Kyaftin din Desert Foxes na Aljeriya, Riyadh Mahrez, ya sha alwashin hukunta ‘yan wasan Super Eagles idan damar da ta samu a gasar. Wasan Kwata Fainal na AFCON a ranar Asabar a Marrakech, Morocco.
Wannan wasan yana dauke da karin hankali, kasancewar maimaita wasan kusa da na karshe na AFCON na 2019 a Masar. A waccan fafatawar da ba za a manta da ita ba, Mahrez ne da kansa ya fito a matsayin gwarzo, inda ya zura kwallo a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Daniel Akpeyi, kuma ana cikin haka, ya samu nasarar doke Algeria da ci 2-1 a filin wasa na Alkahira.
Kwallon da aka zura a ragar Aljeriya daga karshe ta kai ga daukar kofin da ake nema. Ƙwaƙwalwar wannan lokacin babu shakka yana daɗe ga ƙungiyoyin ‘yan wasa da magoya baya.
Tsohon dan wasan na Manchester City ya ce shi da takwarorinsa suna da cikakkiyar fahimta game da Super Eagles, inda suka kafa tsarin wasan da zai kayatar a ranar Asabar a Morocco. Duniyar wasan kwallon kafa ta yi kaca-kaca a lokacin da wadannan jiga-jigan ajin nahiyoyin biyu ke shirin kulle kaho, inda kasashen biyu ke takama da tarihin lashe dukkan wasannin da suka buga a gasar ta bana.
Najeriya ta samu nasarar shiga zagaye na takwas na karshe bayan da ta doke Mozambique da ci 4-0 a zagayen kungiyoyi 16, inda ta nuna bajintar ta na kai hari da kuma kare kai. Ita kuwa Aljeriya ta sha da kyar, inda daga karshe ta fice DR Congo da ci 1-0 a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe karin lokaci, yana nuna juriyarsu da iya fitar da sakamako.
Da yake magana da manema labarai gabanin karawar Super Eagles, Mahrez ya ce: “Najeriya? Mun san su da kyau, wasan ba zai yi sauki ba,” in ji shi, yana mai yaba da inganci da barazanar da Super Eagles ke fuskanta. Lokacin da aka matsa kan yuwuwar yin kwafin gwarzayen bugun bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a minti na karshe, winger ya kasance mai ban mamaki amma yana da kyakkyawan fata. “Wani bugun bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida? Za mu gani, komai zai yiwu.”
Kadan daga cikin wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka suna ɗaukar nauyin tarihi kamar Aljeriya da Najeriya.
Tun daga wasannin karshe na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da masu neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya, zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi, da gasar cin kofin duniya da ake yi, da cin karo da juna, da kuma lokutan da aka fayyace aiki, haduwar da Super Eagles da ‘yan wasan Desert Foxes suka yi, sun yi ta kafa tarihin kwallon kafa a nahiyar.
A yayin da suke shirin sake fafatawa a wannan Asabar din, wadannan muhimman bayanai da bayanan da suka faru sun bayyana dalilin da ya sa wannan fafatawa ta kasance daya daga cikin mafi daukar hankali a Afirka.
A cewar Sports Village Square, wannan wasa zai kasance wasa na 109 da Najeriya za ta buga a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da kuma wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe na AFCON na tara a tarihin gasar na tsawon shekaru 69.
Algeria dai na buga wasa na 84 a gasar AFCON, inda ta yi nasara sau 32, ta yi canjaras sau 24, sannan ta yi rashin nasara sau 25.
Najeriya ta lashe kofin AFCON na farko bayan da ta doke Algeria da ci 3-0 a wasan karshe a ranar 22 ga Maris 1980 a Legas.
Algeria ta lashe kofin AFCON na farko bayan da ta doke Najeriya 1-0 a wasan karshe a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1990 a Algiers.
Algeria ita ce kasa ta karshe da Najeriya ta tsallake don samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a shekarar 1994, inda ta yi kunnen doki 1-1 a Algiers a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1993—wanda hakan ya sa Najeriya ta zama kasa ta farko a Afirka ta Anglophone da ta kai ga gasar cin kofin duniya.
Najeriya kuma ita ce abokiyar karawarta ta karshe da Aljeriya ta fuskanta domin samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko (Spain ’82), inda Algeria ta ci 2-0 a Legas (10 ga Oktoba, 1981) da 2-1 a Constantine (Oktoba 30, 1981).
Wasanni 34 da Najeriya ta yi ba tare da an doke ta ba a wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya, mafi dadewa a Afirka, a fasahance ne Algeria ta kawo karshenta a watan Nuwamban 2017 bayan da FIFA ta lallasa Algeria da ci 3-0 sakamakon rashin cancantar dan wasan Najeriya.
In ba haka ba, da gudu ya kai matches 35. A lokacin, Najeriya ba ta yi rashin nasara a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ba tun ranar 20 ga Yuni, 2004 (1-0 Angola ta sha kashi a Luanda). Gudun dai shi ne na biyu a tarihin wasanni 59 da kasar Sipaniya ta yi a duniya sannan kuma ya fi na Jamus a jere a gasar cin kofin duniya kafin 2014.
Najeriya da Aljeriya sune kasashen Afirka biyu na karshe da suka fafata a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a Brazil a shekarar 2014. Dukansu sun fita zagaye na 16 a rana guda: Najeriya ta sha kashi a hannun Faransa da ci 2-0, yayin da Algeria ta yi rashin nasara da ci 2-1 (bayan karin lokaci) a hannun Jamus. Idan da duka biyun sun yi nasara, da Afirka za ta buga wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar cin kofin duniya a karon farko tsakanin kungiyoyin Afirka biyu.
Karawar Najeriya da Algeria a Uyo ranar 12 ga watan Nuwamba, 2016 ta kasance wasa na 100 da Najeriya ta buga na neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya.
Dan wasan baya na Najeriya Bright Omokaro ya samu lakabin “Ten-Ten” bayan da aka yi wa wani dan wasan Aljeriya rashin kunya a Maroko ’88, da maraice qungiyoyin a lambobi bayan jan kati na Najeriya. Kukan mai sharhi Ernest Okonkwo—“Omokaro ya sanya shi 10-10!”—ya lalata sunan.
Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha ya ci wa Najeriya kwallo ta farko a cikin wasanni 16 da ya ci wa Najeriya daga bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a ranar 13 ga Yuli, 1993, a wasan da suka yi nasara da ci 4-1 a gasar neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a Legas.
Yayan Okocha, Emma Okocha, ya fara buga wasan kasa da kasa da Aljeriya a ranar 2 ga Maris, 1990, kuma ya ci wa Najeriya kwallo daya tilo da ya ci a ragar Algeria a gasar AFCON a shekarar 1990 a Algiers (Najeriya ta sha kashi da ci 5-1).
Manyan ‘yan wasan Najeriya Segun Odegbami, Christian Chukwu, da Thompson Usiyen duk sun buga wasansu na karshe na kasa da kasa da Algeria a gasar neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a shekarar 1981.
Shahararren dan wasan kasar Algeria Rabah Madjer ya fara aikin horar da ‘yan wasan ne da buga wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da Najeriya a shekarar 2017.
Aljeriya ta sha fama da mummunar “Gijón wulakanci” a 1982 a gasar cin kofin duniya. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, CAF ta ci tarar Najeriya da Aljeriya saboda rashin wasa bayan da suka yi rashin nasara da ci 0-0 a gasar AFCON 1984 a Bouake.
Dukansu Najeriya da Aljeriya suna raba kore a matsayin babban launi na kasa. Sunayen Najeriya da Aljeriya sun banbanta ne kawai a wasikunsu biyu na farko, abin da ya kara zama daya daga cikin kasashen Afirka da suka daure a fagen kwallon kafa.
Algeria ta taba doke Najeriya da ci 5-1 a wasan da suka yi a Algiers, Algeria. Najeriya ma ta taba doke Algeria da ci 5-2 a wasan wauta a Oran, Algeria.
