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2026 WCQ: Burin Najeriya na zuwa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na hannun jari yau, yayin da Super Eagles ke kara da Lesotho

Dukkan idanu sun karkata zuwa filin wasa na New Peter Mokaba a Polokwane, Afirka ta Kudu, yau Juma’a, yayin da Super Eagles ta Najeriya ke fafatawa da Crocodiles na Lesotho a wasan da zai iya yanke makomar kasar a wasannin neman cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026.

Najeriya ta shiga halin kunci bayan wasan da suka tashi 1-1 da Afirka ta Kudu a watan Satumba, abin da ya sa ake ganin za su iya rasa damar zuwa gasar duniya karo na biyu a jere. Amma hukuncin FIFA da ya cire maki daga Afirka ta Kudu saboda sun saka dan wasa da bai cancanta ba ya farfado da burin Najeriya.

Sakamakon wannan hukunci, Najeriya tana da maki 11, tana bayan Benin (maki 14, bambancin kwallo +4) da Afirka ta Kudu (maki 14, bambancin +2), yayin da Rwanda ke da maki 11 amma bambancin kwallo na sifili.

Don ci gaba da daidaita gaba, Super Eagles dole ne su ci duka wasanninsu biyu da suka rage, tare da fatan Afirka ta Kudu za ta yi rashin nasara a wasanninta na karshe da Zimbabwe da Rwanda.

A karawar farko a Uyo ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 2023, Lesotho ta tashi 1-1 da Najeriya. Tun daga 2019, sun hadu sau uku — Najeriya ta ci sau biyu, Lesotho ta tashi sau daya.

Kafin wasan yau, kocin Najeriya, Éric Chelle, ya bayyana kwarin gwiwa ga manema labarai a Polokwane, yana cewa tawagarsa ta shirya sosai.

“Dole mu fara wasan da karfi da hankali. Kwallon kafa tana iya daukar salo daban-daban, amma manufarmu ita ce samun maki uku,” in ji Chelle.

Har yanzu tafiyar Najeriya a neman cancantar shiga gasar ta kasance mai ban takaici — nasara biyu, canjaras biyar, da rashin nasara daya, yayin da Lesotho ke da nasara biyu, canjaras uku, da rashin nasara uku.

Wasan na Matchday 9 zai gudana ne yau Juma’a, 10 ga Oktoba, da karfe 6:00 na yamma agogon wurin (5:00 na yamma agogon Najeriya) a filin wasan New Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane.

Nasara yau na iya dawo da burin Najeriya na zuwa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2026, yayin da rashin nasara zai iya zama karshen mafarkin.