Cape Verde na rubuta tarihi a FIFA World Cup 2026 — kuma ba su gama ba tukuna. Wannan tawagar da take shiga gasar karon farko ta riga ta yi rashin nasara da Spain da Uruguay a matakin kungiyoyi, sannan yanzu tana fuskantar babban jarrabawa: zakaran duniya na yanzu Argentina, karkashin jagorancin Lionel Messi.

A gaban shahararren mai tsaron gida Vozinha — wanda ke da shekara 40 — akwai mai tsaron baya Sidny Lopes Cabral, daya daga cikin 'yan wasa da dama da aka haifa a Netherlands daga al'ummar Cape Verde a duniya. Cabral ya yi magana da Mani Djazmi na BBC World Service game da yanayin sansanin kafin abin da zai iya zama babban wasa a tarihin kwallon kafa ta Cape Verde.

Kwarin gwiwa daga bam-bam da Paraguay ta yi wa Germany

Maimakon tsoro game da fuskantar Messi da zakaran duniya, Cape Verde na samun kwarin gwiwa daga wani bangare na gasar. Cin nasara mai ban mamaki da Paraguay ta yi kan Germany ya ba wa tawagar imani cewa mamaki na yiwuwa — ko da a kan manyan kasashe.

Cabral ya bayyana farin cikinsa game da wannan wasa, yana bayyana a fili cewa Cape Verde ba ta ganin wannan wasa a matsayin karshe, sai dai dama. Tawagar, wadda aka tara galibi daga 'yan wasa da aka haifa a Netherlands daga iyalai na Cape Verde, ta riga ta tabbatar da cewa tana da cancanta a wannan matakin.

Tawagar diaspora a dandalin duniya

Shigan Cape Verde a FIFA World Cup 2026 — wanda ake gudanarwa a Mexico, Amurka, da Canada — ya wakilci tarihi mai girma ga al'umma mai mutane kimanin 500,000. Rashin nasara nasu biyu ya jawo hankalin mutane sosai a cikin gasar, kuma nasarorin Vozinha a gidan kwallon sun sa shi shahara fiye da tsibiran Atlantika da yake kiran gida.

Da yiwuwar kudi guda daya ne ke raba cancantar shiga karo na gaba da fitar da su, wasan karshe na kungiyar da Argentina zai yi nauyi sosai. Amma idan sakamako na baya ya zama alamar abin da ke gaba, Cape Verde ba za ta shiga fili kawai don kammala lamba ba.