Seyi Olofinjana, tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Super Eagles, ya yi kira ga Nigeria da ta maida rashin cancantar zuwa FIFA World Cup sau biyu a jere a matsayin dama na canji — wajen gina tsari mai dorewa na gudanarwa, bayyana salon wasa mai sarari, da kuma fifita ƙwarewa ta ƙwararru akan zuciya lokacin nadin shugabannin ƙwallon ƙafa.

Eagles ba su da falsafar wasa ta taktikoki da aka sani

A hira da Brila FM, Olofinjana — wanda ya samu kambun wasa 48 na ƙasa tsakanin 2000 da 2011 — ya ce Super Eagles a halin yanzu suna wasa ba tare da falsafar taktikoki mai inganci da ke gudana daga matasan ƙungiya zuwa babbar tawagar ba. Ya yi imanin cewa yawan ƙwararrun 'yan wasan ƙasar ya daɗe yana rufe matsalolin tsari masu zurfi.

"Ina son abubuwa da yawa da ke faruwa a bayan fage tun da ba mu tafi FIFA World Cup sau biyu ba, saboda ina tsammanin da mun tafi sau biyu, da mun kasance inda muke," in ji Olofinjana. "Najeriya ƙasa ce mai arziki sosai, kuma sau da yawa muna warware waɗannan matsalolin ba tare da wani shiri ba. Ya ba mu damar yin bimbini kan ƙungiyarmu ta ƙasa — muna yi neme? Menene ma'anar koren-fari-kore?"

Tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Hull City ya ƙara cewa nauyin rigar Super Eagles ya ragu tsawon shekaru. "Rigar Super Eagles ba ta ƙara nauyi kamar yadda take lokacin da muke sawa," in ji shi. "Da yawa daga cikin abin da suke yi suna saka rigar shine ƙarfafawa da kansu da kuma ɗaukar alhakin tare. Idan wani yana son zuwa Kofin Duniya, dole ya san abin da yake yi."

Zuciya maimakon ƙwarewa — matsalar da ke maimaituwa

Maganar Olofinjana na nuni da damuwa mai zurfi game da yadda Nigeria ke nada masu gudanarwa da horar da ƙwallon ƙafa. Hujjarsa ta kasance mai sauƙi: bajinta kadai ba ta iya tabbatar da ƙungiya ta ci gaba da bayyana a fagen duniya. Ba tare da tsarin ƙwararru daga ƙasa zuwa sama ba, kuma ba tare da shugabannin da ake zaɓa bisa cancanta maimakon dangantaka ba, zagayen rashin nasara zai ci gaba.

Najeriya ta halarci FIFA World Cup sau shida tun daga bayyanarsu ta tarihi a shekarar 1994, amma ta kasa cancantar zuwa gasar ta 2022 da 2026 — mafi tsayin lokacin rashin halarci a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya a Kofin Duniya.

Gadon Olofinjana tare da Super Eagles

A matsayinsa na dan wasan tsakiya mai tsayi da kuzari, Olofinjana ya kasance ginshiƙi mai aminci a tsakiyar filin Super Eagles na fiye da shekaru goma. Kambun wasansa na ƙasa 48 sun ƙunshi manyan gasar Africa Cup of Nations da kamfen kwalifikeshon na Kofin Duniya, wanda ya ba maganarsa nauyi mai muhimmanci a kan wannan batu.