Kafin kowane wasan Spain a wannan Kofin Duniya, sunan da ya mamaye bayar da taguwar da magoya bayan suka sawa shi ne Lamine Yamal. Ɗan wasan Barcelona mai ƙuruciya yana jan hankalin kamara da masu tsaro a lokaci ɗaya — duk da haka, wani mutum mai natsuwa da kwarewa ne ya fito a matsayin mafi mahimmancin ɗan wasan farmaki na Spain har yanzu.

Mikel Oyarzabal, ɗan wasan farmaki mai shekara 29 na Real Sociedad, ya zura kwallaye biyu Spain ta doke Austria da 3-0 a zagaye na 32, ta ba Spain nasarar farko a marhalar fitar da masu rauni cikin shekara 16.

Mutumin da ba a gani wanda ke zura kwallo a kowane karshen wasa

Masanin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Spain Guillem Balague ya bayyana yanayin da ke gudana. Ya shaida wa BBC Radio 5 Live cewa: "A bayyane yake cewa [Yamal] shi ne jagoran ƙungiyar, kuma duk abin da sauran 'yan wasa ke yi yana da alaƙa da shi. Mikel Oyarzabal shi ne mutumin da ba a gani — ya zura kwallo a duk wani karshen wasa da ya buga. Shi ɗaya daga cikin mafi hankali 'yan wasanmu kuma shi ma yana iya yanke ƙaddara wasan."

Kwallaye biyu da ya zura wa Austria sun ɗaga jimlar Oyarzabal zuwa kwallaye 17 a cikin wasannin kasa da kasa 16 na ƙarshe, ciki har da kwallaye 4 a wannan gasar. Ya shiga Kofin Duniya yana cikin mafi kyawun salon rayuwarsa, bayan ya zura kwallaye 12 a wasanni 12 na Spain.

Balague ya ƙara da cewa: "Lokutan kakaransa biyu na ƙarshe, tun da ya warke, su ne mafi kyawu a tarihin sana'arsa. Kwallaye huɗu a Kofin Duniya — mafi yanke hukunci ɗan wasan mu, babu shakka."

Sana'a da raunuka da sake ƙirƙira suka tsara

Hanyar Oyarzabal zuwa wannan lokacin ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. Ya rasa Kofin Duniya na 2022 a Qatar gaba ɗaya bayan ya yanke ligament din cikin gwiwar ƙafarsa ta hagu. A cikin shekaru goma tun da ya fara taka leda a ƙungiyar ƙasa yana da shekara 19, da wuya ya samu haske — har yanzu.

Canjin matsayinsa a filin wasa ya kasance tsakiyar farfaɗowarsa. Dan tsaron Spain na tsohon Cesar Azpilicueta ya bayyana: "'Yan shekaru kaɗan da suka wuce, Oyarzabal yana wasa a gefen dama fiye da yanzu kuma ya koma tsakiya. 'Yan shekaru kaɗan da suka wuce, mutane suna shakkar Spain saboda matsayin ɗan wasan farmaki, amma Oyarzabal yana yin aikin."

Tun farkon shekarar da ta wuce, ɗan wasan Turai tilo da ke da kwallaye fiye da Oyarzabal a gasar kasa da kasa shi ne ɗan wasan farmaki na Norway Erling Haaland wanda ya zura kwallaye 22. Oyarzabal kuma ya zama ɗan wasan Spain na farko da ya zura kwallaye biyu a wasa ɗaya na marhalar fitar da masu rauni tun Emilio Butragueno ya yi haka wa Denmark a zagaye na 16 na gasar 1986.

Yadda hockey ya taimaka masa 'sun ƙwallo'

A wani ƙaramin saka idanu cikin tunaninsa, Oyarzabal kwanan nan ya danganta hangen nesan sa na zura kwallo da wani tushe mai ban mamaki — hockey. Ya ce: "Na kasance ina wasa hockey kuma na zura kwallaye da yawa. Kullum ina da wannan murya a kaina: 'Ba laifi ka rasa ɗaya — za a sami ƙari.' Zan iya sun ƙwallaye, kuma wannan murya koyaushe tana cikin kaina."

Wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan farmaki na gaske yanzu ya dace da wannan tunani. Oyarzabal ya ce: "'Yan wasa a sauran matsayi suna buƙatar ƙarin lokaci tare da ƙwallon, ko shiga ƙarin don ji suna aiki da kyau. Amma idan ka wasa a sama a filin wasa, musamman idan kai ɗan wasan farmaki ne kamar ni, duk ya dogara ne da 'yan lokuta kaɗan. Sau da yawa dole ne mu sun inda ƙwallon zai faɗi ko inda za a tsaya don sami dama ta zura kwallo."

Oyarzabal kuma ɗaya ne daga cikin nau'ikan da ba kasafai ake samun su ba a ƙwallon ƙafa na zamani, domin ya buga dukan sana'arsa a Real Sociedad kaɗai. A kakar da ta wuce ya bayar da mafi kyawun kamfen ɗinsa na mutum ɗaya a gasar, yana zura kwallaye 15 — wani salo da ya ci gaba da shi cikin natsuwa a wannan lokacin bazara.

Yamal yana ƙirƙira, Oyarzabal yana kammala

Babu wani abu daga cikin wannan da ke rage rawar da Lamine Yamal ke takawa. Dribbling da iko da ƙwallon saurayin mai shekara 18 suna rikitar da masu tsaro kuma suna jan masu hamayya zuwa gare shi, suna buɗe sarari da Oyarzabal ke amfani da shi da ƙwarewa. Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger ya faɗi a bayyane: "Idan kana da wani kamar Lamine Yamal a ƙungiyarka wanda ke jan hankali irin wannan, ka san za ka sami sarari fiye. Oyarzabal yana amfani da wannan sararin, ya sami ƙwallon, kuma yana zura kwallaye."

Spain tana da ƙarin ƙarfi da za ta nuna

Nasara kan Austria ta miƙa jerin wasannin Spain ba tare da an doke su ba zuwa wasanni 34 — wasa ɗaya kawai daga rikodinsu na tarihi na 35, wanda za su daidaita shi idan sun kai zagaye na kusa da na ƙarshe. Bayan wani jan wasa mai ban mamaki na 0-0 da Cape Verde a wasan farko, sun sami cikakken guduwarsu, suna zura kwallaye 8 a wasanni 4 ba tare da karɓar kwallo ɗaya ba.

Wani zagaye na 16 mai sha'awa da Portugal ko Croatia yana jiran su. Tsohon ɗan wasan farmaki na England Dion Dublin ya yi imani cewa Spain ba ta nuna duk abin da take da shi ba tukuna. Dublin ya ce a BBC Radio 5 Live: "Ina tsammanin Spain tana da ƙarin kayan aiki don wucewa. Suna cikin natsuwa suna wasa a ƙarshe uku ko huɗu da Austria saboda sun san abokin hamayya ba shi da abin bayarwa. Idan suna wasa da France ko Portugal, ko wane ɗaya ne, za su ɗaga matakinsu. Ina tsammanin suna da ƙarin abin bayarwa — kuma wannan abin firgitarwa ne ga sauran ƙungiyoyi a gasar."