Roberto 'Pico' Lopes ya taimaka Cape Verde wayi tarihi a gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026 — kuma mahaifiyarsa Judy Lopes ta yi imani cewa ya shirya cikakke don fuskantar mafi girman kalubale: dakile Lionel Messi.

Mai tsaron tsakiya na Cape Verde ya kasance ginshiƙi a cikin nasarar da ƙungiyar Afirka ta samu ba tare da an same su da wasa a Ƙungiya H ba, inda suka cilla da Spain, Uruguay, da Saudi Arabia don kammala matsayi na biyu bayan zakaran Turai. Wannan sakamakon ya ba su hujja ta wasan karshe na 32 da zakaran da ke riƙe da laƙabin, Argentina, a Miami ranar Juma'a da 23:00 BST.

Messi, wanda ya riga ya ci kwallaye shida a abin da ake sa ran zai zama Kofin Duniyarsa na ƙarshe, zai jagoranci farmaki na Argentina. Wannan shi ne Kofin Duniyarsa na shida kuma bayyanarsa ta 30 a gasar — rikodin da ya kasance mai cin kwallon gaba daya a tarihi.

Tabbacin uwa

Yayin da take magana da Nicola McCarthy na BBC Sport NI, Judy ta bayyana ɗanta a matsayin wanda ke bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba maimakon yin rauni. "Zai yi farin ciki da ɗaukar ƙalubalentar Messi a ƙarshen mako kuma koyaushe yana da nutsuwa sosai, kwanciyar hankali, kuma yana yin kyau sosai a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba," in ji ta.

"Yana ɗaukar dukkan abubuwa da sauki. Yana da ƙarfi, hankalinsa yana da daidaito, kuma zai iya toshe duk hayaniyar da ke kewaye da wannan wasa."

Judy ta nuna ƙwarewa mai yawa ta Lopes a matsayin tushen amincinta, tana ambaton kamfen dinsa biyu na Africa Cup of Nations da shekaru goma da ya yi tare da Shamrock Rovers. "Ban yi tsammanin zai razana shi ko kaɗan ba, kuma ina tsammanin zai ji daɗin ƙalubalen kuma da fatan zai fita a kai," ta ƙara da cewa.

Dutsen bayan gida

Cape Verde suna shiga Kofin Duniya a karon farko kuma sun zama ƙaramar al'umma da ta kai matakan wasan share fage. Ƙididdigar tsaronsu tana fice — sun karɓi kwallaye biyu kawai a wasanni uku na ƙungiya, inda ƙoƙon raga mai shekaru 40 Vozinha ya nuna aikin ban sha'awa a cikin wasan farko mai daidaito ba tare da kwallon ba da Spain.

Argentina, a nasu ɓangare, sun nuna irin wannan ƙarfi na kariya, suna karɓar kwallon ɗaya kawai har zuwa yanzu a gasar. Wannan duel wasa ne na gaske tsakanin ƙungiyoyi biyu na tsaro mafi ƙarfi a gasar.

Judy, wacce ta dawo ɗan lokaci kaɗan zuwa aikinta na sakatariya a makaranta a Dublin kafin ta koma Amurka don wasan, ta yarda cewa tafiyar ta wuce dukkan tsammanin. "Na san hakan yana sauti mara kyau yanzu, amma ba mu taɓa zaton cewa za su fita daga ƙungiyar da suke ciki ba," in ji ta. "Suna adawa da tsoffin zakaran duniya biyu da Spain da Uruguay kuma ina tsammanin an ba su damar 1% kawai."

Ta ma yi dariya cewa Messi da kansa zai yi karatun wasan ɗanta kafin wasan Juma'a. "Haka kuma cewa shi, Messi, zai yi nazarin salon Pico kafin Juma'a da nazarin dabarunsa da ganin yadda zai doke dutsen bayan gida!"

Komai yana yiwuwa

Duk da yarda cewa Argentina sune abubuwan so don ɗaukar gasar, Judy ta ƙi watsar da damar Cape Verde. "Ina tsammanin inda Argentina mai yiwuwa abubuwan so ne don cin gasar, ina tsammanin Cape Verde su ne ƙaunataccen ƙungiyar gasar, ba tare da wata shakka ba," in ji ta.

"Zai kasance mai kyau sosai idan sun ci gaba — komai yana yiwuwa a ƙwallon ƙafa. A ƙarshen rana, mintoci 90 ne da 11 a kan 11. Don haka, bari mu yi fatan labarin tatsuniyar ya ci gaba kuma su ci gaba zuwa matakin gaba."