Ejike Uzoenyi, tsohon dan wasan gefe na Nigeria, ya yi imanin cewa Afirka tana tabbatar da kanta a matsayin karfi mai mahimmanci a duniyar kwallon kafa, inda ya ambaci kyawawan ayyukan ƙungiyoyin nahiyar a gasar FIFA World Cup 2026, wadda Amurka, Canada, da Mexico suke daukan nauyin gudanarwa.

Uzoenyi, wanda ya kasance cikin ƙungiyar Nigeria wadda ta lashe Africa Cup of Nations a 2013, kuma ya wakilci Super Eagles a FIFA World Cup 2014 a Brazil a karkashin jagorancin Stephen Keshi mai rahama, ya ce ƙasashen Afirka sun tabbatar da hukuncin FIFA na baiwa nahiyar guraben 10 a wannan gasar faɗaɗaɗɗe.

Ƙungiyoyin Afirka sun kai marhalar knockout

Tsohon dan wasan gefe na Rangers International mai shekaru 34, ya yi magana bayan da Morocco, Ivory Coast, da South Africa suka kare wuraren su a marhalar kusa da karshe bayan wasannin garkensu sun kare.

"Nasarar Morocco, South Africa, da Ivory Coast wajen fita daga garkensu tana nuna yadda kwallon kafa ta Afirka ke bunkasa," in ji Uzoenyi wa Completesports.com a wata hirar musamman. "Hakan yana nuna cewa kwallon kafa ta Afirka ta isa matakin balaga."

South Africa, duk da sha 2-0 a hannun mai masaukin baki Mexico a wasansu na farko, sun farfado sosai don kammala matsayi na biyu a garkensu da maki huɗu — nasara ta tarihi ita ce karon farko da suka kai marhalar knockout. Morocco sun ci gaba daga Rukuni C da maki bakwai, daidai da masu jagorar rukuni Brazil. Ivory Coast, kuwa, sun tabbatar da wurinsu a daga Rukuni E da maki shida, daidai da maki na masu jagorar rukuni Germany.

Egypt da Ghana suna kan hanya kuma, inda duk ƙungiyoyin biyu ke da maki huɗu kafin wasanninsu na ƙarshe na rukuni. Egypt na bukata kawai ci ko daidaita don ci gaba, yayin da Ghana ke ci gaba da fafatawa tare da England. Algeria, Senegal, da Cape Verde suma suna da fatan gaske na ci gaba a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin mafi uku.

"Har da Algeria da Senegal suna matsayi mai kyau don yin cancantar a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin mafi uku. Cape Verde ma na iya cancantar. Egypt da Ghana ma," in ji Uzoenyi.

Hawan Morocco ba mamaki bane

Uzoenyi ya bayyana a fili cewa aikin Morocco mai ƙarfi a wannan gasar bai burge shi ba, inda ya tuna da matsayinsu na huɗu a gasar kwallon kafa ta duniya ta baya. "Ina da tabbaci mai ƙarfi cewa za su iya yin mafi kyau a wannan karo," ya ce. "Morocco suna ganin kansu a matakin Turai, shi ya sa har sun nemi shiga gasar Turai. Suna da tsarin da ya dace kuma a halin yanzu suna mamaye kwallon kafa ta Afirka."

Ya kuma nuna fifikon Egypt a kwallon kafa ta kulob ɗin Afirka, da kuma ci gaban da Ivory Coast da South Africa suka samu, yana nuna kwarin guiwar cewa nahiyar gaba ɗaya za ta yi kyakkyawan aiki kafin gasar ta ƙare.

Rashin Nigeria ya bar gibi

Uzoenyi ya kasance a sarari game da nauyin motsin rai na kallo gasar Kofin Duniya ba tare da Nigeria ba. "Kun san Super Eagles ba su nan a Gasar Kofin Duniya, don haka zama a gaban talabijin kanka kana kallon wasu ƙasashe suna wasa yanayi ne mai dausayi," ya ce. "Amma haka ne rayuwa, kuma dole ta ci gaba. Zamu iya kawai koyo daga kurakuranmu kuma mu ci gaba."

Watsa shirye-shiryen CAF a talabijin yana karkashin bincike

Tsohon dan wasan gefe ya kuma soki Confederation of African Football (CAF), yana mai jayayya cewa manufar ta ta keɓe watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin na gasar kulob ɗinta zuwa marhalar rukuni kawai tana hana duniya samun cikakken hoto na ingancin kwallon kafa ta Afirka.

"Da gasar CAF an watsa ta a talabijin daga zagaye na farko, duniya za ta fi godiya da ainihin ikon kwallon kafa ta Afirka da 'yan wasanta," in ji Uzoenyi. Ya nuna cewa ayyukan ƙungiyoyin Afirka a FIFA World Cup 2026 shaida ce ta ci gaban wasan a nahiyar — ci gaban da ya yi nisa kafin duniya ta lura da shi.