Daga MAHDI M. MUHAMMAD
An fitar da Watford daga gasar firimiya bayan da Wilfried Zaha ya buge bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida wanda Crystal Palace ta yi nasara a Selhurst Park.
Mataimakin kyaftin ɗin Super Eagles na Nijeriya William Troost Ekong yana taka leda a Watford.
Wasu ’yan wasan Super Eagles huɗu da suka haɗa da Oghenekaro Etebo, Samuel Kalu, Maduka Okoye da Bonaventure Dennis duk suna cikin tawagar Watford.
Nasarar da Burnley ta yi a makon da ya gabata ya bar Hornets da maki 12 yayin da ya rage saura wasanni huɗu kuma Palace ta aika da tsohon kocinsu Roy Hodgson kai tsaye zuwa Gasar ƙarshe tare da nuna fifiko.
Eagles ce ta mallaki fafatawar tun da farko kuma ta cigaba a lokacin da Zaha da ƙarfin gwiwa ya doke Ben Foster a minti na 31 da fara tamaula bayan Hassane Kamara ya yi amfani da hannunsa ya toshe bugun da Michael Olise ya yi a baya.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na biyu da Watford ke ficewa daga gasar a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata.
Yayin da Watford ke buƙatar zura ƙwallaye biyu, Palace ta yi ci ƙwallo ta biyu a wasan wanda Odsonne Edouard ya zura wata babbar ƙwallon solo bayan sa’a, yana rawa ta hanyar tsaron bakin kafin ya buga bugun daga kusurwa.
Yayin da aka kori Kamara a minti na 68, Palace ta kai ga nasara yayin wasan – kuma Watford ta tsaya a rukunin, wanda hakan ya ƙare da tashin hankali.