Sa Portugal za fara da kamfen ɗin su na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 da DR Congo a ranar Laraba, 17 ga Yuni, Cristiano Ronaldo zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin farkon sunayen da Roberto Martinez zai rubuta a cikin takardar ƙungiyarsa — kuma babban kocin ƙungiyar ƙasar Portugal ya nanata cewa ba batun ji da rai ba ne.

Yana da shekara 41, Ronaldo yana shirye-shiryen shiga Kofinsa na Duniya na shida da gasar sa ta sha biyu ta manyan gasar. Amma Martinez ya bayyana: matsayin wanda ya ci Ballon d'Or sau biyar a ƙungiyar an samu ta cancanta, ba ta tsohon sunansa ba.

Hujjojin Martinez game da Ronaldo

"A gare mu, aikin Cristiano ya bayyana sosai kuma yana a sarari," in ji Martinez ga FourFourTwo. "Shi ne mafi ƙarfin mai ci kwallo a tare da mu. Yana buɗe sarari cikin kyau ta hanyar motsinsa a cikin akwatin hukunci — lokaci, matsayi, da guduwar da yake yi a kan masu tsaron ƙwallo suna cikin mafi kyau a duniya, har yanzu."

Martinez kuma ya nuna abin da Ronaldo ke kawo wa ƙungiyar fiye da iyawarsa ta jiki. "Yana kawo kwarewa a lokutan yanke shawara wanda babu wani ɗan wasa a ƙungiyar da zai iya kwatantawa, domin babu wanda ya rayu abin da ya rayu a cikin adadin wasannin yanke shawara da ya taka cikin aikinsa."

Rigunan kyaftin, a ra'ayin Martinez, tana nuna wani abu mai rai da aiki a yanzu, ba kawai taken girma ba. "Sadaukarwarsa ga Portugal cikakkiya ce, ta ciki-ciki, kuma ƙarfi ne a yau — ba ta tarihi ba. Shi ya sa ya ci gaba da kasancewa kyaftinmu. Ya ci kwallaye 25 a wasanni 30 a ƙarƙashin jagorancina. Lambobin suna yin gardama dominsa. Ma'aunin zaben mu ɗaya ne ga kowane ɗan wasa, kuma yana da tsawo sosai. Cristiano yana cika shi. Ba shi ne a ƙungiyar saboda abin da ya kasance ba, sai dai saboda nason wasa nasa na yanzu yana cancanta kowane lokaci."

Tazarar tsara wadda ba ta da irin ta

Ronaldo zai shiga gasar bazara a Arewacin Amurka yana da wasanni na duniya 226 a bayansa, bayan da ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Portugal a shekarar 2003 — kafin wasu daga cikin abokan wasansa na yanzu, ciki har da Joao Neves, su ma an haife su.

"Ɗaya ce daga cikin al'amuran da suka fi ban mamaki a cikin wannan ƙungiyar, kuma wani abu da nake ganin yana ban sha'awa sosai a matsayina na koci," in ji Martinez, wanda ya taɓa horar da Everton da ƙungiyar ƙasar Belgium. "Cristiano Ronaldo yana sanya wannan rigar tun shekarar 2003. Akwai ɗan wasa a cikin ƙungiyarmu ta yanzu waɗanda an haife su a shekara ta 2004. Wannan tazarar tsara kusan ba ta da misali a ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya a wannan matakin."

Maimakon ganin wannan giɓin shekaru a matsayin wata matsala da za a sarrafa, Martinez yana ganin shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙarfin ƙungiyar. "Ƙwallon yana daidaita komai. Ƙwallon ba ya sani game da tazarar shekaru, zamanai, ko tsara. Ɗan wasan matashi yana koyo daga wanda ya riga ya yi ƙwarewa — ba wai a bangaren fasaha ko dabara kawai ba, amma ta fuskar yadda kake ɗauki kanka a manyan lokuta, yadda kake sarrafa matsin lamba, da kuma yadda kake shirya kanka kafin wasan yanke shawara."

"Ɗan wasan da ya ƙware," ya ƙara da cewa, "yana samun sabuwar ƙarfi ta hanyar kasancewar ƴan wasa matasa waɗanda ke tuna masa yadda ya ji sa'ad da yake fara tafiya."