Tsohon ɗan wasan tsaron hagu na Nigeria, Ben Iroha, ya bayyana wa'adin da yake ɗaukan rashi na Super Eagles a gasar FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 da ake yi yanzu, yana magana da Completesports.com daga gidansa a Dallas, Texas.

Mutumin nan mai shekaru 56, wanda ya wakilci Nigeria a FIFA Kofin Duniya 1994 a Amurka, ya amince cewa bai gane cewa lokaci mai yawa ya shige ba tun daga wannan gasar sai dai bugu na yanzu ya sa ya tuna da komai nan take.

"Ban san cewa shekaru 32 ne suka wuce tun lokacin da na buga wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya a nan Amurka ba," in ji Iroha. "Wancan shi ne a 1994, shekarar da Nigeria Super Eagles suka fara shiga wasannin karshe na FIFA Kofin Duniya."

Gasar da ba ta da dandano na Nigeria

Ko da yake yana kallo wasannin a gida tare da 'ya'yansa, Iroha ya gaya wa Completesports.com cewa a fili wani abu yana rashi a wannan bugu na gasar.

"Ba shakka, akwai rashi na wannan 'dandano' da Super Eagles sukan kawo wa Kofin Duniya kullum," in ji shi. "Mu Hausawan Nigeria a nan Dallas mun shirya karbar baƙunci da sansanin goyon baya na musamman domin Super Eagles a lokacin Kofin Duniya, sai dai abin takaici, Nigeria ba ta cancanci shiga ba."

Iroha ya tuna da muhallin ban mamaki na bugu na 1994, lokacin da 'yan Mexico da 'yan Amurka bakake suka cika filayen wasa suna kaɗa tutar Nigeria mai launin kore-fari-kore, suna tallafa wa Eagles kamar dai ana wasan a Lagos. Wannan kwarewa ta sa ya zauna a Amurka har abada bayan gasar.

Tunataccen USA '94

Da yake magana kan tsaffin abokan wasansa, Iroha ya bayyana cewa bai haɗu da kowa daga cikin 'yan wasansu na 1994 da ke zaune a Amurka a wannan zagayar Kofin Duniya ba. "Na yi zaton Austin Jay-Jay Okocha zai kasance a nan a lokacin wannan Kofin Duniya, amma har yanzu ban gan shi ba ko jin labarin shi," ya ƙara da cewa.

Ya bayyana fatan zuwa filin wasa da kansa daga matakin kusa da na karshe zuwa gaba.

Kwatanta taurarin 1994 da na 2026

Da aka tambaye shi ya kwatanta gasasun biyu, Iroha ya amince cewa bugu na 1994 ya ƙunshi zamani na ban mamaki na hazaka. "A lokacin bugu na 1994, muna da 'yan wasa manya-manya da yawa kamar Diego Maradona, Hristo Stoichkov, da Roberto Baggio, da sauransu," in ji shi. "Yanzu, wataƙila muna da Lionel Messi da Cristiano Ronaldo."

Sai dai ya yi gaggawar ƙara da cewa karancin sunaye masu daraja dangi bai rage ingancin ƙwallon ƙafa da aka gani a bugu na 2026 har yanzu ba.

Naɗin Chelle ya zo latti

Iroha ya kasance a bayyane game da gazawar Nigeria ta cancanci FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, yana kwatanta hakan a matsayin mai raɗaɗi da wahalar karɓa. Ya nuna yatsa ga rashin muhimmanci a farkon matakin cancantar a matsayin babban abu.

"Da na duba aikin ƙungiyar a ƙarƙashin Coach Eric Sekou Chelle, wataƙila ƙungiyar za ta kasance a Kofin Duniya ne idan an dauke shi aiki da wuri," in ji Iroha, yana nuna cewa naɗin Chelle da wuri da wuri da ya iya canza yadda Nigeria ta kasance a cancantar.

Game da wani abu mai sauƙi, Iroha ya ce yana goyon bayan 'ya'yansa gaba ɗaya — ko sun zaɓi ƙwallon ƙafa ko kowane wasa. Ɗansa, Benedict Junior, ya taba buga ƙwallon kwando a Denmark kafin ya bar wasan.