Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya Super Eagles ta farfaɗo da burinta na samun tikitin kai tsaye zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026 bayan doke Rwanda da ci 1-0 a Uyo.
Sabon ɗan wasan Wolves, Tolu Arokodare, shi ne ya zamo gwarzon wasan bayan ya zura kwallon nasara daga nisan kafa biyu da farkon mintuna shida da aka fara rabin lokaci na biyu.
Sakamakon ya sa Najeriya ta zarce Rwanda a teburin Group C, inda yanzu suke matsayi na uku da maki shida kacal bayan jagororin rukuni South Africa, waɗanda za su kara da Super Eagles a Bloemfontein ranar Talata (16:00 GMT).
Tare da saura wasanni uku a rukuni, kuma sai wanda ya zo na farko zai samu tikitin kai tsaye zuwa gasar, Najeriya na bukatar lashe wannan wasa don ci gaba da fafatawa a kan matsayi na farko, domin kauce wa sake rashin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya karo na biyu a jere.
Sai dai, burin na iya ƙaruwa idan aka hukunta South Africa da rage maki uku saboda zargin saka ɗan wasa da bai cancanta ba a nasarar da suka yi kan Lesotho a watan Maris. FIFA na ci gaba da duba wannan ƙara.
Idan kuma Najeriya ta kasa zarce Bafana Bafana, za ta iya samun damar shiga ta’asar gasar nahiyar Afrika a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka zo na biyu mafi rinjaye, inda daga nan wata ƙasa guda za ta kai ga wasan share fage na ƙarshe a duniya.
Super Eagles sun lashe wasa guda kacal daga cikin wasanni shida na farko a wannan rukuni, abin da ya nuna tangarda a yakin neman cancanta ƙarƙashin koci uku daban-daban.
Tun bayan ɗaukar ragamar horarwa a watan Janairu, Eric Chelle ya tara maki hudu daga wasanni biyu na farko a watan Maris, amma rashin tsaron gida ya sa suka tashi kunnen doki da Zimbabwe a Uyo.
Bayan ganin South Africa ta doke Lesotho a ranar Juma’a, Najeriya ta san dole sai nasara a filin Godswill Akpabio Stadium. Sun zura kwallo tun minti na takwas ta hannun Victor Osimhen, amma aka soke saboda yana cikin offside.
Daga bisani kuma Osimhen ya fice daga fili a minti na 34 bayan rauni a ƙafarsa ta hagu.
Najeriya ta samu wasu damar gwadawa, ciki har da harbin Simon da aka tsayar da shi daga mai tsaron ragar Rwanda, Fiacre Ntwari, da kuma ƙwallon nesa da Alex Iwobi da aka tura saman raga. Duk da haka, Super Eagles sun sha wahala a rabin lokaci na farko yayin da abokan hamayya suka fi niyya neman tashi kunnen doki.
Sai da aka tura Arokodare a matsayin sauyi bayan hutun rabin lokaci kafin ya karya banza da zura kwallo sakamakon cinkoso a gaban raga.
Najeriya ta sake samun damar ƙara kwallo, amma Ntwari ya yi nasarar tsayar da harbi biyu daga Simon da Lookman.
Ƙungiyar ta tsallake wani haɗari lokacin da Calvin Bassey ya yi katanga a wani bugun kai tsaye daga kwallo mai tsawo, kafin mai tsaron gida Stanley Nwabali ya kamo ragowar ƙwallo.
Super Eagles sun yi nasarar kare nasarar nasu har zuwa ƙarin mintuna uku da aka ƙara.
Yanzu da Osimhen ke cikin shakku saboda rauni, Arokodare ya nuna cancantarsa da ya fara a wasan muhimmiyar tashi da South Africa bayan kawo sauyi a gaban harin Najeriya a rabin lokaci na biyu.
