Atlas Lions Stun Super Eagles, buga wasan karshe na AFCON
Rashin nasarar da Super Eagles ta yi a wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da ake gudanarwa a daren Laraba a birnin Rabat na kasar Maroko, ya sa suka fito fili a gasar.
Super Eagles dai ba ta taba doke mai masaukin baki a gasar cin kofin AFCON ba (ban da wasannin neman matsayi na uku), kuma ‘yan Najeriya da dama sun yi fatan ganin an kawo karshen gasar a ranar Laraba.
A Algiers ’90, Super Eagles ta sha kashi a hannun Algeria da ci 1-0 a wasan karshe.
A Tunisia 2004, Super Eagles ta kara da mai masaukin baki, Tunisia, a wasan dab da na kusa da na karshe, sai dai Tunisia ta ci 5-3 a bugun fenariti.
A Ghana a shekara ta 2008, Super Eagles ta sha kashi a hannun mai masaukin baki Ghana da ci 1-2 a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe.
Kuma 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.
Baya ga gazawar da Super Eagles ta yi a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, a daren Larabar da ta gabata a birnin Rabat, yayin da mai masaukin baki Morocco ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da ci 4-2 a Najeriya, bayan mintuna 120 da babu ci.
Mai tsaron gida Yassine Bounou ya zama gwarzon Morocco, inda ya ceci bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida biyu na Najeriya Youssef En-Nesyri cikin natsuwa ya maido da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a filin wasa na Prince Moulay Abdellah.
Rashin nasarar ya yi daidai da bakin cikin da Najeriya ta samu a Morocco a watan Nuwambar bara, lokacin da ta yi waje da ita a gasar cin kofin duniya da ake yi da bugun fanariti, kuma hakan ya sake rufe kofar shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar a ranar Laraba.
Morocco, wadda ke neman lashe kofin AFCON na farko cikin shekaru 50, yanzu za ta kara da Senegal, mai rike da kofin 2021, a wasan karshe na ranar Lahadi a Rabat, yayin da Super Eagles za ta fafata a gasar neman matsayi na uku da Masar kwana guda. Super Eagles dai ba sabon ba ne a wasan na uku.
Wasan kusa da na kusa da na karshe ya kasance al’amari ne mai cike da tashin hankali, tare da ‘yan tsirarun damammaki sama da sa’o’i biyu na kwallon kafa. Morocco ta ji dadin wannan damar kuma sau tari an hana shi ta hanyar da mai tsaron gidan Najeriya Stanley Nwabali ya yi, wanda shi ne ya fi yawan masu tsaron gida biyu.
Najeriya dai, duk da cewa ta shiga wasan da tarihin da ta fi zira kwallaye a gasar, amma ta yi fama da mugun nufi wajen kai hare-hare, kuma ta ba da wani buri na gaba. Lokacin da suka fi haɗari sun kasance masu wucewa, kuma lokacin da dan wasan Victor Osimhen ya sami sarari a cikin akwatin, taɓawa mai nauyi ya bar damar ya ɓace.
Alkawarin da Morocco ta yi tun da farko ya hada da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Ayoub El Kaabi a cikin yadi shida, sai dai ya yi takure masa, yayin da Ismael Saibari ya gwada Nwabali da kwazon kokari. Yawancin yunƙurin runduna, duk da haka, sun fito ne daga kewayon kuma an magance su cikin kwanciyar hankali.
Daga karshe dai an yanke hukunci daga wurin. ‘Yan wasan Najeriya Samuel Chukwueze da Bruno Onyemaechi duk sun ga bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Bounou, wanda hakan ya sa Moroko ta kammala aikin ta kuma yi nasara a kan kawo karshen rabin karni na jiran samun daukaka a nahiyar.
Yayin da Maroko ba ta kai ga samun nasara ba, kwazonta da tsarinta ya kai ta wasan karshe. Jarrabawar tasu mai tsanani yanzu tana jiran takwararta ta Senegal da Sadio Mane ke jagoranta, wanda nasarar da ta samu a farkon Tangier ya kawo karshen kalubalen Masar.
