Da daidai shekara guda ya rage kafin TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 ta fara, dan wasan tsakiya na Taifa Stars Feisal Salum ya yi hira ta musamman da CAFOnline.com game da abin da wannan gasar ke nufi ga kasarsa — da kuma kwallon kafa na Afirka ta Gabas baki ɗaya.

Tanzania za ta hada kai da Kenya da Uganda wajen shirya gasar, kuma Salum ya bayyana a sarari cewa nauyin wannan girma yana ji sosai a cikin ƙungiyar.

Dama ta tarihi ga Afirka ta Gabas

"Yanayi ne na musamman ga ƙasa da kuma mana a matsayinmu na 'yan wasa," in ji Salum game da sanarwar shirya gasar tare. "Muna son amfani da wannan dama don nuna wa duniya abin da Tanzania ke iya yi. Manufarmu ita ce yin wa ƙasa alfahari da kuma gina kan abin da muka nuna a AFCON da ta gabata."

Salum ya yarda cewa shirya gasar mai girma kamar wannan yana kawo matsi mai yawa, amma ya nace cewa ƙungiyar na da niyyar canza shi zuwa wani abu mai kyau. "Tsarinmu shi ne canza matsi zuwa jin daɗi," in ji shi. "Dole mu yi amfani da sha'awa da goyon baya da ke kewaye da mu don wuce iyakanmu — kai ga wasan daf da na ƙarshe, kuma, me ya hana, mafarkin ɗaukar kofin."

Darussan Morocco

Ayyukan Tanzania a TotalEnergies CAF AFCON da ta gabata a Morocco sun sami yabo sosai, kuma Salum yana ganin wannan kwarewa ta ƙarfafa niyyar ƙungiyar. "A Morocco, mun ba da mamaki ga mutane da yawa, amma masu goyon bayanmu ne suka ɗauke mu zuwa waɗannan ƙunƙurar," in ji shi. "A wannan karo, da gasar tana gida, muna son niyya ta sama. Lashe kofin yana hannun Allah — amma abu ɗaya tabbatacce ne: za mu ba da komai da muke da shi."

Yaƙe-yaƙe na ɗan'uwantaka a filin wasa

Bugu na 2027 yana ɗauke da taken PAMOJA — kalmar Swahili da ke nufin haɗin kai — kuma Salum ya ba da ra'ayi bayyananne game da abin da raba shirya gasar da Kenya da Uganda ke nufi a hakika. "Dukkansu ne," in ji shi, yana nufin cakuda alfahari da gasa. "Wannan haɗin kai yana ba mu ƙarfi kuma yana jawo goyon bayan gwamnatoci da mutanen yankin gaba ɗaya."

Duk da haka, ya yi gaskiya daidai gwargwado game da halin gasa da ke wanzu lokacin da waɗannan makwabta suka haɗu. "Idan muka fuskanci Kenya, zai zama babban lokaci — yaƙi na gaskiya na ɗan'uwantaka. Amma gasa ce mai lafiya, wadda take wanzu saboda ƙaunar kwallon kafa da kuma ba masu goyon baya wasan ban sha'awa."

Mafarkin fuskantar manyan zakarun nahiyar

Sa'ad da aka tambaye shi wane abokin hamayya da yake son kayar da shi a Benjamin Mkapa Stadium a Dar es Salaam, Salum bai yi jinkiri ba. "Da son in fuskanci Morocco, Senegal, ko Côte d'Ivoire," in ji shi. "Buga wa waɗannan ƙungiyoyi a gida a gaban masu goyon bayanmu zai zama abin ban mamaki. Waɗannan su ne irin wasannin da kowane ɗan wasa ke mafarki."

Saƙo ga nahiyar

Salum ya rufe da bude gayyata ga masu goyon baya a duk faɗin Afirka. "AFCON ita ce kololuwar kwallon kafa a nahiyar. Ta hanyar buɗe ƙofofinmu ga Afirka, muna son ba da labarin mu da raba al'adunmu da baƙunci," in ji shi. "Ku fito da yawa — ba kawai don wasannin ba, har ma da zaman horarwa. Tare, hannu da hannu, za mu sa shi zama abin da ba a manta da shi ba."