Neil Ward ya yi aiki shekaru huɗu a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa na Morocco — kuma ya tafi da yakini guda ɗaya: «Morocco na da ikon zama ƙarfin duniya a ƙwallon ƙafa.»

Daraktan tsarin fasaha na tsohon hukuma daga Wales a Tarayyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Masarautar Morocco (RMFF) yana Rabat a 2022 sa'ad da Atlas Lions suka zama ƙasa ta farko a Afirka da ta isa zagaye na huɗu na Kofin Duniya, tare da asara 2-0 ga France. Yana tuna tituna da suka yi rai har zuwa faɗin safiya, har da sarki na murna a tsakiyar taron jama'a.

Wannan tafiyar tarihi yanzu ta zama ginshiƙi na wani abu mafi girma. Morocco na fuskantar France kuma — a wannan lokaci a Boston Stadium — don neman wuri a cikin manyan huɗu, suna neman maimaita kuma su wuce mu'ujiza na 2022.

Shirin ƙasa da ke da goyon bayan mafi girma

Simon Jennings, wanda ya kula da bunƙasar matasa a duk faɗin ƙasar tsakanin 2020 da 2024, ya yi tabbatacciyar magana game da abin da ke tuƙa wannan ci gaba. «Ba hatsari ba ne,» in ji shi. «Sakamakon niyyar ƙasa mai haske ne.»

Wannan niyya ta fito kai tsaye daga Sarki Mohammed VI. Tallafin sarautar da ke ci gaba ya ba da kuɗi ga cibiyar horarwa ta zamani, makarantar ƙasa, cibiyoyin horar da yanki, gyaran filayen wasa, da dubbai na filayen dilettante a duk faɗin ƙasar.

Ward ya bayyana: «Kuna buƙatar waɗancan manyan cibiyoyin ga 'yan wasan da suke Turai waɗanda suka saba da su. Sa'ad da ka zo ka ga cibiyar horarwa ta wannan inganci, yana nuna waɗannan mutane na da muhimmar manufa kuma suna son nasara.»

Masu zanga-zangar matasa sun nemi a turo waɗannan kuɗaɗen zuwa ilimi, kula da lafiya, gidaje, da ƙirƙirar ayyukan yi maimakon haka. A martani, fadar sarki ta yi alkawarin daidai da £11.2 biliyan a kasafin kuɗi na 2026 don lafiya da ilimi — ƙaruwa ta 16 cikin ɗari a kowace shekara.

Ga Ward, wannan zuba jari a ƙwallon ƙafa yana kuma da alaƙa da ikon taushi: amfani da sha'awar ƙasa da kuma tabbatar da cewa Morocco na iya yin gasa a fagen duniya.

Masu wasa 19 daga 26 an haife su a wajen Morocco

Dabarar ƴan kasashen waje ita ce ginshiƙin tsarin Morocco. Ma'aikatar harkokin waje ta ƙasar ta kiyasta cewa fiye da Moroccan miliyan biyar suna zaune a ƙasashen waje, kuma RMFF ta tura masu binciken cikakken lokaci a France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, da Denmark don gano da haɓaka 'yan wasa masu alƙawari da suke da tushen Moroccan tun farkon rayuwarsu.

Jennings ya ce ana «karɓar waɗannan 'yan wasa a matsayinsu na Moroccans» — ba a bi da su a matsayin masu shigar daga waje ba. «Suna da alaƙa mai zurfi da al'adarsu da ƙasarsu,» in ji shi. «Ba ka ji cewa ƙasa ta biyu ce. Suna cikakke cikin zama Moroccans.»

Lambobi sun nuna wannan: masu wasa 19 daga 26 a ƙungiyar Morocco ta yanzu a Kofin Duniya an haife su a wajen ƙasar. Shida sun kasance suna da cancanta kuma don wakiltar France, abokin hamayya a zagaye na takwas, ciki har da ɗan wasan tsakiyar filin Lille mai iya wasa, Ayyoub Bouaddi. Ɗan shekara 18 ya wakilci Les Bleus a duk matakin ƙungiyoyin matasa kafin ya ƙarshe zabi Morocco, da jan hankali da asalinsa.

RMFF har ta haɗu da Lamine Yamal da danginsa sa'ad da ɗan wasan matashi na Barcelona — wanda mahaifinsa ɗan Morocco ne — yana da kimanin shekara 12 ko 13. Ya ƙarshe zabi Spain. Ward yana ɗaukar hakan a hankali: «Ba mu bar duwatsu ba tare da juyawa ba a duk wani lokaci da ya shafi gano hazaka, ko da ba koyaushe ake samun sakamako ba.»

Gini daga ƙasa

Kalubalen da ke zuwa shi ne samar da ƙarin ƴan wasan ƙasa ta hanyar tsarin cikin gida. Chris van Puyvelde, daraktan fasaha a RMFF tsakanin 2022 da 2025, ya ce manufa ita ce cimma daidaituwa tsakanin 'yan wasan da aka haife su Morocco da waɗanda suka girma a ƙasashen waje kafin Morocco ta karbi bakuncin Kofin Duniya 2030 tare da Portugal da Spain.

Amma yana gargaɗi cewa «duk tsarin a cikin ƙasar yana buƙatar a inganta,» kuma akwai ma'auni mai kyau da ake buƙata tsakanin neman sakamako a gajere kuma da haɓaka hazaka ta fasaha a dogon lokaci.

Kocin Morocco Mohamed Ouahbi ya fuskanci wannan tashin hankali kai tsaye. Ƙungiyarsa ta ƙasa da shekara 20 ta kasa cancantar shiga gasar African Nations Cup a 2023, wanda ya haifar da matsin lamba daga shugaban tarayyar don korar ma'aikatan horo. Van Puyvelde ya tsaya ƙaƙƙarfan hali na haƙuri da tallafi na tsari — kuma gaskiya ta tabbatar da wannan. Ƙungiyar U20 ta Ouahbi ta ƙarshe ta lashe Kofin Duniya na U-20 a 2025.

Taken African Nations Cup na manyan ya kuma zo Morocco, a yanayi na musamman: bayan da 'yan wasa da yawa na Senegal suka bar filin wasa don nuna rashin gamsuwa da fanareti mai cece-kuce da aka ba Morocco a lokacin ƙari — wanda daga bisani Brahim Diaz ya rasa — an ba da kyautar ga Atlas Lions, waɗanda suka sha kashi a gasar karshe 1-0.

An nada Ouahbi kocin ƙungiyar farko jim kaɗan bayan Regragui ya yi murabus. An ba shi kwantiragin har zuwa 2030, kuma ƙungiyar Morocco ta yanzu na cikin ƙungiyoyi uku mafi ƙarami a gasar, tare da matsakaicin shekarun masu farawa na shekara 26 da kwana 126.

Van Puyvelde ya ce: «Suna gina filayen wasa, amma suna kuma gina tsarin daga ƙasa. Da zarar ka sami ɗan iskar numfashi, kamar yadda Morocco ta yi a Qatar a 2022, kana ganin wannan iska tana baza da sauri — a duk faɗin ƙasar.»