Da an busa busa ƙarshe na wasan Canada da South Africa ranar Lahadi, kotan Jesse Marsch bai yi jinkiri ba — ya tara 'yan wasan sa da ma'aikatansa cikin zangon tattaunawa ya kuma gaya musu ainihin abin da suka zama.

"Jaruman Kanada," ya kira su haka, mintuna kaɗan bayan ƙungiyarsa ta samu nasara a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na zaman kudi a Gasar Kofin Duniya na karon farko a tarihi, tana samun wuri a cikin manyan 16. "Makomar wasanni a wannan ƙasa babba ne saboda ku."

Mai masaukin da aka manta yana neman muryarsa

Mexico ta shirya wasan buɗe gasar yayin da Amurka take shirya wasan karshe. Yawancin kulawa kafin gasar ta faɗo kan waɗannan ƙasashe biyu, ta bar Kanada kamar abokin shiga da aka manta a wannan shirye-shiryen tare da ƙasashe uku.

Amma Kanada ta gina wani abu na gaske cikin shiru daga ciki — sha'awar da ke ƙaruwa don wasan da ƙungiyar ƙasa. Ana jin wannan canjin a ko'ina, tun daga yadda magoya baya suke kiran wannan wasanni zuwa taron mutane da suke sanya ja da fari.

"Yana farawa a san shi da football yanzu, ba soccer ba," wani magoya baya ya gaya wa BBC Sport kafin wasan da South Africa. "Kanada tana zama ƙasar football."

Wannan canjin shi ne daidai manufar da Marsch ya kafa wa kansa sa'ad da ya karbi ragamar ƙungiyar ƙasa shekaru biyu da suka wuce — buri wanda ya yi kamar nesa a lokacin ga ƙasa wacce ta daɗe tana ɗaure kanta ga hockey na kankara.

Tafiya ta tarihi a matakin rukuni

Kanada ta zo gasar tare da tarihin shan kaye a duk wasanninta shida na baya a Gasar Kofin Duniya. Sun share wannan tarihin nan take, suna zana da Bosnia-Herzegovina don maki ɗinta na farko a tarihi a Kofin Duniya, sannan suka murɗe Qatar 6-0 don samun nasara ta farko da tabbatar da wuri a matakin ko-fi.

Kyaftin Alphonso Davies, wanda ya saba da manyan taron magoya bayan da suke son ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Bayern Munich da kuma a UEFA Champions League, ya yarda da hawaye sun fito daga idanunsa sa'ad da ya ga dubban 'yan Kanada suna cika filayen wasan da jan da fari a lokacin wasansu na farko a Toronto.

"Ya yi kamar abin ban al'ajabi domin ban taɓa ganin 'yan Kanada da yawa haka a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba," Davies ya ce. "Ya sa hawaye su fito daga idanuna."

Eustaquio ya yanke hukunci a lokacin ƙari

Shan kaye daga Switzerland ya hana Kanada ta buga wasanta a matakin manyan 32 a ƙasarsu, amma magoya bayanta sun ƙetare iyakar zuwa Los Angeles cikin adadi mai yawa — wanda ya sa 'yan Kanadawa su ji kamar ƙungiyar gida ta South Africa. Duk da cewa abokan hamayyar sun bayyana suna son ja da wasan zuwa bugun fenariti tun farko, Kanada ta riƙe nutsuwa. Stephen Eustaquio ya ba da lokacin ƙarin inganci a lokacin ƙari don rufe nasarar.

Wannan kuma shine karon farko a tarihi da ƙasar mai masaukin Gasar Kofin Duniya ta buga wasa a waje da iyakokinta.

"Na so in iya gaya musu yadda wannan lokaci zai tabbatar da muhimmanci ga wasanni a ƙasar," Marsch ya ce game da tattaunawar bayan wasan. "Abin takaici ne ba mu yi haka a Vancouver a gaban magoya bayanmu ba, amma a duk haka ina tsammanin kun ga halayen ƙungiyar, ingancin ƙungiyar, tunani na ƙungiyar da haɗin kan ƙungiyar."

Bugun dogo kyauta a kan manyan ƙungiyoyi

Ladan Kanada wasa ne a matakin manyan 16 da Netherlands ko Morocco — Netherlands sun kasance na bakwai a duniya, Morocco na shida. Babu wanda ya zama abokin hamayya mai sauƙi, amma Marsch yana jin daɗin wannan kalubale.

"Gaba ɗaya manufata a wannan gasar, ban da zaburar da ƙasarmu, shine yin gudu da za mu iya hadu da ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin duniya," ya ce. "Dangane da shekaru shida na ƙarshe na Morocco suna manyan ƙungiyoyin zamani, kuma dangane da nasarar ƙungiyar Netherlands tsawon abin da ya zama kamar ƙarni sune manyan ƙungiyoyin gargajiya. Ina jin kamar bugun dogo kyauta ne kuma za mu bi shi da duk abin da za mu iya don samun nasara."

Ga magoya bayan da suke tuna halarta wasannin Kanada a shekarun 1990 lokacin da magoya bayan gida sukan kasance ƙaramin ɓangare a filayen wasansu, shirye-shiryen wannan Gasar Kofin Duniya suna wakiltar wani abu da ya fi sakamakon wasanni kawai. Alamu na nuna cewa ƙwallon ƙafa a Kanada ta canza har abada.