Cesar Azpilicueta ya yi tambaya game da gudunmawar Lamine Yamal ga Spain a Gasar Duniya ta 2026, yana nuni da cewa ɗan wasan Barcelona mai ƙuruciya yana da iya bayar da ƙari — ko da yake ya samu kyautar Ɗan Wasan Mafi Kyau a nasarar Spain da ta yi 2-1 kan Belgium a wasan kusa da na karshe.

Yana magana a matsayin mai sharhi a BBC, tsohon ɗan wasan ƙasar Spain ya yarda cewa Yamal ya kasance cikin wasan tun farko, amma ya lura cewa gudunmawarsa bata riga ta zama ƙwallaye ko taimako ba. Yamal ya yi dribbling har sau huɗu da nasara kuma ya ƙirƙira 0.33 expected assists a cikin wasan, amma ya kammala ba tare da shiga kai tsaye wajen kowane ƙwallo ba.

Ƙalubalen mai tsaron kofar yana damuwar Yamal

Azpilicueta ya nuna tasirin ɗan wasan maye gurbin Belgium Joaquin Seys a matsayin babban dalili da ya hana Yamal a rabin gaba na biyu. "Ina tsammanin lokacin da Joaquin Seys ya shigo a rabin farko na biyu, ya yi tsaron Lamine Yamal sosai," in ji shi. "Ya yi ƙarfi sosai kuma yana yin tsaro a cikin yanayi na 1v1 a wurare da yawa."

Duk da haka, Azpilicueta ya jaddada cewa tasirin Yamal a wasan Spain yana ci gaba da kasancewa a sarari. "Lamine Yamal yana son ƙwallon kuma yana son yin wuce da masu tsaro," ya ƙara da cewa. "Gaskiya ne cewa wasansa bai canza zuwa ƙwallaye ko taimako ba, amma yana da tasiri sosai a cikin wasan Spain. Yana son ƙirƙira bambanci."

Tsohon kyaftin din Spain ya kammala da sauti mai fatan alheri: "Koyaushe yana motsi, don haka ina tsammanin yana da ƙari da za ya ba wa ƙungiyar kuma yanzu shine lokacin da ya dace."

Faransa tana jira a wasan kusa da na karshe

Spain yanzu za ta fuskanci Faransa ta Didier Deschamps a wasan kusa da na karshe, kuma hannun jari ba su taɓa zama mafi girma ga Yamal ba. Dangane da ka'idodinsa na sama, ɗan wasan fikafikai ya yi gasar da ta yi shuru a Arewacin Amurka, kuma Spain za ta buƙaci maɗaukakiyar mai ƙirƙirar tashi yana aiki da cikakken ƙarfi idan za su kai wasan karshe.

Matakin wasan kusa da na karshe yana wakiltar babbar dama har yanzu ga Yamal don shafa duk wata shakka da kuma nuna cewa yana cikin manyan 'yan wasan gasar.