Rafa Marquez ya sauya daga ƙwararren mai tsaro zuwa babban koci — kuma aikinsa na farko mai muhimmanci shine ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi wahala a kwallon ƙafa: jagorantar Mexico a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa a lokacin da suke shirin Kofin Duniya mai mahimmanci.

Jaruman Mexico, wanda aka fi sani da kasancewarsa mai yaƙi da iko a tsakiyar tsaron El Tri a lokacin Kofin Duniya da yawa da kuma fafatawa na CONCACAF, yanzu yana fuskantar wani nau'i daban na matsin lamba daga bangon wasan. Yana kawo ƙwarewa mai yawa a matsayin ɗan wasa amma ya shigo cikin gudanarwa da ƙarancin shaidar horarwa a matakin sama.

Abokin hamayya mai ƙarfi ya zama shugaban ƙasa

Marquez ya gina suna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan abokan hamayya da Amurka ta taɓa fuskantar a filin kwallon ƙafa. Faɗace-fadacensa da USMNT sun kasance masu ƙarfi, na jiki, kuma galibi masu yanke hukunci — wanda ya sa naɗinsa a matsayin babban koci na Mexico ya zama labari da ke yin tasiri mai zurfi a bangarorin iyaka biyu.

Yanzu, maimakon fuskantar Amurka a matsayin abokin hamayya, Marquez dole ne ya shirya El Tri don gasa da su da sauran ƙasashe a mafi girman mataki. Da yake FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 an shirya gudanar da shi tare a Mexico, Amurka, da Canada, haɗarin da ke tattare da kwallon ƙafarsa Mexico bai taɓa zama mai girma ba.

Tambayoyi game da rashin ƙwarewa

Muhimmin muhawara game da naɗin Marquez yana bayyana: shin aikinsa na buga kwallon ƙafa na almara yana canzawa zuwa ikon dabara da sarrafa ɗan wasa da ake buƙata don cin nasara a matsayin babban koci? Masu sukar suna nuna ƙarancin ƙwarewarsa na gudanarwa a matakin babba, yayin da masu goyon baya ke cewa fahimtarsa mai zurfi na kwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa — wanda aka ƙirƙira a cikin gasar Kofin Duniya guda biyar a matsayin ɗan wasa — yana ba shi tushe da koci kaɗan za su iya yin daidai da shi.

Jagorantar ƙungiyar ƙasa abu ne daban da kwallon ƙafa ta kulob. Taƙaitaccen lokacin shirye-shirye, siyasar da ke tattare da hukumar ƙwallon ƙafa, da nauyin tsammanin dukan ƙasa duka suna buƙatar halaye fiye da ilimin dabara kaɗai. Marquez zai buƙaci nuna cewa zai iya fuskantar waɗannan matsaloli kamar yadda yake fuskantar kalubalen dabarar wasan.

Inuwar Kofin Duniya tana yin nauyi

Da yake gasar 2026 za ta gudana a ƙasar da aka raba, Mexico suna shiga wanda iya zama mafi tsanantaccen zagaye a tarihinsu na zamani. Masu sha'awa da jami'ai duka za su buƙaci ci gaba, kuma Marquez yana ɗaukar nauyin alamar ƙabilar kwallon ƙafarsa ƙasa a kafaɗarsa.

Ko shugaban El Tri na yanzu zai iya juya matsayinsa na almara zuwa nasarar horarwa yana zama tambayar ta asali na aikinsa na gudanarwa — tambaya da za a amsa ta, ko ta yaya, a mafi girman mataki da wannan wasanni ke bayarwa.