Hong Myung-bo ya yi murabus daga matsayin babban koci na kungiyar kwallon kafa ta maza ta South Korea, bayan da kungiyar ta kasa wucewa daga matakin kungiyoyin gasar ta FIFA World Cup.

South Korea ta samu nasara daya kuma ta sha kashi biyu a gasar, tana ta uku a Group A a bayan Mexico da South Africa — wadanda FIFA ta sanya a matsayi na 15 da 60 bi da bi, idan aka kwatanta da matsayi na 32 na South Korea. Wasannin karshe na kungiya, rashin nasara da 1-0 ga South Africa a ranar Alhamis, ya rufe duk wata damar samun cancantar zuwa zagayen knock out a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi takwas da suka zo uku.

Hong ya sanar da murabus dinsa a taron manema labarai a yammacin Mexico. "Bamu kawo sakamako da magoya bayanmu suka sa ran ba," in ji shi. Ya kuma yi hakuri da mutum ɗaya ga magoya baya, yana mai cewa alhakin "ya fada kaina ni kadai a matsayin babban koci."

Duk da tafiyarsa, Hong ya yi magana da sautin sasantawa. "Ko da yake ina barin tawagar kasa, ban bar kwallon kafa ta Korea gaba daya ba," in ji shi. "Zan yi wa tawagar kasa kyakkyawan fata daga zuciyata kuma ina fatan cewa tawagar za ta sake samun amincewar mutane da soyayya."

Bincikar shugaban kasa da takaddama

Fitar da wuri ta jawo martani mai tsanani na siyasa. Shugaban kasa Lee Jae-myung ya bayyana cewa ya ji "ba rudani kadai ba amma mamaki na cikakke a wannan sakamako da ba a sa rai ba" kuma ya nemi bincike na hukuma kan aikin tawagar. A cikin sakon da ya buga a X, Lee ya nuna cewa fitar "ta zama kamar gazawar kungiya da ma'aikata," yana kara da cewa "idan rashin adalci da son zuciya suka fi cancanta a zabar kwamanda, sakamakon zai kasance na tabbaci kamar wuta da ke kona takarda."

Naɗin Hong ya kasance cike da jayayya tun daga lokacin da aka sanar da shi a shekarar 2024. Babban mutum ne a kwallon kafa ta Koriya ta Kudu — ya jagoranci kasa a matsayin kyaftin a zagayen daf da karshen gasar ta tarihi na FIFA World Cup 2002 — Hong ya taba horar da tawagar a FIFA World Cup na 2014, inda su ma suka kasa cin wasa daya ko wucewa daga matakin kungiyoyin. Sake naɗin sa a shekarar da ta gabata ya jawo suka mai tsanani daga magoya baya da suka zargi Korea Football Association da yin watsi da ƙwararrun 'yan takara daga ƙasashen waje waɗanda suka bi hanya mai ƙwari ta tantancewa.

A ranar Lahadi, Hong ya amince da nauyin wannan yanke shawara. "Karɓar wannan aiki bai kasance sauƙin zaɓi ba," in ji shi. "Ba zan iya cewa kowace yanke shawara ta kasance daidai ba, amma zan iya faɗa muku cewa na yanke kowace yanke shawara tare da kwallon kafa ta Korea a zuciyata."

Damuwar tsaro a dawowa

Ɗan wasan gaba na musamman Son Heung-min da abokan wasansa suna komawa gida a ƙarƙashin inuwa. Kafofin watsa labarai na gida sun ba da rahoton cewa 'yan sanda na South Korea suna sa ido a filin jirgin saman Incheon da sauran wurare bayan an yi barazanar kisa a kan layi ga Hong kafin dawowarsa ƙasar a ƙarshen mako.

Faɗaɗawar gasar daga ƙungiyoyi 32 zuwa 48 ya gabatar da sabon ƙa'ida da ke ba da damar mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyi takwas da suka zo uku su ci gaba — damar da South Korea ba ta iya kama ta a ƙarshe ba.