Faransa da Sipaniya suna shirye su yi karo a Dallas ranar Talata a ɗaya daga cikin mafi jiran semi-fainali na Gasar Duniya a ƙwaƙwalwar kwanan nan, tare da matsayi a karshen a hannun. Duk da dukkan hazakar tawagi guda biyu, fuskantar da ke tsakanin Kylian Mbappe da Lamine Yamal ita ce za ta jawo hankalin kowa.
Mbappe: ƙarfin da ba a iya hana shi
Mbappe ya shigo wannan semi-fainali yana kan kololuwar aikinsa. Kyaftin ɗin mai shekara 27 ya zira kwallaye 42 a wasanni 44 don Real Madrid a kakar da ta gabata — ya zama dan wasan da ya fi kowa kwallo a La Liga da Champions League — kuma ya ci gaba da wannan tururi a cikin wannan gasar.
Yana kan gaba a gasar Golden Boot tare da Lionel Messi, bayan ya zira kwallaye 8 a wasanni 6 da kuma yawan gudummawar kwallo 11 gaba ɗaya — fiye da kowane dan wasan a wannan Gasar Duniya. Jimillar kwallayensa 19 a tarihin Gasar Duniya zai sa shi zama babban mai kwallo na kowane lokaci, idan ba don Messi na da 20 ba.
A wannan bazara ya wuce Olivier Giroud ya zama mafi yawan mai zira kwallaye a tarihin Faransa, yanzu yana da kwallaye 64 a wasanni 104. Giroud ya yaba wa Mbappe cikin farin ciki a BBC Match of the Day:
«Yana san inda yake so ya tafi. Shi jagora ne kuma tun yana karami za ka iya ganin yana da natsuwa sosai. Ya kasance mai girma fiye da shekarunsa.»
Ɗan jarida mai ƙwarewa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Faransa Luke Entwistle ya yi ƙarfin hujja game da gudummawar Mbappe ta tawagi: «Ya ɗauki wannan tawagi a cikin Gasar Duniya guda uku na jere inda shi ne ɗan wasan da ake dogara da shi.» Entwistle kuma ya amince cewa sukar da ya karba game da ƙoƙarin sa a tsaro ya sa ya inganta wannan a wannan gasar.
Masani a ƙwallon ƙafa na Faransa Julien Laurens ya wuce haka: «Ina hasashen cewa zai zama mafi girma a karshen aikinsa. Yana da aƙalla Gasar Duniya ɗaya da Euro na wasa, wanda zai iya sa shi ya zama babban ɗan wasan da muka taɓa gani.»
Lamine Yamal: walƙiyar da ta riga ta fado
Lamine Yamal ya cika shekara 19 a ranar Litinin, amma an riga an ɗauke shi a matsayin mafi kyawun matashi mai kai hari a duniya. Rauni a ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙafa na Afrilu ya katse shirye-shiryensa na Gasar Duniya, kuma ƙididdigarsa — kwallo ɗaya a wasanni 5 na farko — sun nuna wasa na duniya wanda ya yi ƙasa da ma'auni da ya kafa a gasar da ta gabata.
Daraktan tawagi Luis de la Fuente ya tilasta ya canza salon Sipaniya saboda rashin lafiyar Lamine Yamal da Nico Williams, yana fifita sarrafawa akan kwarkwasa ta gefen fili. Ɗan jarida Ruairidh Barlow ya bayyana: «Wannan yana nufin Lamine Yamal yana aiki da ƙarancin sarari, tare da masu tsaro da suke rufe shi, da ƙarancin motsi a cikin wasan Sipaniya baki ɗaya. Don haka ya zama ma'ana cewa ba ya walƙi sosai.»
De la Fuente ya sake tabbatar da amincewarsa kafin Sipaniya ta doke Belgium a kwata-fainali, inda Lamine Yamal ya lashe gwagwarmaya fiye da kowane ɗan wasan tawaginsa. Sai daraktan ya ce: «Wannan shine lokacin sa. Ba lokacin zira kwallaye 10 ba, sai dai lokacin kasancewa mai yanke shawara a wasannin yanke shawara.»
Xavi, wanda ya ba Lamine Yamal damarsa ta farko a Barcelona, ya rubuta a cikin The Athletic: «Lokaci-lokaci muna manta shekarunsa kuma watakila muna neman abu da yawa daga gare shi, amma ya fi ƙarfin haka. Shekaru 15 zuwa 20 masu zuwa na Lamine ne, idan ya so.»
Ƙididdiga sun bayyana
Dangane da ƙididdiga, Mbappe yana gaba a sarari: kwallaye 8 daga harbe-harbe 30 (27%) idan aka kwatanta da kwallo ɗaya daga harbe-harbe 23 (4%) na Lamine Yamal. Mbappe kuma yana da taimako 3 idan aka kwatanta da babu ga Sipaniya, kuma ya ƙirƙiro damammaki 11 fiye da haka. Duk da haka, Lamine Yamal yana kan gaba wajen taimako da ake tsammani (xA), alama ce cewa yana ƙirƙiro damarmar da ta fi kyau amma abokan aikinsa ba su kasance masu amfani kamar yadda ya kamata ba.
Dan Sipaniya ya fi kowa a dribbling, ya kammala kusan ninki biyu na Mbappe, kuma ya yi aiki mafi yawa don tawaginsa a tsaro, da tackles 8 idan aka kwatanta da ɗaya kawai na Faransa.
Duka sun taɓa fuskanta a manyan wasanni: Lamine Yamal ya zira kwallo mai kyau lokacin da Sipaniya ta doke Faransa 2-1 a semi-fainali ta Euro 2024, sannan Sipaniya ta ci 5-4 a semi-fainali mai ban sha'awa ta UEFA Nations League. Dan Sipaniya yana gaba 8-2 a cikin fuskantar da su kai tsaye, duk da cewa Mbappe ya zira kwallaye 9 a wasannin 10 na irin wannan idan aka kwatanta da kwallaye 6 na Lamine Yamal.
Ana sa ran wanda ya ci wasan semi-fainali a Dallas zai ɗaga kofin a karshe a New Jersey a ranar 19 Yuli — babbar mataki da waɗannan manyan taurari suka taɓa taɓa shi.
