DR Congo na shiga cikin zagaye na 32 na gasar FIFA World Cup 2026 — karon farko da suka taba shiga zagayen karshe — a matsayin tawaga da ta riga ta firgita ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan hamayya. Ingila da manajanta Thomas Tuchel za su yi hikima wajen ɗaukar Leopards da nauyi.

Tsarin wasa da aka gina bisa harkar tsaro

Ƙungiyar Sébastien Desabre ta taushe Portugal — ta kange Cristiano Ronaldo ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar kyaftin Chancel Mbemba da Axel Tuanzebe a baya — kuma ita ce ƙungiyar da ta fi wasa da kyau a filin wasa a wannan rana. Ƙwallon kai na Yoane Wissa ya naɗe wasan da da yawa suka yi imanin ya cancanci ƙwallaye uku.

A kan Colombia, DR Congo ta nuna irin wannan juriya. Ɗan wasan gidan Lionel Mpasi ya yi wasa mai ban sha'awa don kiyaye Colombia a nisa duk da matsin lamba na ƙarshen wasan, ana ci gaba da kiyaye asalin tsaro na DR Congo ko da lokacin da layin baya ya fito da rauni.

A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Desabre na shekaru huɗu, DR Congo ba ta taɓa fita da ɗaya ko fiye da ɓarna ɗaya ba — rikodin ban mamaki wanda ke sanya Ingila ta Tuchel a wuri mai ma'ana. Ingila ta riga ta sha kashi 3-1 a hannun Senegal a zamanin Tuchel.

DR Congo na samun nasararsu a wasanni masu ƙarancin ƙwallaye. A cikin kashi biyu bisa uku na wasanninsu a ƙarƙashin Desabre, sun zira ƙwal ɗaya ko ƙasa da haka. A kan Portugal da Colombia, Desabre ya shirya tsaro mai biyar, tsakiya uku, da masu kai hari biyu, tare da Aaron Wan-Bissaka da Arthur Masuaku suna aiki a matsayin wing-backs masu hali amma ba masu kai hari ba.

A cewar ma'auni na salo na FIFA, Ingila tana cikin ƙungiyoyi huɗu kawai da salonsu na wasa ya bambanta sosai da na DR Congo — wanda ke mai da wannan gasar rikici na gaske na dabara. Ghana ta fallasa rashin ikon shigewa na Ingila ta irin wannan hanya a baya cikin gasar, kuma lokutan kai hare-hare na Black Stars ya kamata su zama gargaɗi. Ƙungiyar Desabre tana da haƙuri don amfani da irin waɗannan raunuka.

Barazanar Wissa ba za a iya yi mata watsi ba

Duk da ƙarfinsu na tsaro, DR Congo suna ɗauke da ƙarfin kai hari na gaske, kuma Wissa ne ke isar da shi. Dan wasan Newcastle United ya zira ƙwallaye uku a wasanni uku na marhala ta rukuni — yana daidai da Harry Kane kuma ya wuce ribar Cristiano Ronaldo. Wannan ya riga ya wakilci sau uku na duk samar da shi a gasar tare da Newcastle United tun bayan canjinsa da fam miliyan 55, bayan ya rasa Africa Cup of Nations a matsayin kyautar alheri ga ƙungiyarsa.

Cédric Bakambu na Real Betis bai riga ya yi harbi mai niyya ba, amma Desabre ya nuna sassaucinsa na dabara a kan Uzbekistan ta hanyar shigo da Fiston Mayele — ɗan wasan Pyramids da aka zaɓa mafi kyawun ɗan wasan Afirka a ƙungiyoyi na maza a wannan kakar. Mayele ya kawo kwanciyar hankali a gaban ƙofar da Bakambu ya kasa bayarwa, kuma sauya zuwa layin tsaro na huɗu mai daidaita, tare da shigowar fikafikai Nathan Mbuku da Brian Cipenga, ya tabbata yana da muhimmanci a nasarar tarihi ta DR Congo.

Labarun sirri da ke gudana a wannan wasa

Wannan wasa yana ɗauke da nauyi fiye da dabara. Yan wasan DR Congo da yawa suna da zuriyar kut-da-kut a ƙwallon ƙafar Ingilishi. Tuanzebe an haife shi a Bunia kafin ya koma Rochdale yana ƙarami, ya sami horon ƙwallon ƙafa a Manchester United — inda ya ma ɗauki hannun kyaftin sau ɗaya — kuma ya wakilci Ingila a mataki na matasa tare da irin su Dominic Calvert-Lewin da Dominic Solanke.

An haifi Wan-Bissaka kuma ya girma a kudancin London kuma ya zo kusa da shiga tawagar manyan lokacin da aka gayyace shi cikin ƙungiyar Gareth Southgate a 2019. Masuaku suna ne da magoya bayan West Ham da Sunderland suka sani, yayin da ɗan wasan tsakiya Aaron Tshibola — wanda aka haife shi a gabashin London kuma tsohon ɗan wasa na Aston Villa da Nottingham Forest — yanzu yana buga wa Kilmarnock. Noah Sadiki na Sunderland wani ɗan wasan da aka yi masa kima a cikin ƙungiyar Desabre.

Ingila ma tana da alaƙa da DR Congo. Ezri Konsa, wanda yake cikin ƙungiyar Tuchel, da ya cancanci wakiltar Leopards.

Al'ummar da ke rubutawa tarihin kanta

DR Congo — wanda a da ake kiranta Zaire lokacin da ta zama ƙasar farko ta Afirka ta kudu da hamadar Sahara da ta cancanci shiga gasar duniya a 1974 — ta jira shekaru 52 don dawowa wannan marhala. Wasan Laraba da Ingila yana nuna mafi nasarar zamani a tsara ɗaya ga Leopards, kuma dukkan al'ummar za su kalli wasan, suna fatan ƴan wasan da ke sanya launukanta su sake tashi da aikinsu.