Lookman yana hasashen mafi kyawun aikin ƙungiyar yayin da kwarin gwiwar Super Eagles ke ƙaruwa
Ademola Lookman na Najeriya ya iso Najeriya a gasar cin kofin Afrika ta 2025 AFCON tsakanin Najeriya da Mozambique a Complex Sportif de Fes a Fes, Morocco a ranar 5 ga Janairu 2026 ©Mehrez Toujani/BackpagePix
Ademola Lookman ta ce kwarin gwiwar Najeriya na ci gaba da bunkasa a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta TotalEnergies CAF, inda Super Eagles ke “inganta kowane wasa daya” yayin da suke shirin karawa da Desert Foxes na Algeria – zakarun 2019 – gobe a Marrakech, in ji cafonline.com.
Dan wasan gaba na Atalanta ya kasance dan wasan da ya fi taka rawar gani a gasar ta Najeriya kuma ya sake zama jigon wasansu na kai hari, inda ya samu kyautar gwarzon dan wasa na biyu. A yanzu Lookman ya yi rajistar kwallaye uku da ci biyar a wannan AFCON, wanda ya kai yawan kwallaye bakwai a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afrika.
“Ya yi kyau,” Lookman ya ce bayan wasansu na karshe. “Kungiyar tana inganta kowane wasa daya. Duk kwallaye ne a yau, don haka yana da kyau a gare mu.”
Da yake aiki a cikin ‘yan wasan uku na ruwa, Lookman ya hada kai yadda ya kamata tare da Akor Adams da Victor Osimhen, tare da taimakawa Najeriya ta ci gaba da fuskantar barazana a karo na uku na karshe. Duk da takaitacciyar musayar kalamai da Osimhen ya yi da Osimhen a wasan da ya gabata, Lookman ya yi gaggawar yin watsi da duk wata shawara ta tayar da hankali a cikin ‘yan wasan.
“Babu wani abu da ya faru, kawai tattaunawa a filin wasa. Shi ke nan,” in ji shi. “A kwallon kafa, waɗannan abubuwa suna faruwa kuma ku ci gaba.” Da aka tambaye shi ko irin wannan lokacin na iya ƙarfafa ƙungiyar, Lookman ya sake yin watsi da mahimmancin su.
“Ban san menene babban batun ba,” in ji shi. “Waɗannan abubuwa suna faruwa a ƙwallon ƙafa kuma ku ci gaba.” Lookman ya ce alhakin sanya kalolin kasa na ci gaba da jan ragamar wasannin sa.
“Na sami damar wakiltar ƙasata, kuma na san nauyin nauyin da ke ɗauka,” kamar yadda ya shaida wa manema labarai. “Don haka ina ƙoƙarin yin amfani da wannan matsin lamba kuma in gwada yin aiki.”
Yayin da Super Eagles a yanzu ta mayar da hankali sosai a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe da Desert Foxes ranar Asabar, Lookman na sa ran za a yi jarrabawar da za ta yi da daya daga cikin kwararrun kungiyoyin Nahiyar.
“Kusan kwata fainal na AFCON abu ne da za a sa ido a kai,” in ji shi. “Wani babban yaki yana jiran mu, don haka muna bukatar mu kasance cikin shiri.” Ya kuma bayyana bukatu na zahiri da dabara na gasar.
“Kowa yana da ƙarfi a jiki,” Lookman ya bayyana. “Yana game da saduwa da su a filin wasa, kasancewa masu hankali, da kuma kasancewa a shirye.”
“Hakane ɗaya daga ƙungiyar,” in ji shi. “Hakika iri ɗaya don yin nasara, don zama m akan ƙwallon.” Lookman ya gabatar da kalaman karfafa gwiwa ga magoya baya da kuma wadanda ke fuskantar kalubale fiye da gasar.
“Ku ci gaba da mai da hankali, ku ci gaba da yin imani da kanku,” in ji shi. “Abubuwa masu kyau za su zo.” Najeriya za ta sake duba kwarin gwiwar Lookman yayin da suke neman gurbin zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe na AFCON da kungiyar da ta doke su a 2019 a Masar.
