William Troost-Ekong, tsohon kyaftin na Super Eagles, ya yarda cewa Afirka ta Kudu ta cancanci wurinta a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026, yana mai cewa daidaito mafi girma na Bafana Bafana a duk tsawon wasan share fage ya sa sun fi fice da Nigeria.
Afirka ta Kudu ta jagoranci rukuninsu na share fage — wanda kuma ya haɗa da Super Eagles — don tabbatar da dawowarsu zuwa babban fagen duniya a karon farko tun lokacin da suka karbi bakuncin gasar a 2010. Nigeria, a nata bangare, ta kasa cancanci shiga Kofin Duniya a jere na biyu, bayan da Democratic Republic of Congo ta kawar da ita ta hanyar bugun fanareti a zagayen ƙarshe na wasannin share fage na Afirka.
Troost-Ekong yana goyan bayan Bafana Bafana
Yana magana da SuperSport, mai tsaron gida ya yi bayani a sarari.
«Bafana sun kasance daidai a wasannin share fage, mu kuwa muna kokarinmu daga farkon wasa, kuma mun rasa maki da yawa, don haka a ƙarshe sun samu cancanci amma mu ba mu samu ba. Don haka, sun cancanci kasancewa a Kofin Duniya.»
Ta haka Troost-Ekong ya yabi tafiyar 'yan Afirka ta Kudu a fili, yana amincewa cewa Nigeria ba ta kai matakin da ake bukata ba a lokutan mahimmanci.
Gwajin ƙwaƙwaf da South Korea
Bafana Bafana sun fara kamfen dinsu a Kofin Duniya da ke ci gaba da cin nasara mai takaici 2-0 ga ɗaya daga cikin masu karbar baki Mexico, kafin su yi daidai 1-1 da Czechia a wasansu na biyu na Rukuni A.
Tsoffin zakaran Afirka yanzu dole ne su doke South Korea a wasansu na ƙarshe na rukuni a Estadio Monterrey a Mexico ranar Alhamis don tabbatar da wuri a Zagayen 32.
Troost-Ekong ya yi imani zai zama ƙalubale ga Afirka ta Kudu musamman ba tare da biyu masu dakatarwa Themba Zwane da Teboho Mokoena ba.
«Zai zama ƙalubalantar wa Bafana, musamman saboda za su rasa wasu 'yan wasa saboda dakatarwa. Zai zama wasa mai matsin lamba mai girma. Sun yi kyau sosai a kan Czechia, amma ba zai zama sauƙi a gare su su doke Korea ba.»
