ABUJA, Nigeria – Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Najeriya (NFF) na kokarin ganin taurarin Chelsea Lesley Ugochukwu da Carney Chukwuemeka sun sauya shekar kasa domin buga wasannin neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2026 mai zuwa a watan Maris, kamar yadda SCORENigeria ta ruwaito.
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Sabon kociyan Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, ya saka sunayen ‘yan wasan biyu a cikin jerin ‘yan wasa 31 da za su buga wasannin neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da Rwanda da Zimbabwe, yana mai nuna sha’awarsa ta kara inganta tsakiyar filin wasan.
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Ugochukwu, mai shekaru 20, dan wasan tsakiya ne mai kare kai, a halin yanzu yana zaman aro a Southampton a gasar Premier League. Shi kuma dan dan uwa ne ga tsohon dan wasan Super Eagles Onyekachi Apam. Ya riga ya wakilci Faransa, inda aka haife shi, a matakin ‘yan kasa da shekaru 20.
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Chukwuemeka, mai shekaru 20, a daya bangaren, a halin yanzu yana zaman aro a babban kulob din Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund daga Chelsea. Shi dan wasan tsakiya ne kuma ya wakilci Ingila a matakan shekaru – U17, U18, U19, U20, U21.
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Super Eagles, wadanda ke da maki uku kacal daga wasanni hudu na farko, suna fuskantar mawuyacin hali a rukunin C. Kungiyar ba ta samu nasara ba a cikin rukunin kuma tana matsayi na biyar a kan teburi gabanin wasansu da Rwanda da Zimbabwe.
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Tsohon dan wasan baya na Super Eagles, Mobi Oparaku, ya bayyana cewa hadin kai a cikin kungiyar zai zama abin da ya fi muhimmanci domin farfado da yakin neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya. Ya ce, “Idan sun fito (watan gobe), bai kamata su fito a matsayin ‘yan wasa ba, ya kamata su fito a matsayin kungiya mai wakiltar Najeriya. Akwai bambanci tsakanin dan wasan da ya zo ya wakilci Super Eagles da kuma kungiyar ‘yan wasan da suka zo su wakilci Najeriya.”
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Ya kara da cewa, “Idan suka fito a matsayin kungiyar da ke wakiltar kasar, za mu iya magana game da abin da suke da shi, amma ba a matsayin daidaiku ba. Amma idan muka yi magana game da daidaiku, yana nufin ba mu da kungiya. Ina fatan wannan sabon koci (Eric Sekou Chelle) zai iya hada kan kungiyar kuma su buga wasa kamar gungun ‘yan daba don neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya.”
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Kalubalen Chelle na gaba shi ne ya doke Rwanda da Zimbabwe masu taurin kai domin farfado da fatan Najeriya na samun gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya.
