Segun Odegbami, ɗaya daga cikin fitattun muryoyin ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria, ya kallon shan kashi da Super Eagles suka sha a hannun Guinea-Bissau cikin shiru mai ban mamaki — kuma ya ce wannan ita ce sakamako mafi damuwa da ya taɓa shaida.

John Mastoroudes, tsohon mai Leventis United FC da aka rusa kuma masanin da aka amince da shi a ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria, ya aika wa Odegbami sako daga Girka bayan wasan. Yanayinsa ya kasance a sarari : "Guinea-Bissau?? Wata bala'i kuma, fiye da iyakar fahimtata!"

Odegbami bai sami abin da zai amsa ba. A ƙarshe ya amsa da kalma ɗaya kawai : "Ba da magana."

Ƙungiya da ba ta bayyana a filin wasa ba

An kayar da Super Eagles ne ba kawai ba — an fi su wasa a kowane sashe na filin. Ba salon wasa, ba gaggawa, ba faɗa. Odegbami ya bayyana wasanni a matsayin koyi na wofi na ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai, wanda aka cire daga gare shi ƙwazonsa, ƙarfinsa, da ruhin da ba ya gajewa wanda tarihi ya nuna shi ne ginshiƙin mafi kyawun ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria.

Ya rubuta : "Ko da lokacin da muke sha kashi wani lokaci, muna yi haka ne muna barin tabon yaƙi a filin wasa. Amma ba wannan karon ba." Eagles sun fita daga filin wasa a Guinea-Bissau da kansu a ƙasa, kuma babu wanda ya fita a gaban jama'a a ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria don bayani.

Tarihi yana bayar da hasken bege

Odegbami ya yi amfani da lokuta biyu na tarihin Nigeria don tunatar da masu karatu cewa shan kashewa mara kyau ta gabaci dawowa mai ban mamaki. A Africa Cup of Nations 1990, Nigeria sun shaƙu da shan kashi 5-1 a wasan buɗe kafin su kai ƙarshen gasar, inda suka faɗi 1-0 a hannun Algeria. Shekaru shida bayan haka, bayan shan kashi 4-1 a gida a wasan abokantaka da Togo a Lagos, Super Eagles sun dawo makonni kaɗan bayan haka su lashe zinariya a Wasannin Olympics na Atlanta. Duka biyun, a ganin sa, suna magana ne game da juriyar zuciya ta Nigeria — alfahari da ba ya yarda da faɗuwa.

Abin da ya ɓace

Mafi kaifi na ganewar matsala ya fito daga wuri da ba a zata ba. Lacey O'Neale, tsohon ɗan wasa na ƙasa da ƙasa ɗan asalin Afirka-Amurka wanda ya wakilci Amurka a Wasannin Olympics na 1964 da 1972, ta kira Odegbami daga Amurka bayan kallon wasan. Kimantawa ta ta kasance kai tsaye : Super Eagles ba su da tunanin da ya dace. Sun buga ba tare da tunanin masu cin nasara ba — babu dabarun wasa, babu ƙudurin niyya, da ƙarfi mai faɗuwa mai haɗari.

Odegbami ya ce kallamanta sun tunatar da shi tsararraki na 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria waɗanda suka jingina wani ma'auni daban : 'yan wasa kamar Tuñde Abeki, Bright Omokaro, Kanu Nwankwo, da Victor Osimhen — maza waɗanda, ko da menene sakamako, ba su taɓa barin abokin hamayya ya wuce ba sai ya ɗauki tabon wasa.

Ya kuma tuna yadda Thierry Henry, tatsuniyar Faransa da Arsenal FC, ya taɓa sanya Taribo West a matsayin abokin hamayya mafi wahala a aikinsa — mutumin da ke kaidawa da ƙishi wanda Henry ya yi barkwanci cewa da ya bi shi har zuwa ɗakin maye.

Matsala mai zurfi da ta asali

Odegbami ba shi da taƙawa a ƙarshen ra'ayinsa : ƙwallon ƙafa na Nigeria yana a mafi ƙanƙantar matakinsa ta fuskar ci gaba. Matsalolin, kamar yadda ya dage, ba kurakuran dabara na saman abu ba ne amma naƙasar tsari mai zurfi waɗanda ke buƙatar fiye da jawabi a dakin hutu don a magance su. Har sai an maido da wannan ruhin faɗa, sakamako irin wannan zai ci gaba da zuwa.