Kenya ta cimta ɗaya daga cikin sakamako mafi ban mamaki na zagayen biyu na farko na TotalEnergies CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2027 ranar Laraba, da cin nasara kan Côte d'Ivoire da ci 2-1 a Nairobi. Cameroon da Mali suma sun nuna ƙarfinsu a wasan baki, yayin da Ghana da Algeria suka sha kaye cikin mamaki.

Taurarin Kenya na ƙasa da shekaru 23 sun doke Côte d'Ivoire

A Nyayo National Stadium, Emerging Stars na Kenya sun yi nasara akan Côte d'Ivoire a wasan farkon zagayen biyu mai cike da fafatawa. Henry Omollo ya ci gaba a minti na 65, kafin Oumar Konaté ya daidaita wa baƙin kunyar bayan mintoci tara.

Andreas Odhiambo shi ne mafi muhimmanci, ya dawo da jagora ga Kenya a minti na 84 don tabbatar da nasara ta 2-1 ga ƙungiyar Anthony Kimani. Bayan kawar da Tanzania da 5-4 a jimillar zagayen da ya gabata, Kenya yanzu na buƙatar sakamakon alheri ɗaya kawai don ci gaba — tare da wasan dawowa a Abidjan ranar Talata.

Cameroon da Mali a matsayin mai ƙarfi

Cameroon su ne mafi ban sha'awa na daren, sun karya Rwanda da 3-0 a Kigali. Kyaftin Patrick Edzimbii ya bude zura kwallo a minti na 64, Rattensi Nko ya ninka a minti na 87, sannan Edzimbii ya kammala nau'insa biyu a lokacin ƙari. Indomitable Lions suna komawa Yaoundé da nasara mai ƙarfi.

Mali sun yi daidai da sauransu akan Zimbabwe. Aboubacar Sidibé ya buge wuri da wuri a minti na 8, Pape Sissoko ya canza bugun fenariti zuwa 2-0, kuma Seydou Dembélé ya kara na uku a minti na 55. Young Warriors sun bar Harare da jagora na 3-0, suna barin Zimbabwe da aiki mai wuya a Bamako.

Ghana da Algeria sun sha kaye cikin mamaki

Black Meteors na Ghana sun sha kaye da 1-0 ga Libya a Benghazi cikin daren wahala ga ƙungiyar kocin Desmond Ofei. An kora mai tsaron baya Dacosta Antwi a rabon biyu, kuma Libya sun yi amfani da wannan don buge burin ƙarshe — wanda ya bar Ghana suna buƙatar juyar da lamarin a Accra a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba. Daniel Adu-Adjei ya riga ya ɓatar da damar bude marka.

Darun Algeria bai fi wannan kyau ba. Duk da ɗaukar jagora ta hanyar Gaëtan Bakhouche a rabon farko, sun karɓi kwallaye biyu a minti na 60 da 63 don sha kaye da 2-1 ga Eswatini — dawowar ban mamaki ga masu gida.

Senegal sun kasa, wasu ƙungiyoyi sun ci gaba

Senegal an hana su ci gaba da ci, suka daidaita da South Sudan 0-0 a Juba, ba su iya bude hanya duk da mulkin wasan. Aliou Diémé ya ɓatar da damar a bayyane a rabon farko, kuma fafatawar ta kasance daidaita kafin wasan dawowa a Dakar.

A wasu wurare, Burkina Faso ta doke Zambia da 1-0 kuma Guinea ta samu nasara 1-0 a baki akan Botswana. Niger sun riga sun tabbatar da wurinsu a zagayen uku na cancanta bayan Equatorial Guinea sun ja da baya. Sauran wasannin farko za su ci gaba a ranar Alhamis da Juma'a, tare da wasannin dawowa da aka tsara tsakanin 15 zuwa 17 ga Nuwamba.