DR Congo na yin tarihi kawai ta hanyar bayyana a wannan gasar. Bayan fiye da shekaru 50 ba tare da shiga Kofin Duniya na FIFA ba, Leopards sun dawo kan babban mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa da gaske da imani — wanda ya ƙaru da nasarar da suka samu a kan Super Eagles na Nigeria a lokacin cancantar. 'Yan wasa da yawa na ɗaya sun fuskanci kakaruka masu wahala a kulubobinsu, amma Kofin Duniya 2026 yana ba su window na makonni shida na sake fara da rubuta sabon shafi.

Rukunin mai wahala yana jiran su

An zana DR Congo a Rukunin K tare da Portugal, Colombia, da Uzbekistan — hawan da bai sauƙi ba. Sai ƙungiyoyin biyu na sama ne ke ci gaba, kuma a takarda, isa waɗancan matsayi yana buƙatar fiye da ƙwarewa kawai. Matsayi na uku, ko da yake mai mutunci, yana nufin komawa gida. Duk da haka, ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka ya ci gaba da samar da mamaki a duniya — Faransa ba ta manta da shahararren kwallon Bouba Diop a shekarar 2002 wanda ya hallaka kare tasonsu ba.

Yadda DR Congo ke inganta mallakar ƙwallon da gina farmaki

Bayanai suna zana hoto mai ƙarfafawa. DR Congo na tsaye tsakanin jagororin Afirka a ci gaban mallakar ƙwallo, suna yin adadin kashi 42.8% na mallakori da ke isa zuwa ƙarshen kashi uku. Wannan adadi yana nuna ƙungiya mai iya motsa ƙwallo ta cikin layin tsakiya da kafa ta a wurare masu haɗari — ba ƙungiyar da ke son kawai zauna a baya ba.

Adadin barazanar da ake tsammani (xT) na 1.56 ya sanya su a matsayi na shida tsakanin ƙasashen Afirka, yana ƙarfafa ra'ayin cewa Leopards na ɗaukar mallakar ƙwallo zuwa wurare inda damammaki na zura kwallo ke ƙara yiwuwa. Abokan hamayyar Rukunin K ba za su iya raina su ba.

A fannin dabara, DR Congo na gina hare-hare daga gefe, suna amfani da giccen ƙwallo a matsayin babbar kayan farmakin shiga, yayin da suke kiyaye tsarin gina hare-hare daga harbin ƙofar kwallon. Suna fifita wuce gona da iri daga layin tsakiya kuma suna dogara kan motsi na gama gari maimakon wasan mutum ɗaya.

Ƙananan adadin dogayen ƙwallaye da hankaltacce na haɗin guiwa sun tabbatar da son hanyar farmaki mai hankali da lissafi. A lokacin sauya sheka, suna haɗa wucegona da iri na gaggawa tare da kyakkyawan riƙe ƙwallo, wanda ke ba su damar sauya sheka daga tsaron zuwa farmaki yadda ya kamata.

Lambobin da ke bayan barazanar farmaki ta DR Congo

Watakila mafi ban sha'awa a cikin bayanin DR Congo shi ne ingancin damarmakin da suke ƙirƙirawa. Matsakaicin maƙasudansu da ake tsammani banda harbin fenariti na 1.43 a kowane wasa yana sanya su a matsayi na biyar tsakanin manyan ƙasashen Afirka — a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin da ke ƙwazo a farmaki a nahiya.

Suna tsaye a matsayi na shida ga masu harbi na damar sama (3.0 a kowane wasa), na takwas ga jifafe mara fenariti (11.7 a kowane wasa), na takwas ga taɓawa a ciki akwatin abokin hamayya (17.8 a kowane wasa), da na huɗu ga xG mara fenariti a kowane jifa (0.12). Wannan ƙarshen adadi yana da mahimmanci musamman: yana nuna cewa DR Congo ba sa jifa akai-akai kawai — suna jifa daga wurare masu kyau, sifar da za ta iya zama mai yanke hukunci a ƙwallon gasar.

Shin Leopards za su iya juyar da damarmakin zuwa kwallaye?

A nan ne zafin zuciyar yaƙin neman zaɓe suke. Duk da tsayawa a matsayi na biyar a maƙasudai da ake tsammani banda fenariti, DR Congo na tsaye a matsayi na goma sha biyu kawai a kwallaye da aka zura. Wannan bambanci tsakanin ƙirƙirar damammaki da ƙwallo da aka zura na iya nuna rauni a cikar harbi, matsi mara kyau, ko kawai lokaci na rashin sa'a a gaban raga.

Dawowa da ake tsammani na Yoanne Wissa, ɗan wasan Newcastle wanda ya kasance a baya na ɗan lokaci, na iya zama abin yanke hukunci. Idan ƙarfin cika harbi ya inganta ya daidaita da ingancin da lambobin suke nuna, DR Congo suna da duk abubuwan da ake buƙata don zama ɗaya daga cikin masu ban mamaki na gasar. In ba haka ba, suna iya samar da wasan aiki mai yabo ba tare da samun lada mai kyau ba.

Tsarin tsaro mai ladabi

A tsaro, DR Congo suna aiki da ƙananan toshe, suna gayyatar abokan hamayya da dogara kan tsaka-tsakin kulawa da horo na matsayi don dawo da ƙwallo. Ƙarfin tsaronsu yana da hankali ba mai sauƙi ba, wanda na iya fallasa su ga manyan ƙungiyoyin farmaki. Duk da haka, ba su ji tsoro ba wajen aikata laifi a rabin ƙasa na harin don katse tafiyar abokin hamayya — hikima ta dabara da ta yi musu kyau a lokacin CAF Africa Cup of Nations.

A wannan gasar, DR Congo sun yi asarar ƙwallo da ƙasa fiye da yawancin takwarorinsu, suna kiyaye kwanciyar hankali na tsari da rage damammaki masu inganci ga abokan hamayya ta hanyar saurin mayar da martani na tsaro. Asarar mallakar ƙwallo kusa da ragar abokin hamayya kuma yana nuna jaruntaka ta farmaki — sifar da ke daidaita ta hanyar ƙarfin tsaro a bayansa.

Ko wannan haɗuwar sha'awar farmaki da tsarin tsaro ya isa don shawo kan Rukunin K ya kasance babban tambayar labarin DR Congo a Kofin Duniya 2026.