Shugaban Hukumar NSC, Bukola Olopade
‘Kashi da Algeria zai yi ban sha’awa’
Darakta Janar na Hukumar Wasanni ta kasa (NSC), Bukola Olopade, ya ji dadin yadda Super Eagles ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika da ake yi a Morocco.
Da yake magana da The Guardian, a jiya, Olopade ya ce: “Na yi farin ciki da tikitin wasan kwata fainal, kodayake har yanzu akwai ayyuka da yawa a gaba. Ina farin ciki da ingancin aiki da shugaban ya yi. koci Eric Chelle ya yi. Tun bayan da ya karbi ragamar jagorancin Super Eagles ya samu kwanciyar hankali musamman a harin. Na yi farin ciki cewa duk maharan namu za su iya zura kwallo a raga a yanzu, kuma su taimaka wa juna.
“Shugabancin Wilfred Ndidi yana da kyau kuma ina yaba masa, gaba daya Super Eagles sun yi kyau sosai, kuma ina fatan za su ci gaba da rike shi har sai Najeriya ta lashe kofin AFCON a nan Morocco,” in ji Olopade.
Da yake kallon wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a birnin Marrakesh, Olopade ya ce: “A yammacin yau Talata, za mu san abokiyar karawarmu ta kusa da karshe tsakanin Aljeriya da DR Congo. Zai zama abin sha’awa idan aka sake karawa ‘yan uwan juna da DR Congo.”
Yayin da Algeria ta doke Najeriya a wasan kusa da na karshe a Masar 2019 AFCON a birnin Alkahira, DR Congo ta dakatar da Super Eagles a karshen shekarar da ta gabata a Morocco a gasar cin kofin duniya ta CAF na 2026. Najeriya na jiran sakamakon zaben karar da aka shigar akan rashin cancanta wasu ‘yan wasan DR Congo a cikin wannan Playoff.
Ga Olopade, wani karawa da DR Congo a Morocco zai kasance wani shiri mai ban sha’awa don kallo.
“Ko da, idan har ya zama Aljeriya, zai kasance wasa mai ban sha’awa a Marrakesh saboda Algeria ce ta tsayar da mu a wasan kusa da na karshe a Masar 2019 AFCON,” in ji Olopade.
A halin da ake ciki, Ademola Lookman ya hau littafin tarihin Najeriya na gasar cin kofin Afrika bayan da ya nuna bajinta a wasan da Super Eagles ta doke Mozambique da ci 4-0 a Fes a daren ranar Litinin.
Dan wasan gaba na Atalanta ya zura kwallo daya kuma ya taimaka aka zura kwallaye biyu a wasan zagaye na 16, inda ya zura kwallaye shida a raga kuma ya taimaka a wasanni 10 kacal a gasar ta AFCON.
Wannan dawowar da aka yi na ci 11 a raga ya sanya Lookman a matsayi na biyu a tarihin Najeriya, bayan fitaccen dan wasan nan Rashidi Yekini, wanda ya yi rajista 15 (ci 13 da ci biyu).
Tashi na Lookman yana nuna irin tasirin da yake da shi a fagen wasan nahiya, bayan da a yanzu ya ba da takamaimai gudummuwa a wasannin baya-baya.
Dangane da zura kwallo a raga kadai, dan wasan mai shekaru 27 ya kuma haura mataki na uku a gasar cin kofin AFCON na Najeriya.
Kwallon da ya ci karo na shida, a cikin minti na 20 da fara wasa ta hannun Alex Iwobi ya taimaka masa, ya sa shi rama da Segun Odegbami da Julius Aghahowa.
Yekini mai shekaru 13 da Austin Jay-Jay Okocha mai shekaru bakwai ne kawai suka ci wa Super Eagles kwallaye a gasar.
Victor Osimhen ya zura kwallaye biyu a daren ranar Litinin, yayin da Adam Akor shi ma ya yi rajistar sunansa a jerin ‘yan wasan da suka zira kwallaye, yayin da Najeriya ta shiga cikin kundin tarihi, inda ta tsallake zuwa zagayen gab da na kusa da na karshe a karo na 12 tun bayan da aka fara wannan mataki a shekarar 1992. Yanzu dai Najeriya ta samu shiga gasar. ta samu nasara ta 62 a gasarna biyu ne kawai ga Masar ta 63.
