Kungiyar D’Tigress ta Nigeria ta kafa tarihi a karshen makon nan, bayan da ta tsallake zuwa matakin daf da na kusa da na karshe a gasar kwallon kwando ta mata a gasar Olympics da aka yi a birnin Paris, inda ta yi fafatawa da manyan kungiyoyin Amurka.
Sun lallasa Canda da ci 79-70, inda suka haye gurbi a matakin daf da na kusa da na karshe, wanda ya zama karon farko da tawagar Afirka ta kai matakin daf da na kusa da karshe na gasar kwallon kwando ta Olympics. Amma wannan ba shine kawai alamar D’Tigress ya buga ba.
Ezinne Kalu ta tashi da maki 21, inda ta zama yar wasan Najeriya na farko da ta samu maki 20+ tun bayan Mfon Udoka, wanda ya ci 26 da 28 a karawar da suka yi da Australia da Girka a gasar 2004.
Bayan nasarar da suka yi a ranar farko da Australia, wanda ya kafa tarihi a kansa, ‘yan Najeriya sun fado a hannun Faransa mai masaukin baki, abin da ya sa koci Rena Wakama bata ji dadin wasan ba.
‘Yar wasan gaba Amy Okonkwo ta ce kungiyar ta yanke shawarar yin fadan gasar:
“Ina alfahari da mu sosai, wasan karshe bai yi mana dadi ba, kuma ko a farkon rabin [da Canada], ba mu yin abin da muke so mu fito mu yi.
“Mun yi magana da kanmu kuma muka gane nasara ce ko mu koma gida kuma mun yanke shawarar za mu zauna.”
Ga Wakama, wannan shan kashi wani abu ne mai albarka, domin ya taimaka musu su sake komawa baya.
Ta gaya wa ESPN: “Na yi farin ciki da cewa mun yi wannan rashi saboda mun sami damar komawa ga abin da muka fi dacewa. Haka nan babu wani matsin lamba a kanmu kuma mun nuna wa kowa cewa mun cancanci yin wasa a nan.
“Lokacin da muka mai da hankali kan wani abu kuma lokacin da muka taru, muna da ƙarfi. Duk ƙungiyarmu, ma’aikatan tallafi, da masu horarwa, muna da tunani iri ɗaya – tunanin nasara.”
Ta kara da cewa nasarar da Canada ta samu: “Ina alfahari da ‘yan matana kuma na ture su sosai, na matsa musu da karfi fiye da yadda kowa zai iya tunaninsa, saboda na san abin da za su iya yi kuma muka yi hakan kuma mun nuna musu wanene. muna.”
A baya dai kungiyoyin mata na Afirka sun samu nasara a wasa daya kacal a wasanni 37 da suka buga a baya, don haka D’Tigress a yanzu ta ninka wannan a wasanni uku, kuma da ace sun tsaya wasa da Faransa.
“Rana ce mai ban mamaki ga kungiyarmu, kasarmu da kuma nahiyar Afirka,” in ji Udoka, fitaccen ‘yar wasan D’Tigress Udoka ta shaida wa ESPN.
“Sun nuna cewa tsayin daka da jajircewar ‘yan Najeriya a koyaushe a bayyane yake kuma abin mamaki ne a kallo, a cikin dukkan wasanni uku.”
Bangarorin biyu sun hadu a karshe a gasar share fagen shiga gasar Olympics da aka yi a birnin Antwerp na kasar Belgium, inda kasar Amurka ta ba ‘yan Najeriya wani darasi mai tsauri da 100-46.
Sai dai ‘yan wasan ba sa tunanin rashin sa’ar da ta same su da kungiyar da babu wanda ya so fuskanta.
Kalu ya ce, “Kauyen ya yi kyau sosai, amma wasan kwallon kwando ne kawai a can. Don haka don zuwa Paris don ganin sauran ‘yan wasa suna fafatawa a wasanninsu kuma su kasance a kusa da babban kuzari na kasashe daban-daban, kuma su kasance kungiyar Afirka daya tilo. a can don gasar ƙwallon kwando, yana da ma’ana sosai a gare mu.
“Kuma abu ne da ba za mu dauka da wasa ba.”
