Mai kare wa South Africa Ime Okon ya yi magana game da farkon wasa mai wahala na Bafana Bafana a FIFA World Cup 2026, yana ƙarfafa ƙungiyar da ta mai da hankali ga gaba bayan an sha kashi 2-0 a hannun masu masaukin baki Mexico.

Daren bude wasa mai raɗaɗi

Ƙungiyar Hugo Broos ta sha kashi a wasanta na farko na Rukuni A a ranar Alhamis, inda Mexico ta nuna ƙarfi a wasan da ya karkata ga masu masaukin baki da wuri. Julián Quiñones ya bude raga a minti na 5, yana turawa da natsuwa ƙwallon tsakanin ƙafafun Ronwen Williams bayan Erik Lira ya kwace ƙwallon daga hannun Sphephelo Sithole ya ciyar da mai kai hari a cikin yankin hukunci.

Raúl Jiménez ya ninka raga a minti na 67, yana kai wa da kai daga wani kyakkyawan tsallake daga Roberto Alvarado don rufe sakamakon. An ƙara wa South Africa wahala lokacin da Sithole da Themba Zwane duk suka karɓi jan kati, Bafana Bafana kuma suka gama wasan da 'yan wasa tara.

Okon yana kira da a nuna ƙarfin hali

Okon, wanda ya yi magana da SportyTV bayan ƙarewar wasan, ya jaddada cewa ƙungiyar ba za ta zauna tana tunani a kan wannan kashi ba, sai dai ta mai da hankali ga wasan da ke tafe.

"Wasa ne mai wahala, mun sami nasara akan su wasu lokuta. Muna duba gaba, muna da kyakkyawan fata. Mun san kashi ne amma yanzu muna tunanin wasan gaba."

Dan baya mai kariya, wanda aka haife shi da mahaifinsa Bayarabe kuma mahaifiyarsa Ba'Afirka ta Kudu, ya buga cikakkun mintuna 90 a bayyanarsa ta farko a kofin duniya — wani kwarewa da ya fi so ya manta da shi.

"Ba wannan ne bayyanarsa ta farko a kofin duniya da zan so in tuna da ita ba. Amma dole ne mu ci gaba da gwagwarmaya. Muna amincewa da juna, dukkan mu mun yi ƙoƙari sosai don mu kasance a nan."

Kalubalen da ke gaba yana jira

Okon da 'yan wasan sa suna da ɗan lokaci kaɗan kafin su koma filin. Bafana Bafana za su buga da Czech Republic a wasansu na biyu na Rukuni A a Atlanta Stadium Alhamis mai zuwa.