Nicolas Pépé ya bayyana niyyarsa ta ci gaba da zura kwallaye bayan ya kai ƙwallayen biyu waɗanda suka taimaka wa Côte d'Ivoire shiga zagaye na gaba na FIFA World Cup 2026 a karon farko a tarihin ƙasar.

Ɗan wasan gefen Villarreal shi ne mutumin yanke hukunci yayin da Elephants suka ci Curaçao 2-0 a Philadelphia Stadium ran Alhamis, yana zura dukkanin ƙwallaye biyu don tabbatar da sakamako na tarihi.

Wuri a cikin tarihi

Brace din Pépé ya sanya shi ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu kawai na Ivory Coast da ya taɓa zura ƙwallaye biyu a wasan FIFA World Cup ɗaya. Yana bin sawun Aruna Dindane, wanda ya cimma wannan nasara a lokacin nasara ta 3-2 akan Serbia da Montenegro a gasar 2006.

Tsohon dan wasan Arsenal ya kuma karya tarihi a wannan dare ta hanyar samun hanyar zura ƙwallon a minti na 7 don rijista da mafi sauri a tarihin Côte d'Ivoire a Kofin Duniya.

Pépé na yabawa abokan wasansa

Yana magana da FIFA.com bayan wasan, Pépé ya yi hanzari don raba daraja da abokan wasansa.

"Na san ina da ƙarfin. Wannan lada ne na dukkan ƙoƙarina, kuma ina fatan zai ci gaba a wasannin da ke zuwa. Brace na ya dogara ga ƙungiyar ma. Don ƙwallon farko, dole kawai in taɓa ƙwallon bayan aiki na hankali daga Yan [Diomande]; don na biyu, Ibra [Sangare] ya buga ƙwallon kyau, kuma duk abin da ake bukata shi ne in kasance mai ƙuna hankali kuma in ci. Ina so in keɓe wannan kyautar ga 'yan kungiya."

Côte d'Ivoire tana ci gaba a FIFA World Cup 2026, tana ɗauke da Pépé mai kwarin gwiwa da yunwar ƙarin ƙwallaye.