A daren Alhamis ne tawagar ƙwallon ƙafa ta mata ta Nijeriya, Super Falcons, ta sha kashi a hannun Banyana-Banyana ta Afirka ta Kudu da ci 2-1 a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar Kofin Duniya ta mata ta 2027 da za a gudanar a Brazil.
Wannan rashin nasara ya sa Super Falcons ta kasa samun gurbin gasar a karon farko cikin shekaru 30, lamarin da ya sake jawo hankalin masu ruwa da tsaki kan makomar ƙwallon ƙafar mata a ƙasar.
A ɓangaren maza ma, Super Eagles ta kasa samun gurbin shiga gasar Kofin Duniya ta 2026 da aka gudanar a Amurka, Mexico da Canada. Nijeriya ta rasa tikitin ne bayan rashin nasara a hannun Jamhuriyar Dimokuraɗiyyar Kongo a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar. Wannan ya kasance abin takaici ga masu sha’awar ƙwallon ƙafa, musamman ganin yadda Nijeriya take daga cikin ƙasashen da suka fi ƙarfi a Afirka, inda take matsayi na huɗu a jadawalin FIFA na nahiyar.
Nijeriya ta daɗe tana daga cikin ƙasashen Afirka da suka fi samun damar shiga gasar Kofin Duniya, inda Super Eagles ta halarci gasar sau shida tare da kaiwa zagayen ’yan wasa 16 sau uku, a 1994, 1998 da 2014. Sai dai rashin samun tikitin gasar sau biyu a jere ya haifar da tambayoyi kan alkiblar ƙungiyar, inda ake zargin matsalolin gudanarwa a Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Nijeriya (NFF), tsarin horarwa da kuma irin ’yan wasan da ake gayyata.
Abin da ya ƙara dagula lamarin shi ne yadda Afirka ta samu ƙarin gurabe a gasar Kofin Duniya ta 2026, amma Nijeriya ta kasa cin gajiyar damar. Wannan ya sake buɗe muhawara kan yadda ake tafiyar da ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙasar, daga tsarin zaɓen ’yan wasa zuwa shirye-shiryen wasanni da gudanarwar ƙungiyoyin ƙasa. A bangaren mata kuwa, duk da wannan rashin nasara, Super Falcons na da tarihin nasarori a Afirka da kuma matakin duniya, abin da ke nuna cewa akwai ginshiƙan da za a iya gina sabon shiri a kansu.
A ƙarshe, gazawar Super Eagles da Super Falcons na samun gurbin gasar Kofin Duniya a lokutan da suka gabata ya kamata ta zama abin nazari mai zurfi ga masu gudanar da ƙwallon ƙafa a Nijeriya. Tambayar da ke gaban ƙasar yanzu ita ce: a ina matsalar take cikin gudanarwa, horarwa, zaɓen ’yan wasa ko kuma tsarin ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa tun daga matakin ƙananan yara?
