Babban koci na Senegal, Pape Thiaw, ya jaddada cewa ƙungiyarsa na ci gaba da da damar shiga zagayen 32 a gasar FIFA World Cup 2026, duk da an yi musu shan kashi a jere sau biyu a matakin rukuni.

Teranga Lions sun fara gasar da wahala, sun yi asara 3-1 da France a wasansu na farko, sannan suka sha kashi 3-2 da Norway. Wannan shi ne karo na farko a tarihin Senegal a Kofin Duniya da suka fara wasan da shan kashi biyu a jere.

Wasa guda ɗaya, dama guda ɗaya

Da matakin rukuni ke kusa da ƙarshe, Senegal zasu fuskanci Iraq a wasansu na ƙarshe — wasa da Thiaw ya yi bayanin cewa babu zaɓi illa a lashe shi. Nasara na iya kai su gaba a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin mafi kyau a matsayi na uku a duk rukunonin.

"Muna da wasa guda ɗaya da ya rage, kuma muna bukatar mai da hankali kan wannan wasan ƙarshe, muyi ƙoƙari mu sami maki uku sannan mu yi addu'a," Thiaw ya shaida 'yan jaridu bayan an sha kashi da Norway.

Kocin ya ki yarda da duk wata ra'ayi cewa yakin Senegal ya ƙare tukuna. "Ina tsammanin yana da wuri sosai a ce mun gaza. Ba mu mutu ba. Ba mu cikin matsayi mai kyau, kuma gaskiya ne cewa wannan ita ce karo na farko da Senegal ta fara yakin Kofin Duniya da shan kashi biyu a jere," ya ƙara da cewa.

Har yanzu cikin tseren

Thiaw ya bayyana a sarari cewa cancantar shiga ita ce manufa kafin karo da Iraq. "Muna har yanzu da damar cancantar shiga, kuma za mu mai da hankali kan wasan ƙarshe. Muna son muyi ƙoƙari mu sami waɗancan maki uku kuma mu yi fata za mu ci gaba," ya ce.

Kocin Senegal ya kuma nuna faɗin wannan bugu na Kofin Duniya a matsayin dalili na ƙwarjini. "Da zarar ka shiga zagaye na gaba, wata gasar ce ta daban ta fara," Thiaw ya lura — tunatar da cewa kaiwa zagayen 32 na iya canza duk yanayin Teranga Lions gaba ɗaya.

Senegal za su buƙaci wasan mai ƙarfi da Iraq, sannan su jira yadda sakamakon zai faɗo a sauran rukunonin, idan suna son ci gaba da mafarkin FIFA World Cup 2026.