Kocin Rivers United Finidi George ya ba da amsar da ta dace ga sakamakon zaben zagaye na farko na CAF Champions League, inda ya kwatanta duel da FC San Pedro na Côte d'Ivoire a matsayin mai adalci — amma ya yi gargadi ga 'yan wasa sa su yi sakin kai.

CAF ta gudanar da zaben gasar 2026/2027 na CAF Champions League a ranar Alhamis, tana haduwa da wakilan Nigeria biyu da abokan karawarsu na zagaye na farko. Rivers United za su tafi Côte d'Ivoire su yi wasa da FC San Pedro, yayin da Rangers International — wadanda suka lashe NPFL — suka fada cikin kungiyar Sobemap FC ta Benin Republic.

Zabe na gaskiya, amma babu wuri don sassautawa

Finidi, wanda ya lashe Africa Cup of Nations na 1994 tare da Super Eagles, ya karbi sakamakon zabar da natsuwa ba tare da fara murna ba. "Zaben, zan ce, bai yi muni ba," in ji tsohon mai lashe UEFA Champions League tare da Ajax Amsterdam. "Amma ba ka san abin da zai faru a wadannan wasannin ba. Yana da adalci sosai."

Harshen da ya yi amfani da shi yana nuna cewa Rivers United — da ake kira Pride of Rivers — ba za su yi sakin kai ba ko da yake zaben ya zama mai kyau a takarda.

Shirye-shirye kafin tafiya Abidjan

Za a buga wasan farko a Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, kafin wasan dawowa ya gudana a Godswill Akpabio Stadium a Uyo, jihar Akwa Ibom. Finidi ya tabbatar cewa ma'aikatansa na fasaha za su fara tattara bayanai dalla-dalla game da FC San Pedro kafin gasar.

"Za mu yi ƙoƙarin sanin su sosai mu tsara dabarunmu," ya ce. "Za mu je wurinsu da farko, kuma hakan abu ne mai kyau. Za mu ga yadda za mu samu sakamako mai kyau a can, sannan mu dawo gida mu yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba zuwa zagaye na gaba."

Rivers United na fatan wucewa zuwa zagayen farko na biyu su ci gaba da wakiltar Najeriya a gasar kulob din nahiyar da ta fi girma.