Bayan shekaru talatin, Kofin Duniya na FIFA 1994 har yanzu yana daya daga cikin gasar da ake ta muhawara a tarihin kwallon kafa — wanda masu shakka suka yi watsi da shi a lokacin, amma masu kauna suka rungume shi sosai. Sabon kashi na Football Daily a BBC Sounds ya tattara mai masaukin Rick Edwards da magoya baya uku masu sha'awa wadanda suka tafi Amurka don jin dadinsa kai tsaye.

Isowa da tambayoyi, koma gida da tunawa

Sa'ad da Kofin Duniya ya sauka a kasar Arewacin Amurka a karon farko, duniyar kwallon kafa ta kalla da idanun tuhuma. Amurka ba ta da al'adun kwallon kafa mai zurfi, kuma magoya baya da dama sun yi tafiya suna dauke da kankamin tsammanin. Edson, mai bin Brazil, tare da magoya bayan Ireland Rodney da Phelim, suna ba da labaransu game da gasar da ta ki yarda da taƙaitaccen bayani.

Ukun suna kwatanta yanayin da wani lokaci bai burge ba — faffadan filayen wasa suna konewa a ƙarƙashin zafin rana mai takurawa, tare da taron jama'a da wani lokaci ya rasa walƙiyar filayen Turai ko Kudancin Amurka. Duk da haka, a cikin waɗannan yanayi, lokutan sihirin gaskiya na kwallon kafa sun yanke ta.

Tafiyar Ireland mai cike da sauyi

Ga Rodney da Phelim, babbar tunawa ita ce haduwar Ireland da Italy ta Roberto Baggio mai girgizar rai — wasan da ya nuna komai danye da mai takaici game da kwallon kafa ta fitar da juna. Kashin yana komawa ga shahararren fashewa da fushi na John Aldridge a gefen filin wasa, wanda haushinsa mai tsanani ga jami'in FIFA ya zama daya daga cikin hotuna da suka fi dadewa na USA 94.

Yakin Ireland ya ƙare da takaici a ƙarshe, amma tafiyar — har da hayaniyar da Phelim da Rodney suka yi a Fort Lauderdale — ta bar tabo da labarori daidai gwargwado.

Nasarar Brazil mara al'ada

Brazil ta Edson ba ta kasance ta yau da kullum ko kaɗan ba. Ƙungiyar 1994 ta kasance ana kwatanta ta a matsayin ƙungiyar Brazil mara al'ada — mai aiki da gaske, mai tsari, da kuma mai ƙarfi inda tsararru na baya suka kasance masu son wasan kyau da sha'awa. Faɗarsu da Netherlands ta tsaya a matsayin babban abin birgewa na gasar, wasa da ya nuna yadda wannan ƙungiya za ta iya zama mai tsanani da zalunci idan aka jarrabeta.

Brazil ta ɗaga kofin a ƙarshe, kuma bukukuwan maraba da suka biyo baya sun jaddada yadda wannan nasara ta nuffi al'umma mai yunwar ɗaukaka koyaushe.

Gasar da ta shuka iri

Bayan kwallaye da zafi da fashewa da fushi, USA 94 ta shuka wani abu mai dadewa. Ana yawan yaba wa gasar da ciyar da al'adun kwallon kafa da ke bunƙasa a Amurka a yau — ana iya zana layi kai tsaye daga waɗancan filayen da rana ta wanke a 1994 zuwa ga birgewa da ke ƙaruwa kafin Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, wanda ke komawa ƙasar Arewacin Amurka.

Ga Brazil da Ireland duka, muhimmancin wancan lokacin bazara bai taɓa ɓacewa ba. Kamar yadda kashi na Football Daily ya nuna fili, wani lokaci gasar da ke raba ra'ayi a lokacin da ake gudanar da ita ita ce wadda take rayuwa tsawon lokaci a tunanin mutane.