Kocin Inter Lagos, Shakiru Giwa, ya yabi ɗan wasan kai tsaye ɗan shekara 19, Moses Ezekiel, wanda burinsai a minti na 19 ya ba ƙungiyarsa nasara ta farko a kakar 2026/27 ta Nigeria Professional Football League — sakamako wanda ya kawo ƙarshen jerin rashin nasara a wasanni uku kuma ya ba da mamaki ga Enyimba, zaɓɓaɓɓen kambion, a fagen su na Aba.

Lokaci mai muhimmanci ga dan wasan kuruciya

Wannan burin shine na farko na Ezekiel a kakar wasa, kuma Giwa ya yi imani da cewa muhimmancin wannan burin na iya tsara hanyar ci gaban ɗan wasan matashi na shekaru masu zuwa.

"Har yanzu ɗan wasa ne ƙarami. Ya buga wasanni biyu ko uku har zuwa yanzu, kuma ina tsammani zira kwalliyar — kwalliya mai muhimmanci kamar ta — a kan ƙungiyar Afrika mai girma kamar Enyimba zai ba shi amincewa kuma zai haɓaka aikinsa gaba," in ji Giwa a taron manema labarai bayan wasa.

Daga cin kashin ku zuwa nasara a Aba

Inter Lagos ta yi rashin nasara a duk wasanninta uku na farko — 2-1 a kan 3SC, 1-0 a kan Doma United, da 3-0 a kan Sporting Lagos — kafin tafiyarta zuwa Aba. Giwa ya yarda cewa 'yan lura kaɗan ne suka ba ƙungiyarsa wata dama ta gaskiya na ɗaukar maki daga hannun zakaran sau tara na NPFL da kuma masu daukar ɗauro sau biyu na CAF Champions League.

"Mun buga wasanni uku kafin wannan kuma mun yi rashin nasara a dukkan su — dangane da waɗannan sakamako, babu wanda ya ba mu wata dama kafin wannan wasa," ya ce. "Amma mun tattara kanmu, tun da mun sani cewa muna shiga wannan NPFL a karon farko. Ƙungiyar tana da shekaru uku kawai yau."

Ruwan sama na albarka

Ruwan sama mai yawa ya sauka Aba kimanin awanni biyu kafin fara wasa, kuma yanayi ya kasance mai wahala a duk lokacin wasa. Maimakon yin korafin fagen wasa, Giwa ya canza ruwan sama zuwa alama ta sa'a ga ƙungiyarsa da ta yi tafiya.

"Muna kiransa 'ruwan sama na albarka'," in ji shi yana dariya. "Za ka iya cewa ya kasance a ɓangaren mu, domin zuwa nan da cin nasara bayan rashin nasara uku a jere albarka ce mana." Ya ƙara da cewa manajan janar dinsa ya yi imani da cewa aikin kai hari ya cancanci fiye da kwalliya ɗaya.

Rashin kwarewa da jinkirin shirye-shirye

Giwa ya kasance bayyane game da ƙalubalen tsari a bayan farkon Inter Lagos mai wahala. Rukunin ƙungiyar an gina shi galibi daga 'yan wasa daga Nigeria National League da Nigeria League One, tare da ɗan wasa ɗaya kawai da ya sami gogewa ta NPFL a baya. Ƙungiyar tana da kwanaki shida kawai tsakanin ƙarshen shirye-shirye da farkon wasansu.

"Mun fara da latti sosai kuma muna mu'amala da 'yan wasan NNL da NLO, ban da ɗan wasa ɗaya da ya taɓa buga NPFL," Giwa ya bayyana. "Kamar dai muna ma'amala da 'yan wasa matasa da yawa — suna buƙatar lokaci don su haɗa kansu yadda ya kamata."

Juyin juya hali na gaskiya, ba sa'ar gidan banza ba

Duk da murna ta yanzu, Giwa ya tabbatar da cewa cin nasara a kan Enyimba dole ne ya zama tushe ba keɓantaccen abin da ya faru ba. Ya nuna kura-kurai a wasan da suke buƙatar gyara kafin wasansu na gaba a kan Kano Pillars ranar Laraba.

"Wannan alamar kwanaki mafi kyau a gaba ce, kuma dole ne mu koma mu ƙarfafa abin da ya faru a nan yau don ya kasa zama kamar sa'ar gidan banza," ya bayyana. "Ba za ka iya cin nasara a kan 'ɗan girman Afrika' ka koma gida ka ɓata komai ba. Za mu iya kawai komawa gida mu gina akan abin da muka yi a nan yau."