Pico Lopes bai taɓa tunanin cewa saƙon LinkedIn, wanda ya yi watsi da shi da farko yana ganin spam ne, zai kai shi ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki lokuta a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Cape Verde ba. Mafaɗin tsaro na Shamrock Rovers, wanda aka haife shi kuma ya girma a Dublin, ya taimaka wa Cape Verde dakatar da Spain, zakaran Turai na yanzu, da zira 0-0 a farkon wasan Ƙungiya H na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Atlanta ranar 15 ga Yuni — sakamako da yawa suna ganin shi ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman mamaki a tarihin gasar.

Lopes, ɗan shekara 33, ya nuna wasan da ya cancanta, musamman toshewarsa ta ƙayyadadde a minti na 88 wadda ta kiyaye ragar sa lafiya. Uruguay da Saudi Arabia sune suke tsaye a tsakanin Cape Verde da damar shiga zagaye na gaba.

Daga Dublin zuwa Cape Verde — labarin diaspora

Hanyar Lopes zuwa ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya ba a yarda ba kuma mai jan hankali ne. Mahaifinsa ya bar Cape Verde yana ɗan shekara 16, ya yi aiki a caffes da gidajen burodi a Portugal, Netherlands, da Belgium, kafin wani kyaftin na Irish Ferries ya shawo kansa ya ɓata karshen mako a Ireland. Bai dawo ba.

Lopes ya girma Dublin, ya fara ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Bohemians, kuma an taɓa zaɓe shi ga ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Jamhuriyar Ireland ƙarƙashin shekara 19. Sai dai cimma matsayi a ƙungiyar babba ta Ireland ya kasance mai nisa, kuma Lopes ya yi aiki a banki na ɗan lokaci kafin ya zama ɗan wasa mai cikakken lokaci tare da Shamrock Rovers.

Sa'an nan ya zo saƙon LinkedIn. Kocin Cape Verde ya tuntuɓe shi da Fotigal — Lopes, yana tunanin spam ne, ya yi watsi da shi na wata tara. Lokacin da saƙo na biyu ya zo da Turanci, a ƙarshe ya yi amfani da Google Translate. Makonni uku bayan haka, yana Marseille, yana buga ƙwallon ƙafa don Cape Verde a kan Togo.