France ta yi wasan da ya burge kowa a cikin FIFA World Cup 2026 a ranar Talata, tana murda Sweden 3-0 a zafin rana mai ƙuna a New Jersey don shiga zagaye na 16 — kuma yadda ta lashe ya tsorata abokan adawa.

Kylian Mbappe ne ya bude wa ta yi kyau sosai, sannan ya gudu kai tsaye zuwa benci don runguma babban kocin Didier Deschamps — wanda ya dawo gefen filin a karon farko tun dawowarsa daga France don jana'izar mahaifiyarsa. Sauran 'yan wasan sun haɗu da su a runguma ta gama-gari wadda ta nuna haɗin kan da ke tuka wannan ƙungiyar.

"Wannan ƙungiya tana da haɗin kai kuma sun yi aiki yadda ya kamata lokacin da ba ni can ba satin da ya gabata," in ji Deschamps bayan ƙarshen wasan. "Ƙaunar ƙungiya ba ta sa ka lashe wasanni. Amma ina sani idan ta zama akasin haka, za ka iya rasa wasanni. Ƙarfin gama-gari ya fi komai."

Dan wasan tsakiya Aurelien Tchouameni ya ƙara da cewa: "Mun san kocin yana cikin wahala, muna ƙoƙarin ba da komai don sa shi farin ciki gwargwadon yiwuwa."

Mbappe yana kusa da kirigar Messi

Bradley Barcola ya ninka rinjaye kafin Mbappe ya zura ƙwallon ta biyu da dare — wannan ya kai ƙwallan sa shida a gasar, daidai da na Argentinean Lionel Messi a fafatawar takalmin zinare. Mbappe yanzu yana da ƙwallaye 18 gaba ɗaya a tarihin Kofin Duniya, ɗaya kawai a bayan kirigar Messi a gasar.

Kyaftin din France ya zura ƙwallo biyu ko fiye a wasanni bakwai daban-daban na Kofin Duniya — wasanni uku fiye da kowane ɗan wasa a tarihi.

"Ba za ka iya dakile irin wannan iyawa ba," tsohon ɗan bugu na England Ian Wright ya gaya wa ITV Sport. "France ita ce ɗaya daga cikin mafi bayyanannun zababbun nasara da na taɓa gani a gasar Kofin Duniya."

Patrick Vieira, tsohon abokin Patrick Vieira a Arsenal kuma wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya tare da France a 1998, ya yarda: "Sun nuna wa kowa cewa su ne ƙungiyar da za a yi nasara a kansu."

Tarihin Olise na taimako

Michael Olise ya ƙara wasu taimako biyu don kawo jimlarsa zuwa biyar a gasar, yana zama ɗan wasan farko da ya kai taimako biyar ko fiye a wani Kofin Duniya ɗaya tun 1994. Ya kuma bugi gungumen ƙofa da ƙoƙarin acrobatic mai ban mamaki wanda ya burge dukkan mutane 80,000 da suka kasance a filin wasa.

An haife shi a Hammersmith ga mahaifinsa Bayarjiniya da mahaifiyarsa Faransiyya-Aljeriya, Olise ya fara tafiyarsa ta ƙwallon ƙafa a Hayes & Yeading United yana da shekara shida. A yanzu, tsohon dan wasan Crystal Palace yana nuna iyawarsa a mafi girman mataki a duniya.

"Michael yana buga ƙwallon ƙafa na kiwon kiwon kiwon," in ji Deschamps. "Yana da tasiri sosai a cikin ƙungiyar kuma shi ne hanyar haɗin tsakanin 'yan bugu da tsaro. Shi yaro ne mai son kadaita, amma ba haka yake a filin wasa ba."

Ousmane Dembele, a nashi ɓangaren, yana da gudummawa shida a ƙwallaye a gasar — ƙwallaye huɗu da taimako biyu — yayin da haɗin gwiwar Mbappe-Dembele kadai ya samar da ƙwallaye shida, fiye da kowane nau'in haɗin tun 1966 a gasar.

France yanzu ita ce ƙungiyar farko da ta zura ƙwallaye uku ko fiye a wasanni biyar a jere na Kofin Duniya, bayan ta ci ƙwallaye 12 a wasanni huɗu a ƙasar Amurka.

"Abin da muka gani daga France ya kasance madaidaici da hallaka," tsohon bayan gaba na England Gary Neville ya gaya wa ITV Sport. "Waɗancan huɗu na gaba — Mbappe, Dembele, Olise, da Barcola — za su kawo mafarkin bacci ga kowane mai tsaro a gasar. Suna sama da matakin sauran."

Ko da kocin Sweden Graham Potter ya yarda: "Babu wulakanci a fita hannun wannan ƙungiyar France. Ban taɓa ganin ƙungiyar da ta fi su ba."

'Da fatan, a hankali'

Idan France ta doke Paraguay a Philadelphia a ranar Asabar, 4 ga Yuli, za ta fuskanci masu nasara daga wasan Canada da Morocco a kusa da karshe a Boston Stadium a ranar Alhamis, 9 ga Yuli.

Deschamps, duk da haka, ya yi gaggawa ya roƙi hankali lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko ƙungiyarsa za ta iya kai ga kambun. "Da fatan, a hankali," in ji shi. "Mun kai zagaye na 16. Mu godewa wannan. Mun san abin da ake tsammani daga gare mu. Dole ne mu kasance masu kwanciyar hankali."