Dan wasan baya na Najeriya #06 Semi Ajayi (R) ya zura kwallo a raga a gaban golan Tanzania #28 Zuberi Foba a wasan kwallon kafa na gasar cin kofin kasashen Afrika (CAN) a rukunin C tsakanin Najeriya da Tanzaniya a filin wasa na Fez a Fes ranar 23 ga Disamba, 2025. (Hoto daga Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)
Najeriya ta fara gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka na shekarar 2025 da ci 2-1 a ranar Talata da daddare, inda ta yi dogaro da bugun fanareti na biyu daga Ademola Lookman, inda ta samu maki uku a wasansu na farko a rukunin C a Fes na kasar Morocco.
Wasan dai ya zo ne makonni bayan da Najeriya ta gaza samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026, kuma Super Eagles ta shiga gasar ne ana duba ta. Babban kocin Eric Chelle ne ya mamaye wasan na tsawon lokaci amma kungiyar Tanzaniya mai da’a ta gwada ta da ta tsaya takara har zuwa wasan karshe.
Najeriya ce ta fara cin kwallo a minti na 36 da fara wasa, bayan da dan wasan baya Semi Ajayi ya farke kwallo ta hannun Alex Iwobi, inda ya yi amfani da karfin tuwo. Super Eagles din sun yi tunanin sun ninka bayan dakika guda bayan an dawo wasan, amma Victor Osimhen ya karasa kusa da na kusa da na kusa da shi ba zai yi waje da waje ba sakamakon gwajin VAR.
Tanzaniya ta farke a minti na 52 da fara wasa ta hannun Charles M’Mombwa, wanda ya kare a karon farko, bayan da ya yi tsayuwar daka a wasan da ya kame tsaron Najeriya. Kwallon da aka ƙwallawa Super Eagles na ɗan lokaci kaɗan, amma kusan nan take suka mayar da martani.
Lookman ne ya dawo da ragamar ragar Najeriya bayan da ya samu bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Zuberi Foba. Kwallon da dan wasan gaba na Atalanta ya zura ta zama mai taka rawar gani, yayin da Najeriya ta samu nasarar kammala wasan duk da matsin lamba daga Tanzaniya.
Osimhen wanda ya jagoranci ‘yan wasan tare da Akor Adams, ya samu damammaki da dama na tsawaita ragar ragar ragar amma sau da yawa ‘yan wasan na Tanzaniya sun yi takaicin yadda mai tsaron ragar Foba ya yi taka tsantsan. Najeriya ma ta koma kan bencinta a matakin karshe, inda ta gabatar da Paul Onuachu domin ya taimaka wajen ganin sakamakon.
Tanzaniya, kyaftin din Mbwana Samatta, ta yi barazana a kan teburi, ta kuma zo kusa da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, inda Ibrahim Hamad ya barar da wata dama ta fili a cikin karin lokaci. Duk da shan kayen da aka yi, ‘yan Gabashin Afirka sun ci gaba da fafatawa a ko’ina.
Kafin wasan, kocin rikon kwarya na Tanzania, Miguel Gamondi, ya amince da girman aikin da kungiyarsa ke fuskanta. “Ina da gaskiya game da yiwuwar, watakila Najeriya na da kashi 99, amma ba ka sani ba,” in ji shi. “Idan muka yi abin da ya kamata mu yi kuma za mu iya yin nasara, doke Najeriya zai ji kamar ta lashe gasar AFCON a gare mu, musamman a farkon gasar.”
Najeriya dai ta ci gaba da samun galaba a kan ta, wanda hakan ya ba ta damar fara wasa mai kyau a rukunin C yayin da take kokarin kara kaimi a Morocco.
