George Ilenikhena ya bayyana kiransa na Super Eagles a karon farko a matsayin babban girmamawa, inda dan wasan da ya kai shekara 20 dan wasan Al-Ittihad ke fatan yin bayyanarsa ta farko a filin wasa lokacin da Nigeria take fara yakin neman cancanta zuwa AFCON 2027.

Babban koci Éric Chelle ya gayyaci Ilenikhena a karon farko zuwa tawagar kasa, kafin wasannin cancantar da Nigeria za ta buga da Madagascar da Guinea-Bissau. Yayin wata tattaunawa da 'yan jarida a Uyo, dan wasan gaba ya ce zama wani bangare na tawagar a wannan mataki na aikinsa yana da matukar mahimmanci a gare shi.

"Girmamawa ce a gare ni kasancewa a nan. Ina da alfahari kuma farin ciki da zama wani bangare na wannan babbar tawagar kasa, kuma a gare ni, babbar dama ce. Shekara 20 kacal nake, kuma ina nan tare da manyan 'yan wasan da suka riga suka sami nasarori," in ji Ilenikhena.

Sabon dan wasan kuma ya yabi kyakkyawan yanayin da ke cikin sansanin, yana mai cewa 'yan wasan sun hadu da sauri duk da da yawansu sun isa kwanaki kadan kacal kafin wasan.

"Ruhin tawagarmu yana da kyau sosai. Na isa jiya kuma ina ganin kowa yana tare kamar iyali daya, kuma wannan yana da kyau sosai," ya kara da cewa.

Shirye-shiryen fafatawa da Madagascar

Nigeria za ta fara yakin cancantar ta da Madagascar's Barea a Godswill Akpabio International Stadium da ke Uyo a ranar Juma'a. Ilenikhena ya bayyana cewa yana shirye ya ba da gudunmawarsa duk lokacin da Chelle ya kira shi.

"Ina da matukar farin ciki. Zan ba da komai kuma sama da haka, kamar yadda na saba. Zan ba da komai lokacin da koci ya sanya ni filin wasa kuma in taimaki tawagar kamar yadda zan iya. Muna shirye kuma muna farin ciki don buga wannan wasa na farko, kuma muna shirya ta hanyar da ta dace don lashe wasan a ranar Juma'a," in ji shi.

Ilenikhena ya zo sansanin bayan wani ingantaccen kakar wasa a kulob, bayan ya karya tarihin Champions League yayin kamfen din Al-Ittihad — wanda da yake Monaco — da Barcelona. Bayyanar dan wasan ya ba Chelle wata hanyar kai hari mai inganci yayin da Nigeria take neman cancanta zuwa gasar nahiyar.