Ghana na nufin yi tarihi a duniyar kwallon kafa yayin da suke fuskantar Côte d'Ivoire a buɗaɗɗen wasan neman tikitin AFCON 2027 — wasan da Black Stars ba su taɓa cin nasara a ciki ba.

Wasan Rukuni C na wannan Alhamis a Stade de la Paix a Bouaké shine karo na uku da aka zana waɗannan makwabtaka na Yammacin Afirka tare a wasannin neman tikitin AFCON, kuma tarihin Ghana a waɗancan kasuwancin ya yi baƙin ciki: rashin nasara sau uku da daidaito ɗaya cikin wasanni huɗu.

Gasar da Côte d'Ivoire ta mamaye

Tarihin neman tikitin ya koma Oktoba 1973, lokacin da ƙasashen biyu suka hadu a zagaye na biyu na neman tikitin AFCON 1974. Côte d'Ivoire ta lallashe Ghana 3-0 a Accra sannan ta kammala aikin da nasara ta 1-0 a Abidjan watan da ya biyo baya.

Fiye da shekaru goma bayan haka, an sanya ƙungiyoyin biyu tare a neman tikitin neman tikitin buga na 1986. Elephants sun nuna irin wannan rinjayen, suna cin wasan farko 2-0 a Abidjan kafin su tsaya Ghana daidaito 0-0 a Kumasi don ci gaba da sauƙi.

Abin ban mamaki bai ɓace ga magoya bayan Black Stars ba: Ghana sun taɓa doke Côte d'Ivoire a gasar AFCON kanta — a 1965, 1968, 1996, da 2008 — amma a fiye da wasanni 36 tun 1965, jerin neman tikitin bai taɓa samun nasara ba a kansu.

Ghana sun zo da raunin 'yan wasa, Côte d'Ivoire suna da goyon bayan gida

Carlos Queiroz ya shiga wannan wasa ba tare da 'yan wasa da yawa muhimmai ba. Mohammed Kudus, Antoine Semenyo, Jordan Ayew, da Thomas Partey duk ba su nan, wanda ya bar hari da tsakiyar filin Ghana da rauni sosai. Black Stars kuma suna ɗauke da nauyinta na rashin cancanta zuwa AFCON 2025.

Côte d'Ivoire, a gefe guda, suna maraba da dawowar kocin Hervé Renard kuma suna jin daɗin goyon bayan masoyanta a Bouaké. Renard zai iya dogara ga 'yan wasa masu gogewa kamar Franck Kessié, Nicolas Pépé, da Yan Diomandé yayin da zakaran nahiya sau uku ke son tabbatar da mulkinsu da wuri a Rukuni C.

Rukuni C yana da The Gambia da Somalia, ma'anar haka shine cewa sakamakon kyau a Alhamis zai ba kowane ɓangare tushe mai ƙarfi don sauran gasar. Ga Ghana, hadarin ya fi girma — nasara ba wai kawai zata karya tsafi na dogon lokaci na neman tikitin ba, amma tana sanar da farkon sabuntawa bayan baƙin ciki na rashin shiga ɓangaren ƙarshe na gasar.