Daga Victor Okoye, Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya (NAN)
A ranar Asabar ne Super Eagles ta Najeriya za ta fafata a filin wasa na Marrakech, inda za su fafata a wasan kusa da na karshe yayin da AFCON 2025 ta kara dagula wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a ajin nauyi.
Najeriya mai rike da kofin sau uku ta hadu da Aljeriya da ta lashe gasar 2019 a filin wasa na Grand Stade de Marrakech mai daukar mutane 45,000, tare da alfahari da tarihi da kuma rawar da za ta taka.
Dukkan kungiyoyin biyu sun samu nasarar tsallakewa daga matakin rukuni tare da cikakkun bayanai, bangarorin da suka yi hakan, amma buga wasan ba ya barin damar samun nasarori a baya.
Najeriya dai ta zo ne a matsayin wadda aka fi so a gasar bayan ta ci kwallaye 12 sannan ta ci hudu, ciki har da ci 4-0 a gasar zagaye na 16 da suka yi da Mozambique.
Kocin Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, ya yi watsi da tsammanin, yana mai cewa dole ne a mai da hankali kan kalubalen nan take.
Ya ce, “Ina tunanin Marrakech ne kawai,” in ji Chelle. “Akwai wasan da za a buga, bayan haka, za mu iya tunanin mataki na gaba.
“Labarin ya fara a Marrakech,” in ji shi. ” Horowa, mai da hankali da wasa na gaba – wannan shine abin da ke da mahimmanci yanzu.”
Duk da rahotannin da ba a biya su alawus-alawus da kuma rashin jituwar da aka samu a filin wasa, ’yan wasan sun dage cewa hadin kai a sansanin Najeriya ya ci gaba da kasancewa.
A filin wasa, Nijeriya ta yi kama da farfaɗo, tare da haɗa gudu, ƙarfi da manufa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Chelle.
Ademola Lookman ya kasance fitaccen dan wasan Najeriya, inda ya zura kwallaye uku da kuma guda biyar inda ya zama dan wasan da ya fi taka rawar gani a gasar.
Shi ma Victor Osimhen ya zura kwallaye uku, inda ya kai uku a tarihin cin kwallaye 37 a tarihin Najeriya na AFCON.
Akor Adams ya kara kaimi ne da kwallonsa ta farko a gasar AFCON a karawar da suka yi da Mozambique, lamarin da ya kara karfafa ‘yan wasan Najeriya.
Sai dai kuma rashin tsaron gida ya ci gaba da zama abin damuwa, inda Najeriya ta ci kwallaye hudu a wasanni hudu gabanin gwajin da ta yi.
‘Yan wasan tsakiya Wilfred Ndidi da Alex Iwobi sun sa Najeriya ta kara karfi, duk da cewa Ndidi, Frank Onyeka da Calvin Bassey suna cikin sanarwar dakatarwar.
Tarihi yana ba da ta’aziyya gauraye. Sau 21 Najeriya da Algeria sun kara, inda Najeriya ta samu nasara a wasanni tara, sai Algeria bakwai, sannan aka tashi kunnen doki biyar.
Algeria ta yi kaca-kaca da Najeriya da ci 2-1 a wasan dab da na kusa da na karshe na 2019, da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Riyad Mahrez.
Desert Warriors sun iso ne domin neman fansa bayan fitar da su a rukuni-rukuni a gasar AFCON biyu da suka gabata.
Koci Vladimir Petković yana ganin kaiwa matakin daf da na kusa da karshe a matsayin ginshikin sake ginawa ne kawai.
“Tsarin yana da mahimmanci, amma shine mafi ƙarancin,” in ji Petković. “Yanzu hankalinmu shine Najeriya. Sake ginawa yana nufin alhakin, jajircewa da hadin kai.”
A karkashin Petković, Algeria ta samu nasara sau 19 a wasanni 24, wanda ke nuna ci gaba da farfadowa tun nasarar da suka samu a shekarar 2019.
Ya ce, “Ban taba yin alkawarin lashe kofuna ba, abin da na yi alkawari shi ne alfahari, jajircewa da hadin kai, idan babu hadin kai, nasara ba ta yiwuwa.”
Algeria ta lallasa DR Congo da ci 1-0 bayan karin lokaci a zagaye na 16, Adil Boulbina ya farke a minti na 119 da fara wasa.
Dabi’ar tsaron gida ya taimaka wajen yakin neman zabensu, inda aka zura musu kwallo daya kacal a wasanni hudu, tare da mai tsaron gida Luca Zidane da ke da kyau.
Zinedine Zidane ya kalli kowane wasa na Algeria daga tasoshin, yana ba da lamuni na alama don sake dawowa cikin nutsuwa.
Kyaftin Riyad Mahrez, mai shekara 34, ya kasance mai tasiri, inda ya zura kwallaye uku tare da jagorantar tawagar da ta hada da matasa.
Baghdad Bounedjah, Ismaël Bennacer da Ramy Bensebaini sun kawo nasara, yayin da Fares Chaibi ya kara kaimi ga matasa.
Mahrez yana sa ran sake haduwa da juna. “Najeriya? Mun san su da kyau, wasan ba zai yi sauki ba, komai yana yiwuwa,” in ji shi.
Najeriya ta kai wasan dab da na kusa da na karshe na AFCON sau 16, inda sau da yawa ke samun bunkasuwa idan matsin lamba ya yi yawa.
Idan Super Eagles ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na gaba, za ta kara da ko dai Morocco mai masaukin baki ko kuma Kamaru, wanda zai farfado da tarihin gasar AFCON a shekarar 1988.
Shekaru 38 da suka gabata a Rabat, Najeriya ta doke Algeria da bugun fanariti kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Kamaru a wasan karshe mai cike da cece-kuce.
A ranar Asabar, tarihi, buri da imani sun sake yin karo da juna a Marrakech, yayin da Najeriya ke neman ci gaba da Aljeriya na neman fansa. (NANFeatures)
***Idan aka yi amfani da su, don Allah a yaba wa marubuci da Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya.
Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani
