Neymar, wanda ya fi duk wanda ya taɓa buga wa Brazil kwallo a fagen maza, yana yin ƙoƙarinsa na ƙarshe don cimma ɗaukaka a Kofin Duniya na 2026 — wani tafiya da shi kansa ya bayyana a kafofin sada zumunta a matsayin 'Last Dance' nashi.

Dan wasan da ya cika shekaru 34 yanzu yana wasa da Santos, kulob din da ya fara aikinsa a ciki, bayan wani babban sana'a da ya sa shi ya zama canja wuri mafi tsada a duniya a bazara ta 2017. Dawowarsa ga fagen kasa da kasa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin labarun da aka fi kallo a wannan Kofin Duniya.

Zaɓi mai ban mamaki bayan shekaru na babu fage

An yi mamaki a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa lokacin da Carlo Ancelotti ya zaɓi Neymar a cikin ƴan wasa 26 na Brazil. Dan wasan dake taka leda a gefen filin ya kasance ba tare da yin wasa a fagen ƙasa da ƙasa ba tsawon shekaru uku saboda raunuka masu yawa, wanda ya sa zaɓinsa ya fi ban mamaki.

Rauni a ƙafar gaban ya hana shi shiga wasanni biyu na farko na rukunin C na Brazil a Amurka, Kanada, da Meziko. A ƙarshe lokacin da ya bayyana — ya shigo a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbi a kan Scotland a wasan ƙarshe na rukuni — shi ne bayyanarsa ta farko a duniyar ƙasa da ƙasa tun watan Oktoba 2023.

Amma wannan dawowar ta kasance a taƙaice. An iyakance Neymar zuwa wasan maye gurbi na minti 15 a Miami Stadium, ya shigo ne lokacin da Brazil ta riga ta ci gaba da 3-0 kusa da ƙarshen wasan.

Neman tarihi — tare da yin bankwana

Kasancewarsa a wannan ƙungiyar yana ba Neymar damar zama kacal ɗan wasan Brazil na huɗu da ya buga wasanni a bugu huɗu masu jere na Kofin Duniya. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar a Kofin Duniya na 2014 a ƙasarsa, inda ya ci kwallaye huɗu a wasanni biyar kafin a ɗauke shi filin wasa a kan matashin a matakin kusa da ƙarshe. Ya kuma buga a gangamin Brazil zuwa matakin ƙarshe-ta-huɗu a gasar da ta biyo baya, kafin ya wuce tarihin Pelé a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi ci kwallaye a Brazil.

Duk da wannan damar tarihi, Neymar ya tabbatar a kafofin sada zumunta cewa wannan zai zama Kofin Duniya ƙarshe nashi — yana ƙin zama ɗan wasan Brazil na farko da ya buga sau biyar. Duk da haka, yana fata cewa wannan bankwana na ƙarshe zai iya taimaka wa Brazil ta kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 24 na zama zakaran duniya kuma.