’Yan wasan Super Eagles Moses Simon (a hagu) da Ademola Lookman (dama) a lokacin da suke atisayen da suka yi a Fez na kasar Morocco a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata don fara wasansu na farko na AFCON da Tanzania a ranar 23 ga Disamba. Photo: NFF Media
Super Eagles Dan wasan gaba, Moses Simon, ya roki ‘yan Najeriya da kada su yi kasa a gwiwa a kan ‘yan wasan kasar bayan da suka taka rawar gani a wasansu na farko na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da ke gudana a Morocco.
Najeriya ta samu nasarar rike Tanzaniya da ci 2-1 a wasan farko na rukunin C a Fes. Kwallon da Eagles din suka yi, musamman a karo na biyu, ya sanya wasu daga cikin magoya bayansu tunanin ko kungiyar za ta iya lashe kofin karo na biyar a Morocco.
Najeriya ta ci gaba a wasan na 36 ta hannun Semi Ajayi da kai ta hannun Alex Iwobi. Taifa Stars ce ta rama kwallon ta hannun Charles M’Mombwa a minti na biyu da fara wasan, sai dai Ademola Lookman ya dawo da ragar Eagles ta hannun Iwobi.
Bayan haka, da kyar ‘yan Najeriyar suka samu nasarar cafke ‘yan kasar Tanzaniya, wadanda suka fito da karfin tsiya domin neman wani matakin. Da yake magana bayan kammala wasan, Moses, wanda ya dawo daga hutun rabin lokaci, ya ce wasan ba shi da sauki, domin ‘yan Tanzaniya ma suna son yin nasara. Ya ce: “A gaskiya, kwallon kafa ba ta da sauƙi, ba kowace kungiya ba ce AFCON zai zama da sauƙi a doke. Don haka ya kamata masoya su ci gaba da ba mu goyon baya.
“Kwallon da kungiyar tayi yayi kyau, idan kun ci nasara, kuna cewa, ‘Babba,’ amma idan kun sha kashi, kuna tunanin hakan, abu mafi mahimmanci shine maki uku.
“Mun saba fuskantar matsin lamba; aikinmu ne, kuma mun san yadda za mu bi da shi sosai. Na yi imani babu wanda ke jin tsoro saboda mun yi imanin za mu iya zura kwallaye da yawa.”
Moses ya yi alkawarin cewa Super Eagles za ta yi nasara a wasansu na gaba da Tunisia a ranar Asabar, inda ya ce nasarar da Tanzaniya ta samu a ranar Talata ya ba su karfin gwuiwa da su kara da Carthage Eagles.
“Wasan da Tunisia ba zai kasance mai sauƙi ba, maki uku suna kan layi kuma, ba za mu iya gaya muku ko za mu yi canjaras ko kuma rashin nasara ba, kowa yana son yin nasara, kuma muna son kasancewa a can,” in ji shi.
Shima da yake sa ran ganin fitar da gwani a gasar, babban kociyan Eagles, Eric Chelle, ya ce kungiyarsa na ci gaba da samun ci gaba, inda ya kara da cewa, bayan da suka ci jarrabawar farko da Tanzaniya, yanzu yaran sun shirya tsaf.
Chelle, wanda ya yarda cewa har yanzu akwai sauran damar ci gaba a wasan da kungiyarsa ta buga, ya ce: “Sun zo filin wasa da tunani sosai, don haka ina farin ciki da maki uku, amma muna da sauran aiki da za mu sake yi.”
“Kashi na biyu na wasan ya nuna a fili cewa akwai sauran aiki a gaba, musamman idan aka zo batun kashe wasan.
“Muna da babban wasa da Tunisia saboda wannan kungiya ce mai kyau, kuma muna da abubuwa da yawa da za mu inganta a fannin tsaro.
A kan dabarun wasansa da Tanzaniya, Franco-Malian ya bayyana tsarinsa na faffadan gasar, yana mai nuna mahimmancin gamayya akan matsayin daya-daya.
“Idan kuna son lashe gasar, ba tambaya ba ce game da ‘yan wasa 11 kawai, wannan tambaya ce game da kungiyar. Dole ne in ba da dama ga kowa a cikin wannan rukunin,” in ji shi.
A kan shawarar da ya yanke na maye gurbin Samuel Chukwueze, wanda bai ji dadin kiran ba, Chelle ya fayyace cewa sauya shekar ya ta’allaka ne da dabaru da kuma yadda ake tafiyar da ‘yan wasan gaba daya, ba wai yadda dan wasan ya yi ba.
“Aikina shine yin zabi, kuma muna wasa da lu’u-lu’u 4-4-2, kuma a wannan lokacin ina jin cewa dole ne mu kare reshe.
“Wannan ba tambaya ba ce game da wasansa, ya buga minti 60, kuma muna da ‘yan wasa 26 a wannan kungiyar.” Tunisia ce ke kan gaba a rukunin C da maki 1, bayan ta doke Uganda, kuma Super Eagles za ta fafata da ‘yan Arewacin Afirka a ranar 27 ga Disamba.
