• Bankin Iwobi kan hadin kan kungiyar, ilmin sinadarai don doke Maroko
•CAF ta nada alkalin wasa dan kasar Ghana domin buga wasan kusa da na karshe
A bisa kwarin guiwar da suke da shi na samun nasarar lashe kofi na hudu a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afrika da ake yi a kasar Morocco, kocin Super Eagles, Eric Chelle da madugun ‘yan wasan tsakiya, Alex Iwobi, sun baiwa ‘yan Najeriya tabbacin samun nasara a kan Atlas Lions lokacin da suka hadu a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar a yau.
Najeriya za ta kara da Morocco a karo na biyu a filin wasa na Prince Moulay Abdallah a Rabat. A karon farko da suka hadu a Rabat a shekarar 1983, Green Eagles, karkashin kyaftin din marigayi Stephen Keshi, ta doke Atlas Lions da ci 4-3 a bugun fenareti bayan da aka tashi wasa babu ci. Wato wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin kasashen Cote d’Ivoire a shekarar 1984.
Bayan ‘yan watanni, ‘yan wasan Atlas Lions sun sami nauyin naman su a Casablanca, inda suka doke Green Eagles 4-3 a bugun fanariti a wasan neman cancantar shiga gasar Olympics na Los Angeles a 1984. Hakan ya biyo bayan karawar farko da aka yi a Legas babu ci.
A gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afrika da Najeriya ke ci gaba da yi, Najeriya ta samu nasarar lashe gasar da aka fi sani da ‘yan wasan da ke dakon kaya bayan kokarin da suka yi ba tare da tangarda ba a gasar da ta fitar da manyan kasashe hudu na nahiyar a wasan kusa da na karshe.
A yau ne da misalin karfe 4:00 na rana agogon Najeriya da Nijar za a fara wasan daf da na karshe tsakanin Masar da Senegal, yayin da Super Eagles da Atlas Lions za su shiga fafatawar da karfe 8:00 na dare.
Da yake sa ran za a yi wasa mai nishadi da tsauri da masu masaukin baki, Manajan Super Eagles, Chelle, ya bayyana wasan a matsayin mai wahala kamar wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe da Aljeriya, ya kara da cewa ’yan wasansa sun shirya tsaf.
Da yake jawabi gaban atisayen karshe na kungiyar a babbar cibiyar yada labarai na rukunin wasan kwallon kafa na Mohammed VI, Rabat, a jiya, Chelle ya ce Super Eagles sun fahimci cewa ‘yan Najeriya na da burin da suka dace don haka a shirye suke su shawo kan duk wani cikas don kayar da abokan karawarsu.
Ya ce: “Algeria babbar jarrabawa ce… Maroko babban gwaji ne…kowane wasa shine mafi girman gwaji ga wannan kungiyar. Saboda tsammanin yana da girma, mun shirya tsaf domin dukkansu.”
Chelle ya ce saboda babu wasa guda biyu daya, yana kokarin shirya kungiyarsa don fuskantar kalubale daban-daban.
“Dole ne in duba ‘yan wasa na don sanin yadda suke a jiki, yanayin ‘yan wasan ne zai tabbatar da tsarin da za mu yi da Morocco, amma a tabbatar da cewa za mu yi nasara.”
Shima da yake magana a taron manema labarai, Iwobi ya danganta bajintar da Super Eagles ta yi ya zuwa yanzu dangane da sinadarai da ‘yan wasan suka gina tsawon shekaru suna wasa tare.
Ya ce: “Ina ganin bambancin shi ne ‘yan’uwantaka, yanayin iyali da muka yi wa junanmu, a gasar da ta gabata, kungiyar tana da karfi, amma a lokaci guda, kungiyar tana matashi, kuma muna koyon juna.
“Ina jin cewa a yanzu, kowa yana shiga cikin matsayinsa na farko, kowa yana yin kyau, cikin girmamawa, ga kulob dinsa, kuma za ku iya ganin farin ciki da kuma ilimin kimiyyar da muke da shi lokacin da muke wasa a kasarmu.
“Ina nufin, ba kawai a cikin filin wasa ba, har ma a waje, akwai babban haɗin kai, akwai babban iyali, kuma yana farawa daga kocin da ‘yan wasa.
“Kocin ya kawo wannan ‘yan uwantaka, kuma yana da kyau saboda mu dangi ne babba. Kuma za ka ga a filin wasa muna fada da juna. Yana fitar da mafi kyawu, ba kawai a kaina ba, amma a cikin dukkan ‘yan wasa.”
Iwobi yana daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan Najeriya da ke takarar neman lambar yabo ta MVP na gasar zakarun Turai. Sauran sune Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman da Akor Adams.
A halin da ake ciki kuma, hukumar kwallon kafa ta Afrika CAF ta zabi dan wasan Ghana Daniel Nii Laryea domin ya jagoranci wasan da ake sa ran zai gudana a filin wasa na Prince Moulay Abdallah da ke Rabat, inda manyan kasashen nahiyar za su fafata a wasan karshe.
Kwanan nan Laryea ya zama mataimakin alkalin wasa na Bidiyo (VAR) yayin da Morocco ta doke Kamaru a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe, wasan da ya bukaci yanke hukunci da kuma sanya baki cikin natsuwa.
Tun da farko a gasar, Laryea ya kuma zama alkalin wasa na tsakiya a karawar da aka yi tsakanin Algeria da Burkina Faso a matakin rukuni, inda ya sarrafa taki da da’a a wasan.
