Tafiyar Orlando Gill zuwa shahara a Kofin Duniya ɗaya ce daga cikin labarun da ba za a manta da su ba a wannan gasar. Wannan mai gadin ragar Paraguay, wanda tsaye a tsakanin sanduna yayin da ƙasarsa ta fitar da Germany ta hanyar harbin ƙwallo na tazara a ranar Litinin, yana sayar da kayan wasansa ƙasa da shekaru huɗu da suka wuce kawai don tallafa wa iyalinsa.
Bala'i da ya gwada duk abin da ke ciki
A ƙarshen 2022, matarsa Melissa Avalos ta haifi ciki, tare da jaririr da ake sa ran haihuwarsa a ranar 31 ga Disamba. Amma matsalolin lafiya masu tsanani sun tilasta mata shiga asibiti a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, kuma an ɗora ta a ranar 7 ga Disamba. Ɗansu Lautaro bai zo ba sai washegari — sakamakon rikitarwa masu ɗaukar rai waɗanda suka buƙaci tiyata na gaggawa ga Melissa da sanya jaririn a ɗakin kulawa na musamman.
Iyali suka sami damar komawa gida kafin Kirsimati, amma wahala ta bar su kusan ba tare da kome ba. Melissa ta rubuta a Instagram shekarar da ta wuce:
"Ɗanmu ya yi gwagwarmaya don rayuwarsa, kuma mahaifinsa ya kasance kusa da shi koyaushe. Ya ba da duk abin da yake da shi, ya sayar da duk abin da yake da shi: tufafinsa, takalminsa, har ma da rigar tawagar ƙasa ta U20, wadda bai iya ajiyewa a matsayin tunawa ba."
Damar Argentina da ta canza komai
A wancan lokacin, Gill ya taka wasa biyu kawai a ƙungiyar farko tun farkon aikinsa tare da San Lorenzo a watan Satumba 2020. Amma kusan shekara guda bayan haihuwar Lautaro, kulob din Ajantina na San Lorenzo ya ba shi dama da ta canza rayuwarsa, yana shiga da farko a matsayin aro.
Ya ƙare 2024 yana taka leda a tawagar ajiya kafin ya zama ɗan wasan farko na tawagar ta farko a 2025, ya ja hankalin kocin Paraguay Gustavo Alfaro. Bayan an kira shi a watan Maris da Yuni, Gill ya fara bugawa ƙungiyar ƙasa a matakin manyan a wasan cancantar ƙarshe da Peru a watan Satumba na shekarar da ta wuce.
Bayan wasanni biyar na abokantaka, ya shiga Kofin Duniya a matsayin mai gadi na farko. Paraguay da gaske ta yi asarar 4-1 ga Amurka, wacce take ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙasashen da ke karbar baƙi, a wasan farko, amma Gill ya karɓi ƙwallo ɗaya kawai a wasanni uku masu zuwa, yana hana harbe-harbe 16 daga cikin 17 da aka kai a kan ragar.
Jarumi na zagaye na 16
Yayin fuskantar Germany a zagaye na 16, Gill ya fara amfana da wata bugun farko mai rikitarwa wanda ya hana Germany ƙwallo ta biyu. Amma aikinsa a harbin ƙwallo na tazara bai yi shakka ba: adanawa biyu masu yanke shawara waɗanda suka tura Paraguay zuwa kwata-fainali kuma suka ba shi kyautar ɗan wasan mafi kyau na wasan daga FIFA.
Gill ya sadaukar da wannan kyautar ga iyalinsa — musamman ɗan'uwansa Alexander, wanda ke asibiti yanzu a gida.
"Alexander, wannan kofin naka ne. Ina fata za ka warke da wuri. Ubangijinka yana tallafawa daga nesa."
Bayan ya ga ɗansa ya tsira daga haihuwar da ta yi tsanani, Gill yana amfani da wannan ƙarfi don ƙarfafa ɗan'uwansa ya ci gaba da gwagwarmaya, yayin da shi da Paraguay ke ci gaba da tafiyarsu mai ban mamaki a Kofin Duniya.
