Daga Victor Okoye, Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya (NAN)
Gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta 2025 da kasar Morocco ta karbi bakunci, ya hada kwallon kafa mai karfin gaske, tsari mai karfi da kuma cece-kuce, yayin da ake gudanar da gasar fidda gwani na nahiyar cikin makonni hudu.
Gasar wadda aka bude ranar 21 ga watan Disamba a birnin Rabat, ta kunshi kayayyakin more rayuwa na zamani, da dimbin jama’a da kuma hadakar magoya bayanta, wanda ya kara karfafa martabar kasar Maroko a matsayin babbar mai karbar bakuncin wasan kwallon kafa.
Bukin bude taron da aka yi a Rabat ya shirya tsaf. Dangane da tsarin gine-ginen tarihi na Maroko, ’yan wasan kwaikwayo sun hade al’ada da zamani, inda suka yi bikin bambamcin Afirka, tare da nuna irin yadda kasar mai masaukin baki ke da girma a fagen kwallon kafa a duniya.
An buga wasanni a fadin Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech da Tangier, inda gasar ta haifar da firgici, fitattun wasanni da muhawara akai-akai kan alkalanci.
An zura kwallaye 122 a lokacin gasar, wanda ya zarce 119 da aka yi rikodin a shekarar 2023 a Cote d’Ivoire tare da kafa sabon tarihin AFCON.
Matakin rukuni ya haifar da tashin hankali da yawa, tare da masu nauyi na gargajiya suna fuskantar juriya daga ƙungiyoyi masu tasowa.
Mozambik, Benin da Sudan sun ja hankalin jama’a tare da baje koli, yayin da DR Congo ta burge da dabara da natsuwa a wasannin da aka buga.
Najeriya ta zama ta daya a gasar da ta fi kai hare-hare a gasar, inda ta zura kwallaye 14, wadda ita ce ta daya a kowacce kungiya.
‘Yan wasan Super Eagles Victor Osimhen da Ademola Lookman ne suka yi wa Super Eagles karfi, yayin da ‘yan wasan suka hada taki da fadi da kuma matsa lamba don dakile abokan hamayya.
Sai dai a taƙaice batun yaƙin neman zaɓe na Najeriya ya ci karo da batutuwan waje da suka haɗa da zanga-zangar rashin biyan alawus da kuma rikicin cikin gida a cikin tawagar.
An dai shawo kan lamarin ne biyo bayan tsoma bakin da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi, inda ta baiwa kungiyar damar sake maida hankali kan gasar.
An kawo karshen fatan Najeriyar a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe, bayan da ta sha kashi a bugun fenareti a hannun Morocco mai masaukin baki, wasan da daga baya ya fuskanci suka kan hukuncin da aka yanke.
Duk da koma bayan da aka samu, Super Eagles ta samu lambar tagulla bayan ta tashi 0-0 da Masar a wasan neman matsayi na uku a Casablanca, inda ta ci 4-2 a bugun fenariti.
Nasarar ta karawa Najeriya kwarin guiwar tarihin da Najeriya ta samu a matsayi na uku a gasar AFCON zuwa takwas da ta samu nasara a wasanni takwas, wanda ba a taba yin irinsa ba a tarihin gasar, ya kuma daga darajar tagulla baki daya zuwa tara.
Mai tsaron raga Stanley Nwabali ya taka rawar gani a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, wanda ya karawa Najeriya tarihin a matsayi na uku a gasar AFCON zuwa takwas daga takwas sannan ya kara yawan tagulla zuwa tara.
Ita ma Masar ta kai wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe, inda ta fitar da Cote d’Ivoire mai rike da kofin gasar a zagayen kwata fainal, kafin daga bisani ta doke Senegal da ci 1-0.
‘Yan wasan Fir’auna a karkashin Mohamed Salah sun sake nuna juriya da gogewa, duk da cewa ba su samu kyautar azurfa ba bayan da suka yi rashin nasara a wasan na uku da Najeriya.
Kasar Maroko mai masaukin baki ta ci gaba a hankali a matakin bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida da kuma inganta tsaro.
Brahim Díaz ya kare a matsayin dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye a gasar da kwallaye biyar inda ya lashe kyautar takalmin zinare, yayin da mai tsaron gida Yassine Bounou ya ci kwallaye biyu kacal a kan hanyar zuwa wasan karshe kuma ya lashe kyautar Golden Glove.
Koyaya, yayin da Maroko ke ci gaba, sukar ƙa’idodin alkalan wasa ya ƙaru.
‘Yan wasa, jami’ai da magoya bayanta sun nuna damuwa kan yanke shawara marasa daidaituwa da kuma zargin nuna son kai ga kasar da ta karbi bakuncin gasar, inda aka yi nazari a wasanni da dama.
Kashin da Najeriya ta yi a wasan kusa da na karshe a hannun Morocco ya sa magoya bayan Najeriya suka koka kan yadda alkalin wasa dan Ghana Daniel Laryea ya taka.
Tun da farko dai Aljeriya ta nuna rashin amincewarta da hukuncin da ta yanke bayan rashin nasarar da Najeriya ta yi a matakin rukuni, yayin da ita ma Kamaru ta soki alkalancin da ta yi bayan ficewarta zagaye na 16 a hannun Morocco.
Masu lura da al’amura da dama sun bambanta alƙawarin da bugu na 2023 a Cote d’Ivoire, suna masu cewa ƙa’idodi sun ƙi.
Shugaban CAF Patrice Motsepe ya amince da damuwar, yana mai cewa za a sake duba abubuwan da magoya baya da masu ruwa da tsaki suka yi don inganta daidaito, da rikon amana da kuma gaskiya wajen gudanar da aikin.
Ya ce CAF ta umurci alkalan wasa da jami’an VAR gabanin gasar da su yi alkalanci cikin ‘yancin kai ba tare da nuna son kai ba.
Wasan karshe da aka buga a ranar 18 ga watan Janairu a Rabat tsakanin Morocco da Senegal, ya fuskanci cece-kuce.
Alkalin wasa Jean Jacques Ndala ne ya baiwa Morocco fenariti a minti na 98 da fara wasa, bayan da VAR ta yi nazari, jim kadan bayan an hana Senegal kwallo.
‘Yan wasan Senegal sun dan fita daga filin wasan domin nuna rashin amincewarsu da jinkirta wasan, kafin a ci gaba da wasa.
Mai tsaron gida Edouard Mendy ne ya ci bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, sannan Senegal ta ci kwallo a karin lokaci ta hannun Pape Gueye inda ta samu nasara da ci 1-0 sannan ta sake lashe kofin AFCON na biyu cikin shekaru biyar.
Bayan kammala wasan, kocin Morocco Walid Regragui ya soki zanga-zangar Senegal, yayin da shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya yi Allah wadai da abubuwan da suka faru tare da yin kira da a sake duba lamarin.
AFCON 2025 za a iya tunawa da wasan kwallon kafa na kai hare-hare, daidaiton gasa da kuma karbar bakuncin gasar, tare da ci gaba da nuna damuwa kan gudanar da wasan.
Senegal ta samu nasarar zama zakara ne ta hanyar dagewa, yayin da Morocco ta tabbatar da cewa tana kara karfin ta a wasan kwallon kafa na Afirka, yayin da Najeriya ta kara karfin kai hare-hare, ita kuma Masar ta jaddada muhimmancinta.
Duk da haka, tambayoyin da suka shafi ka’idojin alkalan wasa sun kasance muhimmin al’amari ga CAF yayin da ake ci gaba da tantance abubuwan da aka gada a gasar. (NANFeatures)
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