Alexis Mac Allister ya yi imanin cewa kokarin maimaita hazakar Diego Maradona a filin wasa kusan abu ne da ya wuce iyawar mutum — sai dai ga wani: Lionel Messi.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Liverpool ya fitar da waɗannan maganganu yayin da Argentina ke shirye-shirye don fuskanta England a wasan kusa da na karshe mai burgewa na FIFA World Cup 2026 ranar Laraba.

Mac Allister, wanda mahaifinsa Carlos ya taka ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Maradona a lokacin aikinsa, ya sha bayyana yabonsa ga Messi, yana cewa sau da yawa cewa raba filin wasa da dan wasan Inter Miami ya yi kama da buga wani wasa dabam gaba ɗaya.

"Yana da wuya a ɗauki wahayi daga abin da Diego ya yi; kusan ba zai yiwu a yi abubuwan da ya yi a filin ba. Leo kaɗai zai iya yin hakan."

Dan wasan tsakiya ya kuma yi magana game da yadda bidiyon kamfen na tarihi na Maradona a FIFA World Cup 1986 ke ci gaba da zama ƙarfafawa ga ƙungiyar Argentina ta yanzu.

"A kwanakin nan, abubuwa da yawa suna fitowa a shafukan sada zumunta, bidiyo na Diego da wasan '86. Kallon su da tunaninsu yana taimaka mana. A gare mu, Diego babban alama ce mai muhimmanci ga ƙasarmu. Muna fata za mu iya yin wani abu mai kama da abin da suka cimma."

Kwarewa a Premier League a matsayin fa'ida

Mac Allister ya yarda cewa kwarewarsa ta fafatawa a Premier League tare da Liverpool na iya ba Argentina fa'ida ta dabaru a kan England — ko da yake ya yi hankali kada ya wuce gona da iri.

"Samun wannan kwarewa fa'ida ce, amma bai tabbatar da kome ba. Suna da 'yan wasa masu inganci sosai waɗanda kuma sun buga a irin waɗannan yanayi tare da ƙungiyoyinsu da kuma a manyan wasanni."

Ya lura cewa England sun bayyana sun yi ƙasa da fashewa a wannan gasar idan aka kwatanta da yadda suke a yau da kullum a ƙwallon ƙafa na cikin gida, yana hasashen cewa gajiya ko zafi na iya zama dalili.

"Ina buga wasa da su kowane karshen mako kuma a bayyane yake cewa jiki sun yi ƙarfi sosai. Amma a wannan World Cup, kuma ban san ko gajiya ce ba, ba su da gudu da ke nuna Premier League. Ban san ko saboda zafi ne ko wani abu ba."

Duk da waɗannan lura, Mac Allister ya kasance mai hankali wajen kimanta abokan adawar Argentina, yana mai jaddada cewa mayar da hankali na ƙungiyar ya kasance a kan tsarin wasansu.

"A bayyane yake cewa ƙungiya mai girma ce, kuma muna girmama su sosai. Duk da haka, muna amincewa da abin da muke yi, kuma ba za mu canza hakan ba."