Raphael Onyedika, a tsakiya, ya yi murnar zura kwallo ta uku a ragar Najeriya da Osimhen da Dele-Bashiru. [AFP]
Tunisiya da Tanzaniya sun hadu da Najeriya da wasu shida a zagaye na biyu
Najeriya ta lallasa Uganda da ci 3-1 a jiya, inda Raphael Onyedika ya ci biyu da daya kuma Paul Onuachu ya ci gaba da rike tarihinta na kashi 100 cikin 100 a rukunin C na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka da ke gudana a Morocco.
The Super Eagles Tuni ta lashe rukunin da ci biyu da nema a kan Tanzaniya da Tunisia, sai dai kungiyar ba ta nuna alamar ja da baya ba a wasan da ke nuna komai ga ‘yan Ugandan, wadanda ke bukatar nasara domin samun damar tsallakewa zuwa zagaye na 16 a matsayin daya daga cikin kasashe hudu mafi kyau a matsayi na uku.
Duk da cewa koci Eric Chelle ya yi canje-canje takwas domin bai wa ‘yan wasan gaba damar samun damar shiga gasar, amma hakan bai haifar da wani bambanci ba ganin yadda ‘yan wasan Eagles karkashin jagorancin Victor Osimhen suka maye gurbin Wilfred Ndidi mai benci, suka taka kamar an fara gasar.
Yayin da Moses Simon da Samuel Chukwueze ke fafatawa a gefe, Super Eagles din ta samu kwarin gwuiwa wajen tafiyar da wasan, sai dai an dauki kusan mintuna 28 kafin Najeriya ta samu kwallon farko a ragar Onuachu a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Dele Bashiru.
Bayan haka, ‘yan wasan Ugandan sun kare kai tsaye inda suka hana Super Eagles tazarar kwallo daya tilo da aka yi a farkon wasan. Aikin ‘yan Ugandan ya yi wuya a karo na biyu lokacin da kyaftin dinsu kuma mai tsaron gida, Dennis Onyango, ya yi kasa a gwiwa saboda rauni.
Aikin nasu ya yi tsanani lokacin da aka kori wanda ya maye Onyango, Salim Jamal Magoola, saboda ya tsayar da wani guntu Osimhen da hannunsa a wajen akwatinsa. Yanzu an rage zuwa maza 10, ‘yan Ugandan sun yi amfani da damar da za su iya lalata su ta hanyar kare kai tsaye. Sai dai jajircewarsu bai hana Onyedika zura kwallaye biyu cikin gaggawa a minti na 62 da minti 67 ba inda aka tashi wasan 3-1.
‘Yan Ugandan ‘yan wasa 10, sun samu kwarin guiwa ne a minti na 75 da fara wasa ta hannun Mato, wanda ya sarrafa bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida daga Okello sannan a sanyaye ya daga kwallon a kan golan Najeriya na ranar, Francis Uzoho.
Da wannan nasarar Super Eagles ta kawo karshen wasanta na rukuni da maki tara. Sun kara da Tunisia da Tanzania da ke matsayi na biyu, inda suka tashi kunnen doki 1-1 a daya wasan da kungiyar ta buga a lokaci guda da wasan Eagles. Haka kuma a zagaye na 16 akwai Masar da Afirka ta Kudu da Morocco da kuma Mali.
Taifa Stars ta zama kungiya ta farko da ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16 a gasar ta AFCON da maki biyu tun bayan da aka fadada gasar zuwa ga kungiyoyi 24 a shekarar 2019.
Tunisiya za ta kara da Mali wadda ta zo ta biyu a rukunin A a Casablanca a ranar Asabar 3 ga watan Janairu, yayin da Tanzaniya – wacce ta kai matakin zagayen farko a karon farko za ta ci gaba da zama a Rabat don karawa da Morocco mai masaukin baki.
Najeriya za ta ci gaba da zama a Fes kuma za ta kara da kungiyar da ta zo ta uku daga rukunin F – Mozambique, Kamaru ko IvoCote d’Ivoire- ranar Litinin. A yau ne za a kammala wasannin zagaye na 16 bayan wasannin rukunin E da Equatorial Guinea da Algeria, da Sudan da Burkina Faso; da kuma karawar rukunin F tsakanin Gabon da Cote d’Ivoire da wasa tsakanin Mozambique da Kamaru.
Za a buga wasannin zagaye na 16 ne daga ranar 3 ga watan Janairu zuwa 6 ga watan Janairun 2026, sai kuma wasannin daf da na kusa da na karshe a ranar 9 da 10 ga watan Janairu, kuma za a yi wasannin kusa da na karshe a ranar 13 ga watan Janairu, kafin a kammala gasar da wasan karshe a Rabat a ranar 18 ga watan Janairu, inda za a ba da kofin gasar.
