Yana da shekara 91, Enrique Macaya Márquez har yanzu yana tafiya a cikin ɗakunan manema labarai na FIFA World Cup — yana jawo hankalin duk wanda ya gan shi. Fitaccen ɗan jarida na rediyo daga Argentina yana halarta FIFA World Cup™ na 18 a jere a shekara ta 2026, rikodin da babu wani ɗan jarida a duniya da zai iya dacewa da shi.

Wannan tafiyar mai ban mamaki ta fara ne a Sweden 1958, lokacin da Macaya Márquez yana da shekara 23, an aike shi a matsayin wakilin musamman na Radio El Mundo don rufe gasar da ta gabatar da Pelé ɗan shekara 17 ga duniya tare da tabbatar da matsayin Brazil a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Kusan shekaru saba bayan haka, yanzu yana sharhi ga DSPORTS Radio — kuma sha'awarsa ga wasan bai ƙare ba.

Rikodin da ke da rai

A Dallas, Texas, girmamawa ga Macaya Márquez — wanda a gidansa Argentina ake kiransa da sunan "Macaya" kawai — bayyananne ne ga kowa. Manajan Argentina Lionel Scaloni da kansa ya nemi hoto tare da shi bayan taron manema labarai na hukuma kafin wasan kungiyar Argentina da Jordan a matakin rukuni.

Wakilai na FIFA Legends da suka haɗa da daulolin Kofin Duniya Ubaldo Fillol, Mario Kempes, Oscar Ruggeri, da Sergio Batista sun yi masa godiya a ranakun da suka gabace wannan wasa. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ma ya yabawa kasantuwarsa ta tarihi a cikin jawabin sa na bude gasar. Shekaru huɗu da suka wuce, FIFA da Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Wasanni ta Duniya sun girmama shi tare don aikin jarida na wasanni na dogon lokaci.

Abin da ya canza — da abin da bai canza ba

Macaya Márquez yana zana layi a fili tsakanin ɗan jarida matashi mai sha'awa wanda ya fara zuwa Sweden da kuma mai sharhi mai gogewa da ya zama yau. "Kana samun ƙarin gogewa, kana da ƙarin kwarewa, kana hulɗa da abubuwa ta wata hanya daban," ya ce. "Fasaha tana taimakawa wajen samar da fassarori daban-daban, amma waɗannan fassarori har yanzu suna buƙatar ilimin ɗan jarida."

Game da wasan kansa, ya yi daidai. "Abu ɗaya da bai taba canzawa ba shi ne cewa kurakurai suna da tsada kuma nasara wani lokaci ana ba ta lada fiye da kima," ya bayyana. "Sarrafa ƙwallon ya inganta, amma mafi girman canji shi ne gudu da ƙarfin jiki na 'yan wasa — fiye da gudu na ƙwallon kanta."

Wannan canji, ya ce, yana buƙatar ƙarin aiki daga 'yan jarida da ke rufe wasan. "Yana buƙatar 'yan jarida su kasance mafi shirye kuma su yi amfani da fasahar da ke samuwa domin mu iya tabbatar da ra'ayoyinmu mafi kyau."

Falsafar da ta jagoranci aikinsa

A cikin aikin sa, Macaya Márquez ya ƙi sha'awar yin magana ta ƙarshe — ita ce sifar da yake ɗaukarta a matsayin ginshiƙin amincin sa. "Na kasance mai hankali game da magana ta ƙarshe. Ban taba rasa gani ga batun da nake kimantawa ba, ko dai wasa ne ko dan wasan ƙafa," ya bayyana. "Mutane suna godewa hanyata a wani fanni inda kowa yana da ra'ayi kuma sau da yawa yana bayyana shi da cikakkiyar tabbaci."

Ya kuma ƙi jerin manyan 'yan wasa da ya gani a FIFA World Cup. "Na ga 'yan wasa da yawa masu ban mamaki na zamani daban-daban da yanayi daban-daban da ke nuna ƙarfinsu; ba zai yiwu a yi amfani da ma'aunin ɗaya don tantance wanda ya fi girma ba."

Sai dai akwai wani abu ɗaya da ya fi tsayawa a zuciyarsa lokacin da yake tunawa da bugu 18 na gasar. "Lokacin da Argentina ta lashe Kofin Duniya — ba shakka," ya ce ba tare da jinkiri ba. "Lokacin da ƙungiyar ƙasarku ta yi nasara, ba za ka iya kaurace wa bukukuwan ba. Yana faranta maka rai, saboda ka kwashe rayuwarka gaba ɗaya kana fatan ganin su lashe Kofin Duniya."

Yana cikin natsuwa game da aiki na musamman, Macaya Márquez ya taƙaita halinsa da kalmomin: "Ina farin ciki, na natsu, kuma na kwantar da hankali."