"Ba shakka wannan shine mafi girman dare a tarihin ƙungiyar." Waɗannan su ne kalaman wani ɗan aikin Como — kuma suna fitar da cikakkiyar ma'anar abin da ke tattare da shi yayin da Como ke karɓar Manchester United a UEFA Champions League.

Manchester United suna isa arewacin Italiya cikin gaske ta rikici, wasanni shida a jere ba tare da nasara ba — mafi muni irin wannan gudu tun daga kakar wasa ta 2018-19. Duk da haka, dangane da matsayi na duniya, har yanzu suna ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun ƙungiyoyi a duniya, kuma ziyarar su Como tana ɗauke da nauyin tarihi wanda babu matsayi na tebur zai rage shi.

Daga Serie D zuwa Gasar Zakarun Turai

Girman tafiyar Como yana mamaki. Lokacin da Manchester United suka lashe na ƙarshe na kofunansu uku na UEFA Champions League a 2008, Como suna yin gogayya a Serie D — ɗaya daga cikin layukan yanki tara na tsakanin ƙwararru — a gaban dubban masu kallo ɗari-ɗari. A yanzu suna shirye don karɓar su a karkashin hasken babbar gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Turai.

Canjin ƙungiyar ya fara a 2019 lokacin da kamfanin watsa labarai na London Sent Entertainment, mallakin masu arziki na Indunusiya Robert Budi Hartono da Michael Bambang Hartono, suka kammala siyan ƙungiyar. A cewar babban jami'in gudanarwa Mirwan Surwaso, yanayin Como a matsayin ƙungiyar ba ta kwararru shine ya jawo ƴan'uwan Hartono a farko, waɗanda asali suna tsara yadda za su nuna wasanni da suka haɗa da ƙananan 'yan wasa na Indunusiya a gida. Gasar UEFA Champions League da Manchester United ba ta kasance wani yanki na wannan shirin ba.

"Ta wani hali ƙungiyar ta samu karawa, dole muka zama ƙwararru, kuma an yi watsi da shirin," in ji Surwaso a podcast ɗin Piers Morgan's Football Uncensored a wannan watan.

Fabregas yana gina wani duniya

Manaja Cesc Fabregas — wanda ya zo a matsayin ɗan wasa kafin ya koma kujerar horo — ya kula da canji da ya bayyana da cewa ya wuce kowace kwatanta. "Idan aka kwatanta da lokacin da na gama aikata na ƙwallon ƙafa a nan, duk ya bambanta," in ji shi. "Ba ko da dare da rana ake kira ba. Wani duniya ne gabaɗaya."

Fabregas ya jagoranci Como zuwa matsayi na huɗu a kakar Serie A ta 2025-26, yana amfani da rashin nasarar AC Milan mai ban mamaki a Cagliari don tabbatar da wuri a UEFA Champions League. A cikin kakarori biyar kawai tun zuwa shi a matsayin ɗan wasa, ƙungiyar ta hau daga Serie B zuwa mafi girman kwallon kafa ta Turai.

Tsohon ɗan wasa na Arsenal, Barcelona, da Chelsea ya bayyana niyyarsa a sarari kafin wannan wasa na tarihi. "Yin wasa da Manchester United wata rana ce ta tarihi a ƙungiyar, a garin Como, da magoya baya," in ji shi. "Dole mu duba abin da ke gabanmu."

Wannan labari mai ban sha'awa ya jan hankalin Lionel Messi da kansa, ɗansa Ciro kuma an ɗauke shi a hoto yana sanya rigar Como — lokaci da ke nuna nisan da wannan ƙungiyar ƙarama ta bakin tafkin ta tafi.

Wata birni da filin wasa na musamman

Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia ɗaya ne daga cikin filayen wasa mafi musamman a ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai, yana zaune a bakin tafkin Como — mai tsawon mil 29 da faɗin mil 2.5 — kusa da ƙungiyar kwale-kwale da kuma ƙungiyar jiragen ruwa na sama waɗanda ke tasowa a kai a kai. Ƙungiyar yanzu tana ba da tafiye-tafiye na sa'a ɗaya a tafki tare da karɓar baƙi kafin wasan, wata duniyar nesa da ta kasance a lokacin Serie D.

Duk da haka, kalubale suna nan. Kashi uku cikin huɗu na kujeru 12,300 na filin wasan ba su da rufin sama, wanda zai iya zama jarrabawa mai wahala idan ruwan sama mai ƙarfi da ake hasashe ya fara a lokacin bugawa. Tambayoyi game da dokokin kuɗi na Uefa suma suna nan, kodayake Surwaso bai nuna damuwa ba: "Ana sa ido a kanmu amma littattafanmu koyaushe suna cikin tsari, don haka ba mu damu sosai ba."

Magoya baya waɗanda suka kasance tun farko

Ga magoya bayan da suka bi Como a cikin shekarun wahala, wannan lokaci yana da ma'ana mai zurfi. "Ko a mafarkinmu mafi kyau, ba za mu iya tunanin yin wasa da Manchester United ba," in ji magaji na gari Federico Borghi, wanda ya zo yana riƙe da littafin tarihi na Como 1907-2007. "Sai tunanin kawai ya sa jikin na yi sanyi."

Magaji daga wajen gari Marco Melillo, wanda ya fado soyayya da rigar shuɗi da filin wasan bakin tafki kafin lokacin Hartono da yawa, ya yi tunani game da abin da ya canza — da abin da ya kasance. "Mun san ƙungiyar tana cikin mafi kyau yanayi a duk tarihin ta," in ji shi, "amma idan na ga fuskokin waɗanda suka kasance nan ma a Serie D, muna cewa kawai: 'Muna fatan wannan labari ya ci gaba mafi tsawo yadda zai yiwu.'"

Aƙalla dare ɗaya, wannan labarin bai taɓa zama mafi girma fiye da yadda yake yanzu ba.