Shugaban kungiyar Unified Nigerian Supporters Club, Vincent Okumagba, ya bayyana cewa Super Eagles suna bukatar goyon baya mai karfi daga tsayuwa domin a daidaita wasansu na kusa da na karshe da Morocco a yau.
“Wannan wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe da Morocco shi ne ‘karshen karshe kafin wasan karshe,’ kuma kowane dan Najeriya a nan Maroko dole ne ya kasance a shirye don bayar da goyon baya mai karfi ga kungiyar. Ko kai memba ne na magoya bayan kulob din ko kuma dan Najeriya a cikin kasashen waje, kungiyar na bukatar goyon baya mai karfi a cikin filin wasa na Rabat gobe (yau),” Okumagba ya shaida wa The Guardian ta wayar tarho lokacin da ya isa Rabat, jiya.
The Super Eagles suna dab da samun wani gagarumin tarihi a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta 2025 bayan da suka ci gaba da zama a tarihi a wasanni biyar. Najeriya ta kasance kungiya daya tilo a gasar AFCON 2025 da ke ci gaba da kasancewa ta lashe dukkan wasanni biyar da ta buga a budaddiyar gasar.
Eagles dai sun hada kai hare-hare tare da karfin tsaron gida, inda suka yi rikodin mafi kyawun kwallaye a gasar a +10 kuma sun zura kwallaye 14, mafi yawan adadin da Najeriya ta samu a AFCON.
An fara yakin neman zabensu da ci 2-1 a kan Tanzaniya, sannan kuma ta doke Tunisia da ci 3-2. Daga nan ne suka doke Uganda da ci 3-1 kafin su fitar da sanarwar rusa Mozambique da ci 4-0 a zagaye na 16.
A wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe, Najeriya ta samu nasara a kan Algeria da ci 2-0, a wasanni hudu da ta buga a baya.
Yayin da mai masaukin baki Morocco ke jiran a wasan kusa da na karshe a yau, Super Eagles a yanzu ta samu nasara sau biyu gabanin zama kungiya ta farko a tarihin AFCON da ta lashe dukkan wasanni bakwai a budaddiyar wasannin da ta buga a kan hanyar daukar kofin.
Ga Okumagba, the Super Eagles sun riga sun yi gudu mai ban mamaki, sun kafa sabbin ma’auni, kuma fatan kamala yana kara sa rai ga neman daukakar nahiyar.
Okumagba ya ce “A wajen fuskantar mai masaukin baki, muna sane da babban aikin da ke gabanmu a wannan wasan na kusa da na karshe, ‘yan Morocco za su kasance da yawan jama’a a matsayin dan wasansu na 12, amma na yi imanin cewa Najeriya na da hanyar da za ta bi da masu masaukin baki da ganguna da kakaki,” in ji Okumagba.
Najeriya za ta kara da Morocco a fafatawar farko tun ranar 27 ga watan Janairun 2004, lokacin da Morocco ta samu nasara kan Najeriya da ci 1-0 a gasar cin kofin Afrika.
Morocco ta doke Najeriya har sau biyu a gasar AFCON a shekarar 1976, kafin daga bisani ta lashe gasar. Najeriya ta koma kan teburin AFCON a shekarar 1980, inda ta fitar da Morocco a wasan kusa da na karshe a kan hanyarta ta daukar kofin.
Najeriya ba ta taba doke mai masaukin baki a gasar cin kofin AFCON ba (ban da matakin na uku):
A Algiers ’90, Super Eagles ta sha kashi a hannun Algeria da ci 1-0 a wasan karshe. A Tunisia 2004, an tashi 1-1 da mai masaukin baki, Tunisia a wasan kusa da na karshe, amma Tunisia ta ci 5-3 a bugun fenariti.
A Ghana 2008, Super Eagles ta sha kashi da ci 1-2 a hannun mai masaukin baki, Ghana a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe. A wasan karshe na AFCON a Cote d’Ivoire, Super Eagles ta sha kashi a hannun mai masaukin baki da ci 1-2 a wasan karshe.
Sai dai Okumagba ya tabbatar wa ‘yan Najeriya cewa Super Eagles za ta yi galaba a kan masu masaukin baki a Rabat a yau. A karon farko a tarihi, dukkan kasashen Afrika da suka samu gurbin shiga gasar AFCON, manyan kociyoyin Afirka ne ke jagorantar su. Yayin da dan Mali Eric Chelle ke jagorantar Najeriya, Walid Regragui ne ke jagorantar Morocco. Homeboy, Pape Thiaw ne ke jagorantar Senegal, kamar yadda tsohon kyaftin din tawagar Masar, Hossam Hassan ke kula da Fir’aunan Masar.
