Lagos na shirya daurin dare mafi muhimmanci a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka, kuma hasken wannan watan Disamba yana fuskantar Afirka ta Kudu kai tsaye. Daga shugaban da ke jagorantar bikin har zuwa sabuwar zakaran nahiyar, sunaye biyar na Afirka ta Kudu suna shirye su mamaye dare, lokacin da Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts — tsohon National Theatre — ya bude ƙofofinsa a ranar 7 ga Disamba.

Patrice Motsepe yana jagoranci

Shugaban CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe shi ne mai gina dawowar kyaututtukan zuwa Lagos — Kwamitin Zartarwa nasa ya tabbatar da Nigeria a matsayin mai masaukin baki a taron kan layi a ranar 2 ga Oktoba. Motsepe, wanda ya fara shiga ofis a watan Maris 2021 kuma an sake zaɓe shi a watan Maris 2025, ya kula da tsarin zaɓe wanda ya ga Lagos ta ci nasara akan Abuja, bayan wakili mai mambobi biyar na CAF ya duba wuraren da suka haɗa da Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre da Eko Hotel, kafin gwamnan Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu ya bayyana cewa birni na shirye.

Lagos ba sabuwa ce ga wannan taron ba, tunda ta taɓa karɓar kyaututtukan a shekarun 2008, 2013, da 2014. Al'ummar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Nigeria na zuwa da ƙarfin su: a bikin na bana da aka yi a Morocco, Chiamaka Nnadozie ta lashe Kyauta ta Gwajin Ƙwallon Matan Shekara a karo na uku a jere, an naɗa Super Falcons Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Matan Shekara, kuma Victor Osimhen ya ƙare cikin manyan uku na kyautar maza tare da Achraf Hakimi da Mohamed Salah.

Alaƙar Motsepe da ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob din Afirka ta Kudu ta zurfafa ma. Ɗansa Thlopie ya karɓi kujerar shugaban Mamelodi Sundowns lokacin da Motsepe ya tafi CAF, kuma wannan kulob ne ke isa Lagos yanzu a matsayin zakaran Afirka.

Mamelodi Sundowns — kulob na shekara

Sundowns sun lashe kofin CAF Champions League na biyu a watan Mayu, bayan sun doke AS FAR na Morocco 2-1 a jimillar wasanni biyu. Suna tafiya Lagos a matsayin ƙarfin da ke mamaye nahiya kuma, bisa rahotannin Afirka ta Kudu, suna gaba a cikin zaɓuɓɓuka na farko — kulob ɗin yana takara don Club of the Year kuma manyan 'yan wasa uku suna kan lissafin kyaututtukan ɗaiɗai. CAF ba ta buga cikakken lissafinta na hukuma a lokacin waɗannan rahotannin ba, ma'ana jerin sunayen na ƙarshe na iya canzawa.

Ronwen Williams — mai tsaron gida da ya yanke hukunci

Williams ya yi tsayawa mai ƙarfi kan bugun fanariti yayin da Sundowns suka gama cin nasarar CAF Champions League, an ruwaito cewa yana cikin waɗanda aka zaɓa don Goalkeeper of the Year. Dan doki na dindindin a cikin Bafana Bafana kuma lamba ɗaya na Sundowns, shi ne ɗaya daga cikin sauran fuskokin da aka fi sani a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma ɗayan sunaye da ake sa ran gane su mafi yawa a Lagos.

Teboho Mokoena — wanda ya buga bugun cin nasara

Idan akwai wani lokaci guda da ya bayyana balaguron nahiyar Sundowns, shi ne bugun nesa na Mokoena da ya yi wa AS FAR a ƙarshen wasanni — burin da ya yanke hukunci a jimillar. An danganta dan tsakiya da Interclub Player of the Year, lambar yabo da ke gane mafi kyawun mai wasa a gasar kulob din CAF. Nasara a ranar 7 ga Disamba zai kasance mafi ɗaukakar lokacin aikinsa.

Miguel Cardoso — koci da ya ci Afirka

Kocin Fotigal Cardoso ya jagoranci Sundowns zuwa tajadar nahiyar su ta biyu kuma yana cikin 'yan takara na Coach of the Year. Idan Sundowns suka share nau'ukan kulob, za a yaba wa Cardoso da canza ƙarfin ƙasar a cikin gida a Afirka ta Kudu zuwa mafi kyawun kulob a nahiyar. Masu kallo a Lagos za su tabbatar da cewa kowane suna da aka karanta a dare ya sami maraba mai ɗumbin yawa — kuma a Afirka ta Kudu, miliyoyi za su kalli kowace cokali, da yawa daga cikinsu suna da fiye da alfahari na ƙasa abin dogaro.