Afirka ta Kudu ta sake nada Pitso Mosimane a matsayin kocin shugaban Bafana Bafana, tana sa masa alhakin jagorantar tawagar ta cikin takalar TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027, wacce take farawa daga baya a wannan wata.

Wannan ita ce karo na uku da Mosimane ke jagorantar tawagar ƙasa. Ya fara ne a matsayin kocin riko na wucin gadi na wasanni bakwai kafin Carlos Alberto Parreira, ƙwararren kocin Brazil, ya karɓi ragamar mulki a 2007. Daga nan ya dawo karo na biyu a lokaci mai tsawo bayan Gasar Duniya ta FIFA 2010 da aka yi a ƙasarsa.

Koci mai cancantar gaske yana fuskantar ƙungiya mai ƙarfi

Mosimane yana daya daga cikin kociyen da suka fi cin nasara a kwallon ƙafa ta Afirka, bayan ya lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League sau uku — nasarar da ta wuce ta wani ɗan kocin Portugal Manuel José kawai, wanda ya lashe taken kulob na nahiyar sau huɗu.

Bafana Bafana suna fuskantar ƙalubale biyu nan da nan: wasan gida na gasar cancantar shiga da Guinea, sannan tafiya zuwa Misira a matsayin ƙasa ta tsaka mai tsakiya don fuskantar Eritrea. Tawagar biyu suna cikin Rukunin D, wanda kuma ya ƙunshi Kenya — wanda ke ɗaukar bakuncin gasar — suna horon su ne wani ɗan Afirka ta Kudu Benni McCarthy, abin sha'awa.

Tun da Kenya suna cancanta ta atomatik a matsayin ɗaukar bakuncin AFCON 2027, ƙungiya ɗaya ce kawai daga Rukunin D da za ta samu gurbi a zagaye na ƙarshe na ƙungiyoyi 24. Gasa a cikin ƙungiyar tana da ƙarfi.

Rikodin da tsammanin

A cikin wasanninsa 23 da ya gabata na jagorantar tawagar ƙasa, Mosimane ya ci nasara tara, ya yi daidai 10, kuma ya sha kashi sau huɗu. Tawagagginsa sun ci kwallaye 17 kuma sun karɓi takwas kawai — wani rikodin da ke nuna ƙwarewarsa wajen tsara tsarin tsaro.

Yana magana a wani taron manema labarai a Johannesburg ranar Talata, Mosimane ya yi magana game da nauyin rawar da ya karɓa.