Babban kocin Super Eagles na Najeriya, Eric Chelle, ya bayyana cewa wasan abokantaka na Super Eagles a ranar Laraba ya ba Portugal damar yin amfani da ita don nazarin salo da ƙarfin jiki na abokin hamayya na Afirka, kafin buɗe wasansu na rukuni K na FIFA World Cup 2026 da DR Congo.

Yana magana a taron manema labarai na gaba da wasan a ranar Talata, Chelle ya yarda cewa burin Portugal na wannan wasan ya wuce kawai yin atisaye.

"Ba rashin girmamawa bane, ba za mu iya kwatanta Najeriya da DR Congo ba. Ban yi tunani game da wacce kungiya ce mafi kyau ba, ina tunani game da salo da falsafa. Ina tsammanin suna son buga wasa da wata ƙungiyar Afirka watakila saboda ƙarfin wasan — idan ina magana game da haka ina magana ne game da jiki. Saboda haka wannan damar ce mai kyau ga Portugal don buga wasanmu, domin mun riga mun buga DR Congo a wasannin raguwar cancantar World Cup muka kuma sha kashi a bugun fanariti, saboda haka watakila suna son ganin yadda za su buga su."

Jarrabawa mai wuya ga ɓangarorin biyu

Kasashen biyu sun taɓa haɗuwa sau ɗaya kawai a matakin maza na manyan ƙungiyoyi — wasan abokantaka a shekarar 2022 wanda ya ƙare da nasara 4-0 ga Portugal, tare da Cristiano Ronaldo a gaban layi. Chelle ya kasance a fili game da wannan sakamakon amma ya ƙi bari ya yi inuwa akan shirye-shiryen ƙungiyarsa.

"Tabbas shekaru huɗu da suka wuce mun sha kashi 4-0, don haka watakila yanzu muna tsoron — a'a, wannan ba tambayar haka bace. Babban manufa da burin shine ingantawa a kowane wasa; dole mu shiga wasan da kyakkyawar hali ta hankali da falsafarmu ba shakka," in ji shi.

Babban taron, manyan burin

Portugal suna cikin rukuni K na World Cup tare da DR Congo, Uzbekistan, da Colombia, kuma suna buɗe kamfen ɗinsu da DR Congo a ranar 17 ga Yuni. Ga Chelle, yuwuwar fuskantar ƙungiyar da za ta iya zama zakarun duniya kawai tana ƙara tsananta mai da hankali kan ci gaban ƙungiyarsa.

"Za mu buga wasa da babbar ƙungiyar da za ta iya zama zakarun duniya. Wannan babbar ƙungiya ce da 'yan wasa da yawa masu girma kuma muna farin cikin da yawa da wannan damar," in ji kocin.

Yana tattare da maganar da ɗan wasa na tsakiya Wilfred Ndidi ya faɗa a taron manema labarai ɗaya, Chelle ya jaddada cewa sakamakon ranar Laraba yana da muhimmanci ƙasa da yadda ake buga wasan. "Ba game da sakamakon ba ne," ya ƙarfafa, yana nuna sadaukarwarsa na gina ainihin hanyar wasa kafin World Cup.