Lokacin da kofin duniya ya fara watanni daya da suka gabata, Belgium ba a ɗaukarsu a matsayin abokan takara da gaske. Da yawa daga cikin taurarin da suka shahara a gasar da ta gabata sun tafi, Red Devils sun zo da tambayoyi da yawa a kawunansu — kuma waɗannan shakku sun ƙarfafa lokacin da suka sami kansu suna asarar 2-0 a hannun Senegal tare da mintuna biyar kacal da suka rage a zagaye na 32.
Duk da haka, yanzu suna cikin zagaye na ƙarshe na takwas. Dawowarsu mai ban mamaki a kan Senegal ta biyo bayan tsohuwar nasara 4-1 a kan USA a ƙasarsu — ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasanni a gasar har zuwa yanzu. Yanzu wasa da Spain a ranar Juma'a (20:00 BST) ne kaɗai ke raba su da wuri a zagaye na ƙarshe na huɗu.
Tawagar da ke cikin canjin lokaci
Sunayen da suka bayyana zamanin zinariya na Belgium — Eden Hazard, Mousa Dembele, Marouane Fellaini, da Vincent Kompany — sun tafi tun da daɗewa. Amma Thibaut Courtois, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne, da Axel Witsel suna nan tukuna, ko da yake rawar da suke takawa ta canza ƙwarai da gaske.
Courtois mai shekara 34, ya buga kowane minti a Qatar, yana nuna irin ƙwarewa da ake sa ran daga ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu tsaron ƙofar duniya. De Bruyne mai shekara 35 ya jikkata a lokacin wasan da Senegal — tun bayan fitowarsa, Belgium sun lashe wasanni biyu da suka biyo bayan haka, suna jefawa kwallaye bakwai a cikin mintuna kusan 130 na wasa. Kafin jikkatawarsa, Belgium sun ci nasara ne kawai a wasa guda ɗaya daga cikin farko ukun.
Lukaku mai shekara 33 ya ci kwallaye uku amma ya buga ƙasa da kashi 50 cikin ɗari na mintuna da ake da su, sau da yawa yana shiga a matsayin mai maye gurbi don azabtar da tsaron da ya gaji, wanda Charles De Ketelaere dan gaba na Atalanta mai shekara 25 ya karye ta matsi mai ƙarfi. Witsel mai shekara 37 ya buga minti guda kaɗai a ƙarshen nasarar da aka samu a kan USA.
Manajan Rudi Garcia ba ya son tattaunawar shekarun gaba ɗaya. Ya ce a farkon gasar: «Ba zan iya jure ana kiran shugabannina huɗu da 'tsofaffin mutane' ba. Idan kuna da sa'a ta samun 'yan wasa na wannan matakin, yi musu ƙarfin zuciya. Wannan shi ne abin da 'tsofaffin' Belgium ke iya yi.»
Sabuwar tsara ta fito gaba
Leandro Trossard na Arsenal ya yi fice a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a gasar, yana ƙirƙirar damar zura kwallo fiye da kowa (17), kuma yana matsayi na 15 don gudummawar kwallaye tare da kwallaye biyu da taimakawa biyu.
De Ketelaere ya ci kwallaye biyu kuma ya taimaka a ɗaya, tare da buɗe wurare masu mahimmanci ga masu kai hari a cikin yankin hukunci. Hans Vanaken, ɗan tsakiya mai shekara 33 na Club Brugge, ya ba da gudummawa da kwallo ɗaya da taimakawa biyu duk da yin aikinsa na gida a Belgium koyaushe. Kuma kyaftin Youri Tielemans ya ci kwallaye na daidaita da na nasara a kan Senegal.
Dakin tare da harsuna da yawa
Belgium suna da ɗaya daga cikin tawaga mafi yawan bambancin al'umma a gasar, da 'yan wasa masu zuriyar ƙasashe kamar DR Congo, Ghana, Senegal, Faransa, Italiya, Portugal, da Sipanya. Ƙungiyar tana sadarwa da Turancin Ingilishi don gujewa taurin da ke tsakanin masu magana da Holanci da Faransanci.
«Wannan wata dabara ce ta dabarun,» in ji Dkt. Jim Ureel, babban malamin ilimin harshe na aiki a Jami'ar Antwerp. «Harshe batun da ya dace ainun a Belgium — yana da alaƙa mai zurfi da asali da siyasa. Ingilishi na kawar da matsalolin haka kuma yana sanya duk ya zama na tsaka-tsaki.»
Lukaku, wanda ke magana da yaruka shida cikin sauƙi, yana wakiltar wannan bambancin sosai. Da Belgium suna shirye don fuskantar Spain, shugabanninsu za su buƙaci jagoranci mai ƙarfafawa fiye da kowane lokaci — ko da wane harshe aka yi ta da shi.
Wannan ba shi ne zamanin zinariya da ke yin ƙoƙari na ƙarshe don cimma burinsu ba, amma ƙungiyar ƙwararrun ƙwararru da ke ɗaukar sabon rawar uba, suna jagorantar abokan wasansu a yau waɗanda za su zama magaɗansu gobe.
