Mataimakin kocin Rivers United, Yemi Olanrewaju, ya bayyana yadda ƙungiyarsa ta rushe a cikin mintuna 20 na farko na wasan dawo na zagaye na farko na CAF Champions League ranar Lahadi a matsayin mafi munin aiki a tarihin ƙungiyar kwanan nan.

Pride of Rivers sun tafi Côte d'Ivoire mako guda da ya wuce kuma suka samu daidaito na yabo na 1-1 a wasan farko da FC San Pedro, wanda ya bar gasar cikin daidaituwa kafin wasan gida a Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo.

Kwanonin farko biyu sun tabbatar da mutuwa

Duk fatan da ake da shi ya ƙare da sauri tun wasan dawo ya fara. Adéwimi Alabi ya zura kwano a minti na 14, sai Issouf Dosso ya ƙara na biyu bayan mintuna biyar kacal, ya bar Rivers United cikin rudani suna fafutukar rayuwa a filinsu.

Najeriyawa sun tashi daga barci kafin hutu. Chukwuemeka Mbaoma ya canza bugun daga kai tsaye a minti na 43 don rage banbanci, sannan Douglas Iyowuna ya daidaita daga bugun daga kai tsaye mintuna biyar kafin ƙarshen lokacin wasa don sa shi zama 2-2 a wasan.

Duk da haka, wannan sakamako bai isa ba. Da jimillar maki daidai da 3-3, FC San Pedro sun ci gaba saboda ƙa'idar kwanoni na waje, suna kawo ƙarshen shiga Rivers United a CAF Champions League 2026/2027 a shinge na farko.

Olanrewaju ya yi kuka kan wasan da ba shi da tsari

Olanrewaju ya yi magana a taron manema labarai bayan wasan maimakon Manajan Fasaha Finidi George, kuma ya kasance a fili game da lahani da kwanoni biyu waɗanda aka karɓa da wuri suka haifar.

"Game da ƙwarewa da dabarun wasa, su ƙungiya ce mai kyau. Amma karɓar kwanoni biyu a cikin mintuna ashirin, ina tsammani, a can ne muka rasa komai. Mun yi kama da ba mu da tsari kwata-kwata, ba tare da wani kyakkyawan fata ba. Karɓar kwanoni biyu a cikin mintuna 20 shine mafi munin aikinmu a tarihin kwanan nan."

Rivers United yanzu za su mai da hankali kan gasar cikin ƙasa — EuroMatch/NPFL da kuma President Federation Cup — suna fatan komawa ga gidan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka tsakanin ƙungiyoyi a kakar mai zuwa.