Raphael Onyedika, a tsakiya, ya yi murnar zura kwallo ta uku a ragar Najeriya da Osimhen da Dele-Bashiru. [AFP]
Victor Osimhen ya zabi dan wasan tsakiya Raphael Onyedika a matsayin dan wasan Najeriya da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba a gasar cin kofin Afrika da za a yi a Morocco a 2025, in ji soccernet.ng.
Dan wasan Galatasaray ya yabawa Onyedika bisa rawar da yake ganin ba a san su ba duk da mahimmancin da suke da shi ga ci gaban Super Eagles.
Najeriya ta samu tikitin zuwa gasar zagaye na 16 bayan ta doke Uganda da ci 3-1 a filin wasa na Fes ranar Talata da daddare, wasan da Onyedika ya nuna bajintar inda ya zura kwallaye biyu a zagaye na biyu.
Kafin a tafi hutun rabin lokaci Paul Onuachu ne ya baiwa ‘yan wasan Eric Chelle kwallo ta farko, sai dai bayan an dawo ne Onyedika ya ci kwallo biyu a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida da Samuel Chukwueze ya zura a ragar Uganda.
Da yake magana bayan kammala wasan, Osimhen ya nuna sha’awar kawar da hankalinsa daga kan sa, yana mai jaddada cewa gudunmawar Onyedika ta cancanci a yaba masa.
“Onyedika ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasanmu kuma mafi yawan lokuta, ba ya samun kwazon da ya dace,” in ji Osimhen kamar yadda Flashscore ya ruwaito.
“Hakika dan wasa ne mai hazaka, saboda irin rawar da ya taka a karawar da Uganda, ina ganin ya cancanci a ba shi haske.
“Ba wai ni ba ne, ba batun Super Eagles ba ne, duk a kansa ne saboda ya yi kyau sosai kuma ya cancanci a sa ido a kai.”
Osimhen ya kuma waiwayi sawa kaftin din a karon farko na kungiyar Super Eagles, bayan da aka damka masa alhakin maye gurbin Wilfred Ndidi, wanda aka huta kafin a buga wasan.
Ya kasance daya daga cikin ‘yan wasa uku da aka rike a farkon jerin ‘yan wasan kuma ya yarda da kwarewar jagorancin tawagar kasar yana da ma’ana sosai.
“Yana jin dadi sosai. A gare ni, yana da kyau a yi ƙoƙari na jagoranci tawagar,” kamar yadda ya shaida wa manema labarai a yankin da ke hade.
“Ina tsammanin na sami wani matakin kwarewa don samun damar jagorantar kungiyar, kuma kocin ya ba da labarinsa, da kuma ‘yan wasan.”
Ya kara da cewa makamin ya inganta sadarwa da iko a filin wasa.
“Don haka suna saurarena kamar yadda ni ma nake saurarensu, don haka ni, ina ganin hakan ya ba ni farin ciki da gata sosai, domin a lokacin da na jagoranci samari sun yi nasara a wasan, sannan mu ma mun tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16.
Osimhen ya ce “Kftin din ya ba ni ma’ana ta zama dan wasa don samun damar ganawa da alkalin wasa, in yi magana da alkalin wasa lokacin da abokin wasana ya kasa,” in ji Osimhen.
Da yake duban yadda za a buga wasan, dan wasan mai shekaru 27 ya bayyana karara cewa Najeriya ba ta jin tsoron wani abokin hamayya.
“Ban damu ba, kowa zai iya zuwa,” in ji shi.
Duk da cewa Rashidi Yekini ya kafa tarihin zura kwallo a raga a Najeriya, Osimhen ya dage cewa abubuwan da suka sa a gaba ba su kai shi ba.
“A gaskiya, ban taɓa yin barci wata rana ba kuma na yi tunanin ƙoƙarin daidaita rikodin ko ƙoƙarin wuce shi.
“Ni dai ina yin abin da zan iya yi wa qungiyar tawa, ina yi musu fafutuka, ina qoqarin zura qwallaye da taimaka wa qwallaye, da fatan ba wannan AFCON ba, wata qila ba a gasar share fagen shiga gasar ba amma na san wata rana zan isa can.”
Yayin da Najeriya ta samu nasara a halin yanzu, Osimhen ya jaddada burin kungiyar na neman lashe kofin AFCON na hudu.
“Yaran a shirye suke su ba da komai don tabbatar da cewa mun cika wannan mafarkin, ba shakka ba abu ne mai sauki ba, yanzu mun tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16, manyan kungiyoyi suna zuwa.”
“A gare ni, ba zan tabbatar wa kowa ba, kawai abin da zan iya tabbatarwa shine kyakkyawan aiki, yin gwagwarmaya ga tawagara da kuma tabbatar da nasarar Super Eagles.”
Ya kuma bayyana zurfin kai hare-hare a Najeriya. “Ina tsammanin ba ni kadai ba, muna da Paul, AKOR, Ade da za su iya samun aikin ta fuskar zura kwallo a raga da kuma samun taimako. Don haka ni, idan na samu dama ina so in yi amfani da ita,” in ji shi.
Kwallon da Osimhen ya zura a ragar Tunisia ta sa ya zura kwallaye 32 a ragar kasar, wanda hakan ya sa ya kasa cika tarihin Rashidi Yekini da ya dade a duniya.
