2025 AFCON: Osimhen baya barin sansanin Eagles, in ji jami’in NFF
Fatan Najeriya na kaiwa wasan dab da na kusa da na karshe a gasar cin kofin Afrika zai ta’allaka ne kan ko Victor Osimhen da Ademola Lookman za su iya kawo karshen gasar da mai tsaron gidan Aljeriya Luca Zidane ke yi a lokacin da kasashen biyu za su kara a wasan kusa da na karshe a Morocco ranar Asabar.
‘Yan wasan gaba na Super Eagles na daga cikin ‘yan wasan da suka taka rawar gani a gasar, inda suka zura kwallaye uku kowannensu, yayin da Najeriya ta zama kan gaba a jerin ‘yan wasan da suka zura kwallaye 12 a gasar.
Halin da suke yi yanzu ya sa su yi karo da Zidane, wanda shi ne mai tsaron gida daya tilo da ya zama mai tsaron gida na farko a cikin ‘yan wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe har yanzu ba a zura musu kwallo a raga a gasar ba.
Zidane, dan shekara 27 dan tsohon dan wasan Faransa kuma kocin Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane, ya ci gaba da tsare shi a karawar da suka yi da Sudan da Burkina Faso a matakin rukuni, sannan kuma ya sake yin waje da shi a wasan da Aljeriya ta yi nasara a kan Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango a zagaye na 16. An huta da shi a wasan karshe na rukuni da Equatorial Guinea.
“Yana da na musamman lokacin da dangin ku suka zo kallo,” in ji Zidane, tare da mahaifinsa, mahaifiyarsa Sipaniya da kuma ɗan’uwansa a duk wasan da ya buga wa Desert Foxes ya zuwa yanzu. “Ina alfahari da wakilcin Aljeriya da taka leda a gasar cin kofin Afrika. Yana da kwarewa sosai.”
An haife shi a Faransa kuma ya cancanci wakilcin kasashe uku, Zidane ya zabi Algeria, inda ya fara karawa a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026 a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata. Ya nace sanannen sunan sunansa bai yi masa nauyi ba. “Ina ƙoƙarin zama kaina, don gina sana’ata bisa sharuɗɗa na, mataki-mataki,” in ji shi.
Kociyan Algeria Vladimir Petkovic ya sa ido kan farfadowa bayan da aka yi waje da shi a rukunin a gasar da ta buga a baya-bayan nan, inda kungiyarsa ta nuna kwarin gwiwa. Adil Boulbina wanda ya maye gurbinsa da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida ya yi tasiri a wasansu da DR Congo, wanda hakan ya nuna kwarin gwiwar da Aljeriya ke da shi.
Najeriya, duk da haka, ta zo tare da kai hare-hare. Osimhen da Lookman, wadanda su ne tsohon Gwarzon dan wasan Afrika na bana, sun sha azabar kariya a duk lokacin gasar, inda Akor Adams ke marawa baya a fagen daga.
Amma duk da haka kocin Super Eagles, Eric Chelle na iya jin dadin tarihin tsaron da kungiyarsa ta samu, bayan da aka zura mata kwallaye hudu, mafi yawa a cikin wadanda suka rage a gasar.
Tarihi yana ƙara wani nau’in dabara. Aljeriya dai ta kasance babbar abokiyar hamayyarta ta Najeriya a gasar ta AFCON, inda ta yi nasara a wasanni hudu sannan ta yi canjaras a wasanni tara a baya, ciki har da shahararriyar nasarar da ta yi da ci 5-1 a kan hanyarta ta daukar kofin a gida a shekarar 1990.
Wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a birnin Marrakesh wani bangare ne na wasan da za a fafata tsakanin Mali da Senegal da Kamaru da mai masaukin baki Maroko da Masar da Ivory Coast mai rike da kofin gasar. Wadanda suka yi nasara bakwai sun kasance a cikin fafatawa, yana mai jaddada tsananin matakan karshe.
A Najeriya, za a mai da hankali ne kan ko a karshe ‘yan wasan gaban su na iya karya tsaron lafiyar Zidane da kuma ci gaba da kokarinsu na neman lashe kambi na hudu a Nahiyar.
