Sa Morocco da France suka hadu a ranar Alhamis a Boston, ba wata daf da wata wasan kusa-da-karshe ta Kofin Duniya ba. Ga Zakuna na Atlas da miliyoyin da ke bin su, lokaci ne na lissafi — dama ta rufe babi wanda aka bari a buɗe a Qatar shekaru biyu da suka wuce.

A shekarar 2022, France ta ƙare tafiyar ban mamaki ta Morocco a matakin semi-final, ta hana ƙasar Afirka da Larabawa ta farko da ta taɓa kai wannan matakin. Wannan sakamako har yanzu yana ciwo ga 'yan wasa da magoya baya. "Wannan wasa ne na fansa ga ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Morocco," in ji ɗan jarida mai rubutun wasanni na Morocco Hamza Shteiwy. "Musamman ga 'yan wasa waɗanda suka kasance cikin ƙungiyar 2022. Sun ji wannan hasarar cikin zuciya, kuma yanzu suna neman rama — domin kansu da domin ƙungiyar."

Daga masu mafarki zuwa masu gasa na gaske

Yanayin da ke kewaye da Morocco ya canza sosai tun daga Qatar. A wani lokaci suka zo a matsayin masu soyayya na ƙwallon ƙafa, yanzu suna ɗauke da nauyin tsammanin gaske. "A shekarar 2022 muna masu mafarki," Shteiwy ya ce. "Yanzu tsammanin mutane sun fi girma. Duk wani sakamako ƙarƙashin semi-final ba za a ɗauke shi nasara ba."

Wannan dogaro yana da ƙarfi a asali. Tun daga Qatar, ƙungiyar Morocco ƙarƙashin shekara 20 ta lashe Kofin Duniya na U-20, ƙungiyar babba ta hau zuwa matsayi na shida a jerin FIFA, kuma zuba jari na dala a haɓaka matasa da Ƙungiyar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Sarauta ta Morocco ke yi yana fara ba da sakamako. "Abin da ya faru a Qatar ba sa'a ce ba," in ji ɗan jaridar Morocco mai kwarewa Hameed Bel Hassan. "Sakamakon shekaru da yawa na tsare-tsaren dabara da shirye-shirye da Ƙungiyar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Sarauta ta Morocco ta kafa ne. Wannan aikin ƙasa ne. Muna da ƙungiyar ƙasa mai ƙarfi yanzu."

A wannan gasa, Morocco sun kasance cikin matakin waɗancan tsammanin — suka riƙe Brazil kafin su doke Scotland, Netherlands, da Canada don shirya wannan saduwa ta biyu da France.

Uwaye a bayan Zakuna na Atlas

Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwa masu ban mamaki game da hawan Morocco shine muhimmancin da uwaye na 'yan wasa suke takawa. A lokacin Kofin Duniya na 2022, hotunan Achraf Hakimi yana runguma uwarsa da Sofiane Boufal yana rawa da tasa a filin wasa sun zama alamomi masu ƙarfi na wannan tafiya ta tarihi. Wannan bugu ya samar da irin waɗannan lokuta, musamman Ismael Saibari yana gudu zuwa masu kallo don runguma uwarsa mai hawaye bayan ya ci bugun fanariti na yanke hukunci game da Netherlands.

Waɗannan wurare ba na son rai ba ne. Shugaban Ƙungiyar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Sarauta ta Morocco Fouzi Lekjaa ya kwatanta kasancewar uwaye na 'yan wasa a manyan gasar a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin mafi tasiri da kyawun dabarun tallafi na tunani" da ƙungiyar ta ɗauka, yana cewa ta ba 'yan wasa "ƙarfin gwiwa na gaske." Bel Hassan ya yarda: "Sa'ad da ɗan wasa ya ga uwarsa a cikin masu kallo, yana zama babban ƙarfafawa da kwarin gwiwa. Addu'ar uwa — babu wani abu da zai iya kusancewa da gaske."

Hamayya mai cike da tarihi

Wannan wasa yana ɗauke da nauyi da ya wuce fagen ƙwallon ƙafa. France da Morocco suna da tarihi mai tsawo da rikitarwa wanda ake tsara shi ta hanyar mulkin mallaka, ƙaura, da ɗaya daga cikin manyan Moroccan diaspora a Turai. Wasu 'yan wasa da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar Morocco da za su iya wakiltar France amma suka zaɓi ƙasar iyayensu da kaka-kakan su a maimakon haka. "Za su buga da ƙarfin ji da za su so su tabbatar cewa da za su iya wakiltar Les Bleus, amma sun zaɓi ƙasar gadon su," Shteiwy ya ce.

Babu hoton da ke nuna wannan rashin tabbas iri biyu fiye da Achraf Hakimi a kan Kylian Mbappe — abokan wasa a kulob din Paris Saint-Germain da abokannin hulɗa na kusa, sun shirya zama abokan hamayya na dare ɗaya mai yanke hukunci a Boston.

France har yanzu suna iya zama mafi cikakken ƙungiya a gasa. Mbappe yana jagorantar ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi mafi hazaka a ƙwallon ƙafa, Les Bleus sun samar da wasu daga cikin ƙwallon kwararru na gasa. Shteiwy ya yarda da giɓin ingancin mutum ɗaya amma yana yin imani da cewa gaba ɗaya na Morocco zai iya rufewa. "Tsakiyar wasa ta Morocco tana kusan daidai. Idan za su iya matsa wa France da wuri, kamar yadda suka yi game da Brazil, za su iya ƙirƙira matsaloli. 'Yan wasa 11 kawai suna buƙatar yin aiki a matsayin ɗaya."

A Qatar, Morocco sun rubuta tarihi. A Boston, suna da damar tabbatar cewa ya kasance farko ne kawai.