Lagos, Nigeria – Kasashen Afrika na ci gaba da fafatawa a zagayen wasansu na neman gurbin shiga gasar Kofin Duniya ta 2026, tare da masu horarwa da tawagogin da ke fuskantar kalubalensi.
Wannan watan zai kasance na musamman, saboda wasa biyun da za a yi na bawa ƙasashe damar bayyana kararsu yayin da wasanni shida ne suka rage daga cikin 10 a wannan zagayen. Najeriyar Super Eagles, wata tawaga mai suna da sunan yaki a fagen kwallo, tana buƙatar nasara don dawo da kai a cikin gasa.
The Super Eagles, suna da tazarar maki huɗu tsakanin su da Rwanda, suna fuskantar rikicin ƙwallon daga Eric Chelle, wanda ya zama kocin na farko daga Afirka wanda ba ɗan Najeriya ba. Chelle ya bayyana, “Matsin lamba yana cikin harkar ƙwallon Afirka; duk koci yana fuskantar matsala, amma ina da ƙwarin gwiwa a cikin ‘yan wasan nawa.”
A yayin da Najeriya ke fuskantar Rwanda ranar 21 ga watan, ba ta yi nasara ba a Rukunin C, haka nan tana fuskantar kalubalen karɓar Zimbabwe a gida. Chell ya yi nuni da cewa, “dole ne mu cimma wannan nasarar don ci gaba. Maganar magana ce duka, amma na yarda da ‘yan wasan nawa.”
Morocco ce ta fi kowacce tawaga matsayi a nahiyar, kuma ita ce ta sama da maki tara a Rukunin E, ba tare da fargaba ba. A hannu guda, Nijar na neman zuwa Kofin Duniya a karon farko kuma tana kan maki shida, za ta karɓi na Moroko. Idan Nijar ta yi nasara, hakan zai zama mamaki mai yawa.
Kwararun kasa sun ci gaba da fuskantar kaluɓale, kamar Eritrea da ta fice daga gasar tun kafin a fara, kana FIFA ta dakatar da Congo-Brazzaville daga shiga wasanni. Daga cikin tawagogin da ke cikin hukunku akwai Kamaru da Ivory Coast, inda Ivory Coast ke neman cimma nasarar shiga Kofin Duniya karo na tara a wannan zagayen wasannin.
Masar, mai jagorancin Rukunin A, ta bayar da tazarar huɗu a saman tebur, tare da kyawun koci Mohamed Salah yana fuskantar tazara daga ‘yan wasansa. Sami Trabelsi ya dawo karɓar aikin horar da Tunisia, in da tawagar ta Carthage Eagles take kan matakin saman Rukunin H.
Ghana na ƙoƙarin gyara suna bisa ga mummunar fuskantar da ta yi a wasan neman shiga gasar Afcon 2025, inda su ke biyu a Rukunin I tare da maki tara. Ko da yake suna fuskantar korafin sabbin kociyo, Corentin Martins da Rigobert Song, suna fata za su tabuka nasara.
Har yanzu ana tsammanin harkar ƙwallon za ta cigaba da jan hankali tare da tawagogin da ke neman nasara a karshe don samun gurbi a gasar Kofin Duniya ta 2026, inda za a jira jin wannan sauran wasannin.
