Blaise Matuidi, wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya tare da France a 2018, ya yi imani cewa Michael Olise yana da ingancin da zai iya kai Les Bleus zuwa wasan karshe na uku a jere na Kofin Duniya — kuma bai ji kunya wajen sanyawa Dayot Upamecano suna a matsayin katangar kariya mai iko ba.

Yana magana da FourFourTwo a wani buki na nunin kaya na MatchWornShirt a birnin New York, tsohon dan wasa na tsakiya mai shekara 39 ya bayar da ra'ayi mai gaskiya game da damar France a Kofin Duniya 2026 a Arewacin Amurka.

Olise an zaba shi

"Idan dole ne ka zaɓi ɗaya, ina cewa Olise a yanzu yana yin aiki sosai," in ji Matuidi. "Yana yin komai, yana san abin da zai yi da ƙwallon kuma ba tare da ƙwallon ba, don haka shi ɗan wasa ne da zai iya canza wasan a cikin minti ɗaya."

Yabo mai nauyi ne wannan daga wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa tare da Paul Pogba a tsakiyar filin France a lokacin nasararsu a Rasha 2018. Kalmominsa sun zo ne a cikin ƙungiyar da ke da yawan ƙwararrun masu kai hari — Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, da Désiré Doué cikin masu fafatawa don samun wuri a cikin tawagar farko.

Ya kuma yabi Upamecano a layin kariya. "Akwai 'yan wasa masu hazaka da yawa, suna da inganci musamman ta hanyar kai hari. Hatta a bangaren kariya idan ka ga Upamecano, shi ne babban ƙarfi," ya ƙara da cewa.

Bin tarihi a Arewacin Amurka

France suna neman wuri a wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya sau uku a jere — wani gagarumin nasara da babu wata ƙasa da ta samu tun Brazil sun lashe taken biyar a gasar 2002 a Japan da Koriya ta Kudu. Les Bleus sun kai wasan karshe a 2018 sun ɗauki kofin a Moscow, kafin Argentina ta ci masu a bugun fanariti a wasan karshe mai ban mamaki a Qatar a 2022.

Matuidi yana da kwarin gwiwa game da iyawar wannan tsara, ko da yake yana rokon yin hankali. "Ina fatan France za ta je har karshe. Suna buƙatar ɗaukar mataki bayan mataki, wasa bayan wasa. Amma suna da hazaka da inganci," in ji shi.

Tunawa da 2018

Yayin da yake tunawa da yadda aka tarbi tawagar bayan dawowarsu daga Rasha, Matuidi ya nuna cewa yana ɗauke da motsin rai. "Mafi wauta abin da na gani shi ne lokacin da muka sauka a Paris — duk mutanen suna kan gadoji. Wani abu ne da ban taɓa gani a rayuwata ba," in ji shi.

"Ba kome launi mutanen ba, duk suna tare kuma ko'ina — duk taguwar gidaje daga filin jirgin sama zuwa Champs-Élysées. Wani yanayi ne mai ban mamaki, lokaci mai ban mamaki, wanda zai zauna a zuciyata har abada."

Matuidi ya kuma yi magana da yabo game da alaƙarsa da Paul Pogba a cikin shekarunsu na ƙasa da ƙasa. "Lokacin da nake cikin tawagar ƙasa, ɗan zaman baki na da na fi so shi ne Paul Pogba, saboda mun kasance tare tsawon shekaru da yawa. Tun 2013 muna tare kuma mun yi lokaci mai yawa a cikin tawagar ƙasa da ƙasa," in ji shi.