Sa Thomas Tuchel ya sanya wa Noni Madueke a cikin farawa ta Ingila a gasar FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 a kan Croatia, wannan ya nuna mataki na ƙarshe a cikin juyin rayuwa mai ban mamaki a wannan kakar wasa.

Shekara ɗaya da wani abu da suka wuce, Madueke ya koma Arsenal daga Chelsea da kimanin fam miliyan 50 — sai ya gamu da koken magoya baya da kamfen na #NoToMadueke a kafofin sada zumunta. Bayan watanni goma sha biyu, ɗan wasan da ya kai shekara 24 ya zama zakara a Premier League kuma farawa a Kofin Duniya.

Daga koken magoya baya zuwa lashe kofin

Madueke ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimaka wa Arsenal lashe taken Premier League na farko cikin shekara 22 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Mikel Arteta, yana buga wasanni 43 a duk gasa da gudummawar ƙwallaye takwas da taimakon huɗu. Kamfen ɗinsa bai kasance ba tare da cikas ba — rauni na gwiwa da gasar da Bukayo Saka sun iyakance shi zuwa farawa 16 a gasar — amma tasirirsa ya bayyana.

Ya kuma bar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya a wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League, yana shiga filin ya maye gurbin Saka yayin da Arsenal suka sha kashi daga Paris-St Germain a bugun fenariti.

Gwajin Kofin Duniya a kan Croatia

A kan Croatia, Madueke ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasa mafi tasiri na Ingila a nasarar 4-2. Ya taɓa ƙwallon sau biyar a cikin akwatin gaba, ya kammala ƙoƙarinsa ɗaya na dribbling, kuma ya samu fenariti wanda Harry Kane ya canza shi don ba Ingila jagora.

Gudunmawarsa ta wuce huɗu zuwa Kane ita ce mafi yawa tare da wasu a cikin ƙungiyar Ingila, daidai da mai tsaron gida Jordan Pickford — wani bayani da ke nuna yadda yake tsakiya a cikin shirinta na Tuchel.

Tuchel ya gina Ingila sa a kusa da Kane, yana amfani da ƴan wasa masu ƙarfi a gefuna waɗanda ke gudu a bayan layin tsaro don ƙirƙira sarari ga maharin Bayern Munich ya sauka ƙasa ya jagoranci wasa. Madueke, ya fara a gefen dama tare da Anthony Gordon a hagu, ya cika wannan tsari da daidaiton gaske.