Iliman Ndiaye, ɗan wasan tsakiya na Senegal da Everton, ya bayyana burin ƙasarsa a fili: Senegal suna gasar Kofin Duniya ta 2026 don lashe ta.

Yayin da yake magana da BBC World Service, Ndiaye ya ce ƙungiyar "ba ta tsoro kowa" — kalaman da ke nuna ƙarfin zuciya na gama-gari yayin da Senegal ke shirya fuskantar France a wasan ƙungiya na farko, wanda zai zama sake haduwarsu bayan ɗaya daga cikin manyan lokutan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka.

Tunawa da shekarar 2002

Wannan wasan na 2002 tsakanin Senegal da France — wanda a ciki aka kayar da zakarun lokacin da wata ƙungiyar Senegal da ke fafatawa da Kofin Duniya a karo na farko — har yanzu abin tunawa ne ga ƙarni na yanzu. Ndiaye ya bayyana cewa El Hadji Diouf, ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa a wannan yaƙin na tarihi, ya yi magana da 'yan wasa game da muhimmancin wannan nasarar tarihi.

Wannan labari yana da ƙarin ma'ana a 2026: Senegal za su sake fuskantar France a matakin ƙungiyoyi, kuma fatan jama'ar nahiyar Afrika bai taɓa zama mai girma haka ba.

Ƙungiyoyi biyu mafi ƙarfi a Afirka

Ana ɗaukar Senegal da Morocco a matsayin manyan begen nahiyar a gasar. Mawallafan BBC Isaac Fanin daga Los Angeles, da Lee James da John Bennett daga New York, sun yi tunani kan wasan farko na Morocco da Brazil, haka kuma kan ƙarshen gasar ta Africa Cup of Nations da ɗayan ƙungiyoyin suka yi kwanan nan.

Wannan ƙarshen gasar Afcon ya ƙara sanya fafatawa da girmama juna tsakanin Senegal da Morocco kafin Kofin Duniya, inda ƙasashen biyu ke ɗauke da nauyin fatan dukan nahiyar.

Gasar da ta wuce ƙididdiga

Wannan labari ya fito daga More than the Score, babban shirin podcast na BBC World Service da ke nufin wuce sakamakon wasanni ya bincika sabbin ƙungiyoyi, fitattun taurari, salo, da sha'awar magoya baya da ke tsara Kofin Duniya ta 2026. Da ƙasashe 48 suna fafatawa a duk faɗin Mexico, Amurka, da Canada, jerin yana alƙawarin kai rahoto mafi zurfi daga matakin ƙungiyoyi har zuwa ƙarshe.

Ga Ndiaye da Senegal, tafiyar tana farawa da France — kuma idan kalaman ɗan wasan tsakiya suna nuni da wani abu, sun yi niyyar ta yi tsawo.