Ko da yake wannan kofin duniya na FIFA ya ƙunshi tsara na maharan da babu kamarsu — Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, da Michael Olise daga cikin manyan sunaye — Lionel Messi ne, jarumin Argentina ɗan shekara 38, wanda ya tsaya a saman dukkansu a matsayin jagoran mai zura kwallaye a gasar kuma ƙarfi mafi jan hankali na kowane ɗan wasa.

Messi ya bude gasar da hat-trick a wasan farko na ƙungiyarsa, sannan ya karya tarihin zura kwallaye na Miroslav Klose a duk kasashen duniya tare da brace a kan Austria a wasan na biyu. Waɗannan ƙwallayen sun sa ya kai gaba a tsere na Golden Boot, kuma Argentina na tafiya zuwa taken nasara na biyu a jere.

Muhawara game da GOAT na iya jira

Al'adun kwallon kafa na zamani sun zama cike da son sanya komai a jerin gwano. Kyautar Ballon d'Or, wacce ta kasance kalmar ƙarshe a kalandar wasannin, yanzu tana jawo watanni na muhawara mai zafi. Zamanin intanet ya mai da kowane kwatanci kuri'a, da kowane nasara bayanin shiga a teburin matsayi.

Duk da haka, ko waɗanda suka ƙi wannan salon tunani dole ne su tsaya su yi la'akari da abin da Messi ke samarwa — kuma a wane shekara. Yana cika shekara 39 ranar Laraba. Mafi yawan ƴan wasan zamaninsa sun riga sun koma ɗakuna na talabijin, ayyukan horo, ko bayyanawa a cikin bikin ɗora gwano. Messi na jagorantar Argentina a kofin duniya.

Diego Maradona ya tabbatar da wurinsa a tsakanin manyan fitattun ƴan wasan kwallon kafa ta hanyar ɗaukar ƙungiyar Argentina da ta kasance ta yau da kullum zuwa cin kofin duniya na 1986. Messi ya riga ya cim ma wannan a shekarar 2022. Yanzu yana tsaye a ƙofar yin haka a karo na biyu — nasara da za ta sake fasalin kowane muhawara game da mafi girman ɗan wasa da wasan kwallon kafa ya taɓa samar da shi.

Wuce kwatancen da Ronaldo

Shekaru da yawa, tattaunawar game da Messi ba ta raba da kwatantawa da Cristiano Ronaldo ba. Waɗannan kwatance sun ragu sosai — ba don nuna ƙin kai ga Ronaldo ba, wanda ya fi shi shekara biyu da rabi kuma yana cikin matakin da wannan banbanci ya da muhimmanci sosai, amma saboda auna Messi da kowane ɗaya daga cikin abokan hamayya ya kasance rage kuɗin dukkansu koyaushe. Tambayar da ta fi ban sha'awa a sauƙaƙe ita ce: yaya har yanzu yana yin hakan duka?

Mafi girman ruɗin da Messi ya taɓa ƙirƙiro shi ne ya sa duk wannan ya zama kamar ba makawa. Hat-trick a wasan bude ido? Tabbas. Brace mai karya tarihi a wasan na gaba? A bayyane yake. Tarawar waɗannan lokuta tsawon aiki na shekaru ashirin ya horar da mu mu jira abin da ya wuce al'ada daga gare shi — kuma yana ci gaba da cika alkawarin.

Ji daɗin kowace lokaci

Messi wata rana zai zama ɗan wasa da jikoki za su yi magana game da shi kamar yadda tsofaffi ke magana game da Pelé: siffa ta almara daga zamanin da ya wuce tunani mai rai. Za mu sami shekaru da yawa a gaba don jerin gwano, bita na baya, da muhawarori game da inda daidai yake a kan gidan girmamawa na ƴan wasan kwallon kafa na kowane lokaci.

Amma damar ganin sa yana aiki a wannan matakin, a wannan matattarar, watakila kawai ya rage kwanaki kaɗan. Wannan taga na da daraja fiye da kowace muhawara game da gadonsa. Ji daɗinsa tare yake har yanzu.