the All Blacks than the direct approach favoured by the home side last week.
"They are the masters of not doing the same thing twice. The physicality will be the same as the last test match. But we’ve got to be ready for all of that.
"I did not think our energy was good enough last week. We were our worst enemy. The amount of times we had the All Blacks where we wanted them but we let them away far too easily."
Lions loosehead prop Mako Vunipola would be returning to his roots when he runs out tonight, having been born in the capital in 1991.
He said yesterday he had dreamed of wearing the All Black jersey when growing up and had been nicknamed "Olo Brown" by his father, Fe’ao, when growing up.
He had moved to Wales at a young age, as his father played rugby there, and eventually moved to England, where his career took off.
Vunipola said the side was wounded by the loss last weekend and had to challenge the All Blacks better than last week.
"We have to put on a better performance. We have had a look at the game from last week and looked to improve on it. You can’t just ignore it," Vunipola said.
"Ball-winning was an issue ... but the biggest focus for us was they took us on up front and got the better of us. So we have to improve on that."