• Taifa Stars na neman daukar fansa a kan shan kaye a 1980
Dan wasan gaba na Super Eagles Victor Osimhen ya ce ya cika koshin lafiya kuma a shirye yake ya jagoranci Najeriya a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afrika (AFCON), inda za a fara wasan farko na rukuni a yau da Taifa Stars ta Tanzania.
Dan wasan gaba na Galatasaray, wanda kwanan nan ya murmure daga raunin da ya ji a kafarsa, ya ce a shirye yake ya ba da komai yayin da kungiyar ta fara yunkurinta na neman lashe kofin nahiya na hudu.
“Ba ni da lafiya, na dawo ne daga raunin da ya yi a kafada, babban ihu ga kulob na, Galatasaray, sun ba ni goyon baya sosai kuma sun tabbatar da cewa na yi wasu wasanni kafin in yi rahoton aikin kasa,” Osimhen ya shaida wa SportyTV.
Dan wasan mai shekaru 26, ya kwatanta gasar ta AFCON da yaki kuma ya yi imanin cewa Super Eagles a shirye suke don yin babban fada.
“Za mu yi yaki, kuma ranar Talata ce ta farko, za mu ba da komai, kuma ba mu raina kowa ba, akwai wadanda za su fi so a wannan gasar, kuma za mu ba da duk wani abin da za mu iya don ganin mun cimma burinmu na lashe gasar AFCON.”
Najeriya na shirin kawo karshen shekaru 12 da ta shafe tana jiran kofin na AFCON na hudu, amma Osimhen ya amince tafiyar ba za ta kasance mai sauki ba.
“Na yi imani da yawa a cikin wannan tawagar, na yi imani da masu horar da ‘yan wasan da kuma duk wanda ke da alaka da kungiyar, ba zai zama mai sauƙi ba saboda har yanzu muna da sauran tafiya, amma ina da kyau game da wannan tawagar,” in ji shi.
A halin yanzu, Taifa Stars za ta kara da Super Eagles a yau a wasan farko na rukunin C na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka karo na 35, wanda ya sake farfado da fafatawa da aka shafe shekaru 46 ana yi.
Rikici a cikin Filin wasa na Fès a Morocco ya yi karo na biyu kacal kasashen biyu za su kara ne a gasar AFCON a matakin rukuni.
Ganawarsu ta karshe a wannan matakin ita ce ranar 8 ga Maris, 1980, a filin wasa na kasa da ke Surulere, Legas, inda Najeriya ta yi nasara da ci 3-1 a ragar Mudashiru Lawal, Ifeanyi Onyedika, da Segun Odegbami.
Wannan shan kashi ya kasance abin tunawa mai raɗaɗi a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Tanzaniya, wanda ke nuna alamar kasuwancin da ba a kammala ba ga Taifa Stars.
Tun daga wannan lokaci kungiyoyin biyu ba su tsallake rijiya da baya ba a gasar ta AFCON, duk da cewa sun hadu a wasannin neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da na AFCON. Najeriya dai tana da tarihin bajinta, ba tare da an doke ta ba a wasanni bakwai da ta yi da Tanzania, inda ta yi nasara hudu da canjaras uku. Tanzaniya har yanzu ba ta samu nasara a kan ‘yan wasan Afirka masu nauyi ba.
Taifa Stars, sun buga wasansu na hudu a AFCON, sun dawo da sabon buri. A shekarar 1980 sun fara samun cancantar shiga gasar, sun sake bayyana a Masar a shekarar 2019, kuma a karon farko sun kai wasan karshe a jere. Duk da buga wasanni 10 na AFCON ba tare da samun nasara ba, sun nuna jajircewa a shekarar 2023 ta hanyar kaucewa shan kashi a wasanni biyu a jere, ciki har da 0-0 da DR Congo. share fage guda daya tilo a wasan karshe.
A nasu bangaren, Super Eagles na da tarihin gasar AFCON, bayan da ta lashe kofuna uku da buga wasanni 104 a tarihin gasar.
