Samukele Kabini, mai tsaron hagu ɗan wasan Molde a Norway, ya ci burin farko a wasannin ƙasashen duniya a minti na 77 don tabbatar wa Afirka ta Kudu nasara ta 2-1 kan Guinea a wasan farko na kwalifikeshon TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 a Orlando Stadium a Soweto ranar Asabar.

Wannan nasara ta ba Pitso Mosimane — wanda ya dawo don jagorantar Bafana Bafana a karo na uku — fara aiki yadda ya kamata, tare da ɗaukaka Afirka ta Kudu zuwa saman Ƙungiya D da maki biyu.

Dalilin da ya sa wannan sakamakon yana da mahimmanci sosai

Da Kenya, Tanzania, da Uganda suka riga sun tabbatar da zuwa gasar a matsayin ƙasashe masu masaukin baki, ɗaya ne kawai daga cikin sauran ƙungiyoyi uku na Ƙungiya D zai sami tikitin shiga gasar ƙarshe. Wannan ya sa nasarar Afirka ta Kudu kan Guinea — ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan hamayyarsu na wannan wurin — ta zama da mahimmanci nan take.

Dai-daituwar Eritrea da Kenya ta 1-1 a Nairobi a wannan dare ya ƙara bayyana girman gasar. Nahom Girmai Netabay ya ci wa Eritrea a rabin farko yana amfani da rashin natsuwar tsaron Kenya, kafin Ryan Ogam ya daidaita wa Kenya minti uku kafin ƙarshen wasan, yana hana Eritrea nasara mai ban mamaki a waje. Ƙungiyar Benni McCarthy ta yi gwagwarmaya kafin ta cimma dai-daituwa.

Yadda Afirka ta Kudu ta samu nasararsu

Dole ne Bafana Bafana su yi kokari sosai don a kan Guinea wadanda suka kirkiro damarmar gaske a lokacin wasan. Kiper Ronwen Williams ya yi gagarumin kamo da wuri don hana Aliou Balde ci, yayin da Relebohile Mofokeng ya bace dama a fili a gefen gida a minti na tara.

Afirka ta Kudu ta bude ƙofar a minti na 30 lokacin da mai tsaro Ime Okon ya buga ƙwallon da ƙarfi ya shiga ta gefen gindin gaba, bayan kai nasa na farko ya buge abokin wasansa Yaya Sithole ya dawo zuwa gare shi yadda ya dace.

Guinea ta rama ta hanyar Seydouba Cisse, wanda ya fara amsa bayan harbin kyauta na Serhou Guirassy ya buge katangar tsaro ta Afirka ta Kudu, yana ɗaukar ƙwallon da ya tsere ya buge Williams yana daidaita maki.

Yayin da dai-daituwa ta yi kama da sakamakon mai daraja ga baƙin ƙasa, Afirka ta Kudu ta sake samun damar a minti na 77 ta hanyar haɗin kai na masu musanya guda biyu. Dan wasan farko Yanela Mbuthuma ya saki Kabini a bayan tsaron Guinea, kuma ɗan wasan Molde — wanda ya shigo bayan rauni ya tilasta wa Aubrey Modiba fita — ya nuna kwanciyar hankali wanda ya harbi ƙwallon ƙasa ta wuce kiper Soumaila Sylla.

Abin da ke zuwa gaba

Afirka ta Kudu tana saman Ƙungiya D da maki uku, yayin da Kenya da Eritrea suna raba matsayi na biyu da maki ɗaya kowace. Guinea ba ta sami kowane maki ba har yanzu.

Bafana Bafana yanzu suna tafiya zuwa Cairo, inda za su yi wasa da Eritrea a filin wasa na tsaka-tsaki ranar Laraba, 30 Satumba, suna neman faɗaɗa nagarcinsu. Guinea za su karɓi Kenya a gida a ranar da ta biyo baya a wasan da zai iya zama mai yanke hukunci a gasar neman tikitin ƙungiya ɗaya da ke samuwa daga ƙungiyar.