Victor Osimhen ya bar filin a minti na 33 na wasan Galatasaray da Istanbul Basaksehir a ranar 4 ga Satumba — mintuna 17 kawai bayan ya bude maki — yana fama da jan tsoka tare da zubar jini a yankin cigiyar hannun daman. Kulob din ya tabbatar cewa ba zai dawo ba sai bayan hutu na kasa-da-kasa, wanda hakan ya yanke shi daga wasanni biyu na farko na cancantar AFCON 2027 na Najeriya.

Lokacin bai fi wannan muni ba. Kocin Eric Chelle yanzu ya rasa zaɓuɓɓukansa mafi bayyanar a gaba a cikin mako guda, kuma abin da da ya kamata ya zama yanke shawara mai sauƙi na zaɓi ya zama matsala ta gaske.

Onuachu ya ƙara wa'adin Chelle

Paul Onuachu ya ƙara wa'adin Chelle bayan ya samu raunin wasa a lokacin nasara ta 5-0 na Trabzonspor a kan Gençlerbirliği Lahadi. Dan wasan mai shekaru 32 ya samu kwallaye biyu a cikin minti 22 na farko — yana kawo ƙarshen fari na wasanni goma — kafin ranar ta yanke masa farkon. Halarsa a cikin tagar Satumba yanzu tana da babban shakka.

Rasa dan bolo na sama ɗaya abu ne da za a iya sarrafa shi. Rasa zaɓuɓɓuka biyu mafi bayyanar a cikin mako ɗaya kwanaki kaɗan kafin gangamin cancanta wanda ba ya barin kuskure kusan ya zama matsala ta nau'i daban gaba ɗaya.

Hali na Arokodare tana neman kulawa

Tolu Arokodare ya bayyana a matsayin ɗan takara mafi dacewa bisa halinsa na yanzu. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 25 ya shiga Ajax a aro daga Wolverhampton Wanderers a lokacin bazara na wannan shekara kuma ya zira kwallo a kowane daga cikin wasanninsa na ƙarshe guda huɗu — jerin da ya ƙunshi gasar kafin lokaci, play-offs na UEFA Conference League, da kwallon farkonsa na Eredivisie a nasara ta 4-0.

Canjin ya ba da mamaki ga ɗan wasan da ya rasa dukkan ƙungiyar AFCON 2025 bayan ya kasa bayar da sakamako a lokacin cancantar Kofin Duniya. Halayensa na jiki — dan bolo mai ƙarfi da zai iya riƙe ƙwallon da kuma damƙa masu tsaro na tsakiya — na iya zama daidai abin da Chelle yake bukata a kan ƙungiyoyi biyu da ke iya tsaro mai zurfi a Godswill Akpabio International Stadium a Uyo.

Zaɓuɓɓuka masu ƙwarewa a cikin ƙididdiga

Cyriel Dessers ya sake shiga tattaunawa bayan brace a gasar Turai, yana kawo nau'in ƙwarewa a yankin hukunci a matakin kasa-da-kasa wanda zai iya zama mai yanke hukunci lokacin da wasan cancanta ya yanke shawara ta dama ɗaya. Kelechi Iheanacho ya fara da kyau a Bursaspor, yana zira kwallo da taimaka a wasansa na farko, ko da yake shiga sa na cikin rukunin na biyu na Turkiyya ba zai ƙarfafa da'awarsa ba sosai. Akor Adams da Rafiu Durosinmi suna cikin waɗanda suka fara sabon kakar wasa cikin kyakkyawar hali.

Chelle kuma yana da zaɓi na wasa ba tare da dan wasan tsakiyar gargajiya ba. Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze, da Moses Simon duka za su iya aiki da inganci a cikin layin gaba ba tare da lambar tara ta gaske ba — tsari da Najeriya ya yi amfani da shi a baya tare da nasara.

Rukuni L ba ta barin wurin fara a hankali

Mahallin faɗaɗa ya ƙara wa'adin zaɓin kowa. Najeriya tana cikin Rukuni L tare da Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau da Tanzania. Saboda Tanzania tana karbar bakunci AFCON 2027 tare da Kenya da Uganda, sun riga sun tabbatar da wurinsu a gasar, suna barin wuri ɗaya na cancantar ga ƙasashe uku.

Najeriya za ta karbi bakunci Madagascar a ranar 25 ga Satumba da 16:00 GMT kafin ta tafi don fuskantar Guinea-Bissau bayan kwanaki huɗu. Wasanni biyu sun zama dole a lashe. Tarihi ya ba da gargaɗi: Guinea-Bissau ta doke Najeriya a Abuja a lokacin cancantar 2023 kafin Super Eagles su samu nasara a dawowar da Bissau — tunatarwa cewa waɗannan abokan hamayya ba su da sauƙi.

Chelle yana tafiya cikin wani lokaci mai wuya

Matsin da ke kan kocin yana da yawa. Najeriya ta rasa Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 bayan ta ƙarasa bayan South Africa a rukuni na cancantar su sannan ta sha kashi a wasan karshe da DR Congo ta hanyar bugun daga kai tsaye. NFF tana aiki a ƙarƙashin gudanarwa na rikon ƙwarya bayan faduwar shugabanta da kwamitin zartarwa.

Chelle ya amsa ta hanyar kiyaye ƙungiyar da ta kasance galibi ta kasance iri ɗaya, tare da Arthur Okonkwo na Charlton a cikin masu tsaron ƙofar bayan ya samu fitarsa ta farko biyu a lokacin Unity Cup a watan Mayu. Kwanciyar hankali wata dabara ce mai ma'ana lokacin da wasanni ana iya lashe su — amma kawai idan dan wasan da aka zaɓa a ranar 25 ga Satumba ya iya bayarwa. Uyo za ta gaya wa magoya bayan Najeriya yadda kocin su ya karanta wannan lokaci.