Kare gidan Morocco Yassine Bounou ya bayyana cewa Zakumar Atlas suna da kwazo na gini kan nasarorin tarihi na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2022 — kuma su wuce hakan a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

Morocco ta rubuta tarihi a Qatar shekaru uku da suka wuce, ta zama kasa ta farko a Afirka da ta kai wasan kusa da karshe na Kofin Duniya na FIFA. Bounou ya yi imani cewa tawagar har yanzu tana da duk abin da ake bukata don wuce wannan nasara.

"Ingancin 'yan wasan yana nan har yanzu," in ji Bounou ga FIFA. "Tunanin da ya dace zai kasance a wurin, saboda wannan Kofin Duniya ne, kuma kowace 'yar wasa ta yi mafarkin buga wasa a cikinsa. Ga wasu, wannan zai iya zama na karshe. Ga wasu kuma, zai kasance karo na farko."

Rukunin C da kalubalen Brazil

An sanya Morocco a Rukunin C tare da Brazil, Scotland, da Haiti. Wasansu na farko — da Brazil a New Jersey — zai fara mako mai zuwa, kuma Bounou yana da tsammanin matsakaici.

"Mu yi gaskiya: akwai kungiyoyin da suke mafi yuwuwar nasara fiye da mu," in ji tsohon kare gidan Sevilla. "Mu a nasa bangaren, mun kasance a wannan hanyar ci gaba tun daga 2022, don haka mu yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba da hakan. Bayan haka, babu wanda zai iya cewa za mu kai ina."

Kungiya da ake girmamawa a duk duniya

Hauhawar matsayin Morocco tun bayan Qatar ta kasance mai ban sha'awa. Zakumar Atlas suna matsayi na 22 a cikin jerin sunayen FIFA/Coca-Cola na Maza na Kasa lokacin da suka tafi Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2022. Yanzu suna matsayi na takwas — a gaban Belgium da Germany, kuma kaɗan bayan Brazil da Netherlands.

Bounou ya ce wannan hauhawar ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta nuna sauyi a yadda abokan hamayyar suke fuskantar Morocco, kuma yana ganin hakan a matsayin ƙarfi ba damuwa ba.

"Muna jin ana girmama mu, kuma hakan dole ya ba mu kwarin gwiwa," ya jaddada. "Ina tsammanin akwai imani da kai wanda ba mu taɓa ji ba a baya, a matsayinmu na ƙungiyar Afirka."

A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Mohamed Ouahbi, Morocco suna shiga Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 ba kawai da begen shiga gasar ba — suna da niyya su rubuta tarihi a karo na biyu.