Najeriya ta fara kamfen din gasar cin kofin AFCON na shekarar 2025 da ci 2-1 a kan Tanzania mai juriya, yayin da Ademola Lookman ya zura kwallo a ragar kasar Morocco a karo na biyu, in ji jaridar PUNCH Sports Extra.
Nasarar da Super Eagles ta samu ya kara karfin Super Eagles a fafatawar zuwa wasanni tara ba tare da an doke ta ba da Taifa Stars kuma ta bayar da amsa kan lokaci bayan rashin samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya karo na biyu a jere a watan jiya.
Tawagar Eric Chelle ta fara ne da niyya kuma ta kusa kai gaba a cikin mintuna na farko lokacin da Akor Adams ya tilastawa golan Tanzaniya Zuberi Foba bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Bayan wani lokaci, dan wasan gaban na Sevilla ya matso kusa da shi, inda ya ba da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida ta kusa da kusa sakamakon matsin lamba.
Tanzaniya a taƙaice ta yi barazanar kawo cikas ga rawar Najeriya a lokacin da Simon Msuva ya yi wani yunƙuri na wasan motsa jiki wanda Stanley Nwabali ya tattara cikin nutsuwa, amma Super Eagles sun ci gaba da tabbatar da kansu. Victor Osimhen ya yi tunanin shi ne ya fara zura kwallo a raga bayan ya zagaye Foba, sai dai Bakari Mwamnyeto ya farke kwallon a raga.
Najeriya ta samu nasarar ne a minti na 36. Daga wani kusurwa, an kalli isar da Alex Iwobi da gwaninta zuwa kusurwa mai nisa ta hanyar Semi Ajayi, wanda ya baiwa Super Eagles damar da ta dace.
Damar dai ta ci gaba da zuwa kafin a tafi hutun rabin lokaci, inda Foba ya zura kwallo biyu mai kyau wanda ya hana Wilfred Ndidi da Samuel Chukwueze cikin sauri, lamarin da ya tabbatar da cewa Tanzania ta tafi hutun rabin lokaci.
Waɗancan ceton sun kasance masu mahimmanci yayin da Tanzaniya ta buga matakin minti biyar bayan an tashi daga wasan. Novatus Miroshi ya ba da giciye mai haɗari a cikin akwatin, inda aka bar Charles M’Mombwa ba tare da alama ba kuma ya ƙare cikin nutsuwa a kan volley daga kusa.
Amsar Najeriya ta kasance cikin gaggawa da kuma jan hankali. Mintuna biyu kacal daga baya, Lookman ya kirkiro sarari a gefen yankin kuma ya buga wani gagarumin bugu na kafar hagu a cikin kusurwa mai nisa, wanda ya dawo da fa’idar Super Eagles tare da daidaita duk wani jijiyoyi na farko.
‘Yan wasan Chelle sun ci kwallo ta uku don jefa gasar cikin shakku, inda Lookman ya ga kokarin da Foba ya yi da Osimhen ya ci karo da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Iwobi ya yi ta harbi da kyar daga cikin yankin, yayin da Osimhen ya sake yin kasa-kasa da Foba mai ban sha’awa.
Sai dai Tanzaniya ta kasance mai hatsari a lokacin hutun rabin lokaci kuma ta zo kusa da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida lokacin da Ibrahim Hamad ya farke daga dab da kusa da kusa da kusa da kusurwa, wanda a karshe ya zama mai yanke hukunci.
Duk da matsin lamba da Najeriya ta fuskanta a matakin karshe, Najeriya ta tsaya tsayin daka, inda ta kula da wasan da kyau inda ta samu maki uku tare da fara samun nasara a rukunin C.
NIJERIYA Super Eagles za ta samu kwarin gwiwa daga sakamakon yayin da suke kokarin kara kuzari a gasar yayin da za su kara da Carthage Eagles ta Tunisia a wasansu na biyu a ranar Asabar, yayin da Tanzania ta yi rashin nasara a gasar bayan da ta taka rawar gani a gasar AFCON 2025.
