Bikin girmama asalin Italiya, al'umma, da ƙwallon ƙafa ya tattara Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino, taurarin Azzurri, da shugabannin Italiya-Amurkawa a birnin New York a ranar Lahadi, 7 ga Yuni, a wata rana mai cike da al'adu, tunawa, da wasanni.

Grow Together Foundation ta shirya taron, wadda aka kafa a shekara ta 2024 ta hanyar Don Luigi Portarulo, wani firist da ya ƙaura daga Italiya zuwa New York shekaru biyu kafin haka don hidima ga al'ummar Katolika ta yankin. Gidauniyar na nufin tallafa wa al'ummar Italiya-Amurkawa ta hanyar shirye-shiryen ilimi, darussan harshe, shirin iyali, ayyukan wasanni, da taimakon aiki.

Taron a Old Saint Patrick's

Yini ya fara ne da jawabin Infantino a Old Saint Patrick's Cathedral a kudancin Manhattan — coci da ya bayyana a matsayin "wuri mai matukar muhimmanci ga tsararraki na Italiyawa da Italiya-Amurkawa." Shugaban FIFA, shi kansa ɗan baƙi 'yan Italiya a Switzerland, ya yi magana da bayyanannen motsin rai game da yadda aka tashe shi.

"Koyaushe an tashe ni da ƙimomi na Italiya a zuciyata," in ji Infantino. "Abin da koyaushe ya sa mu ji kanmu Italiyawa kuma masu musammam shi ne ƙwallon ƙafa."

Daga cikin manyan mutanen da suka halarta akwai Alessandra Locatelli, Ministan Naƙasassun Italiya; Giorgio Marrapodi, Wakilin Dindindin Italiya a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya; Giuseppe Pastorelli, Consul General a Ƙungiyar Jakadancin Italiya ta New York; da Giuseppe Commisso, Shugaban ACF Fiorentina.

FIFA Legends sun shiga filin wasa

Ƙungiyar FIFA Legends mai haskakawa — wadda ta ƙunshi Roberto Baggio, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Marco Materazzi, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Pagliuca, Christian Panucci, Andrea Pirlo, Giuseppe Rossi, Christian Vieri, da Cristian Zaccardo — sun bayyana a bagiren Old Saint Patrick's kafin su buga wasan 7 da 7 da wakilai na al'ummar yankin.

An gudanar da wasan ne a Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium a arewacin Manhattan, wanda aka sanya masa suna don girmama marigayi Rocco Commisso. Baƙi na Italiya wanda ya yi fice a matsayin ɗan wasa a Jami'ar Columbia, Rocco Commisso ya kafa Mediacom Communications, ya ceci New York Cosmos daga lalacewa a shekara ta 2017, ya kuma mallaki ACF Fiorentina a shekara ta 2019. A ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, kulob din ya kai zuwa wasannin karshe na UEFA Europa Conference League a jere a 2023 da 2024, kuma ya gina Viola Park, cibiyar horarwa ta zamani. Giuseppe Commisso ya karɓi Shugabancin Fiorentina a watan Janairu 2026.

Yayin da yake gabatar da Legends, Infantino ya yi tunani game da abin da waɗannan 'yan wasa ke wakilta ga Italiyawa da ke zaune ƙasashen waje. "Wataƙila ba su ma san jin daɗin da suke bamu ba, jin cewa muna cikin ƙasar ubanninmu da kakanninmu da suka bamu," in ji shi. "Duk lokacin da suka lashe Kofin Duniya ko wasan abota kawai, kashegari, mu Italiyawa da ke ƙasashen waje mukan je aiki ko makaranta ko horo da wata sabuwar ƙarfi, da murna, da alfahari."

Ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin mahaɗi da ya wuce iyakoki

Bikin ya ɗauki ma'ana ta musamman ga Italiya-Amurkawa na yankin New York–New Jersey, waɗanda ba za su ga Italy tana shiga FIFA World Cup 2026 ba. Amma ruhin wannan rana ya nuna fili cewa ikon ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙirƙirar asali da haɗin kai ya fi kowace yaƙin neman cancantar shiga gasar.

"Daga Roberto Baggio zuwa Andrea Pirlo, zuwa 'Bobo' Vieri, zuwa dukkan waɗannan taurarin da ke nan tare da mu yau don ba Italiyawa da ke Amurka murna, waɗanda ba za su iya ganin ƙungiyarsu ta ƙasa a Kofin Duniya ba, amma suna ganin jarumai na zukatansu suna wasa a filinsu," in ji Infantino bayan wasan.

"Yau mun yi bikin gado, abota, haɗin kai, da ƙaunarmu ta biri ga ƙwallon ƙafa. Ranakun kamar waɗannan na tuna mini yadda ƙwallon ƙafa ke ƙirƙirar ma'anar kasancewa, ƙarfafa al'umma, da haɗa mutane." — Gianni Infantino