Yan Diomande da zai dauki matsayinsa a reshen wasan Ivory Coast a hannun Germany a ranar Asabar, wannan saurayin ɗan shekara 19 zai ɗauki fiye da tufafin wasa a filin. Zai ɗauki tunanin ƙaramarsa, Roxanne, wacce ta rasu shekara guda da suka wuce tana ɗan shekara 15, bayan an saka abu a abin sha nata.
A cikin wata wasika ta buɗe mai zuciya sosai da aka wallafa wannan mako ta hanyar The Players' Tribune, Diomande ya rubuta mata kai tsaye: "Duk abin da na yi a filin wasa, saboda ke ne. Kowane lokaci da na zura kwallo, zan tabbata kowa ya san sunanka. Zan tabbata ba za su manta da ke ba."
Ɗan wasan reshe na Ivory Coast ya kuma bayyana yadda ya rasa ji bayan mutuwar ƙanwarsa. "Yanzu, ban ji kome ba. Kamar ba mutum ne ba. Tun bayan mutuwarki, ina fanko kawai. Duk abin da zan iya yi shi ne amfani da zafin don yin aiki da ƙarfin gwiwa, da kuma cimma duk abin da mun yi mafarki a kansa."
Tauraro mai fitowa daga Abidjan
Diomande ya girma a wani unguwa mara wadata a Abidjan, inda shi da Roxanne suka raba abinci, aikin gida, har ma da ɗaki. Hanyarsa zuwa ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba — ya bar Ivory Coast a shekara ta 2015, ya horar a wata cibiyar wasanni a Amurka yana halartar makarantar sakandare, ya gwada ƙarfinsa a ƙungiyoyin Major League Soccer, da kuma Bournemouth, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, da Rangers, kafin wata ƙungiya ta amince ta rattaba masa hannu. Leganes ne a ƙarshe ya ba shi damarsa.
Matsayin zuwa Jamus da ya biyo baya ya canza aikinsa gaba ɗaya. A kakar wasansa ta farko a Bundesliga tare da RB Leipzig, Diomande ya zura kwallaye 12 kuma ya ƙare a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan reshe a ƙungiyoyi duka don kwallace-kwallacen nasara da kuma ci nasarar fagen daga. Ya kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa don harbe-harbe akan gol, damar da ya kirkira, taimako, da gudunmawar tsaro. Manyan ƙungiyoyin Turai sun lura — Paris Saint-Germain da Liverpool dukansu sun fara ƙoƙarin rattaba masa hannu.
"Na yi sharhi akan wasansa na farko a Jamus kuma a bayyane yake cewa ya yi aiki mai ban mamaki," in ji Kevin Hatchard, mai sharhi na harshen Ingilishi na Bundesliga. "Abin da ya bambanta shi da sauran shi ne yana son ɗaukar alhakin koyaushe. Ba mai son kansa ba ne — ƙoƙarinsa ba tare da kwallo ba yana da ban mamaki. Ko da yake ƙungiyoyi sun sanya maza biyu a kansa, yana jin daɗin fuskantar su."
Begen al'umma
A Ivory Coast, hawan Diomande ana jin daɗinsa sosai. Yabo Mamadou Gaye, ɗan jarida da mai sharhi na Ivory Coast mai gogewa, ya ce wannan ɗan wasan reshe ya kama zukata a lokacin wasan share fagen Kofin Duniya da Kenya a watan Oktobar da ya gabata, kuma tun daga lokacin ana maganarsa a matsayin magajin Didier Drogba.
"Da shekara 19, shi ne begen al'umma," in ji Gaye. "Wasikarsa gare ta kuka ne na ƙauna — da kuma saƙo game da niyyar mugunta da laifi da matasan Ivory Coast da Afirka suke fahimta."
Abokan wasansa sun yarda da wannan imani. Amad Diallo, ɗan wasan reshe na Manchester United wanda ya zura kwallo mai yanke hukunci a cikin nasarar farko ta Ivory Coast akan Ecuador, ya bayyana shi da sauƙi: "'Golden boy', kamar yadda muke kiransa. Shiga ciki, kwallace-kwallace — ƙwarewasa. Mutum ne mai ƙarfi sosai a ɗaya da ɗaya."
Ba abin da za a rasa, duk abin da za a tabbatar
Ivory Coast ta bayyana a Kofin Duniya sau uku kafin wannan — a shekara ta 2006, 2010, da 2014 — kuma ta kasa wucewa marhala ta ƙungiyoyi a kowace karo, duk da kasancewar manyan taurari kamar Yaya Toure da Didier Drogba. Duk da haka, nasara akan Ecuador ta sanya ƙungiyar ta yanzu a matsayi mai kyau kafin wasan Asabar da Germany.
Diomande ya yi imanin cewa wannan ƙungiyar tana ɗauke da nau'in yunwar da ta bambanta. "Ina tsammanin muna da ƙarin sha'awa," in ji shi. "Babu matukar tsammanin daga garemu, don haka ba abin da za mu rasa kuma za mu ba da duk abin da muke da shi. Wannan shi ne halin da muke bukata."
Hatchard ya ga ɗan wasa mai wani abu da ya tabbatar — da kuma ƙwarin guiwa mai zurfi na mutumtaka. "Daga yadda yake wasa, kana jin cewa wannan mutumin yana son tabbatar da cewa ya cancanci matakin sama, da kuma tabbatar da bangaskiyar da ƙanwarsa ta kasance da ita a gareshi."
