Rico Lewis, dan wasan tsakiya na Manchester City, ya yi magana game da yadda imani ta Kiristanci ta sauya tunaninsa na rayuwa — da kuma yadda ta fara motsa shi zuwa yakar matsalar marasa gida a garinsa.

Lewis, wanda kwanan nan ya sanar da auren sa ga Ameliia, ya shaida wa BBC Sport cewa tafiyarsa zuwa imani ta fara ne daga sha'awa. "Koyaushe ina son tarihi, wata rana wani abu ya kunno mini," ya ce. "Na yi tunani, me ya hana ni koya game da Yesu? Me ya hana ni koyi daga Littafi Mai Tsarki? Na fara karantawa daga wurin sha'awa, da zarar na yi haka, ina ganin Allah ya taɓa zuciyata. Ya canza rayuwata."

Matarsa ta girma tana imani da Kiristanci, amma Lewis ya ce imaninsu na bai ɗaya ya ƙarfafa alaka su. "Jingina a juna, da manufa guda ɗaya, shine duk abin da yake da muhimmanci," ya ce. "Ya taimake mu sosai a rayuwarmu da alakarmu."

Wayewar da ta haifi titunan Manchester

Sabuwar imani ta Lewis ta sa shi ya fi kula da wahalar waɗanda ke kewayensa. Yayin da yake yawo a Manchester, ya fahimci girman rikicin marasa gida da ke addabar birnin. Bisa ga rahoton da aka wallafa a watan Disamban da wuri na jin ƙai Shelter, kusan mutane 10,000 a Manchester ba su da gida kuma suna zaune a wuraren zama na wucin gadi — kimanin mutum ɗaya daga cikin kowane 61.

"Tun da na zama mutumin imani, na fi sanin wahalar wasu," Lewis ya ce. "Ba zai yiwu ka san dalilin da ya sa kowane mutum yake cikin halinsa ba, amma koyaushe na so in taimaki waɗanda ba su da ikon taimakon kansu."

Gasar kwallon kafa mai manufa

Maimakon kawai ba da gudummawa, Lewis ya haɗe hannu da mai rera waƙoƙi na gida Nemzzz don shirya gasar kwallon kafa ta ɗaya da bakwai a ranar 28 ga Yuni a National Speedway Stadium na Manchester, ana tara kuɗi don ƙungiyoyin jin ƙai na gida da ke yakar matsalar marasa gida.

"Haɗa duka biyun, hada mutanen Manchester, da kuma wayar da kai — da tattara kuɗi — ya ji kamar hanya mafi kyau don cimma burinmu," Lewis ya ce.

Taron ya jawo ƙwararrun 'yan wasa da yawa. Dan wasan tsakiya na Manchester City da England, Phil Foden, ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da aka kawar da ita a matakin ƴan wasan semi-final. Dan wasan tsakiya na Southampton, Shea Charles, da ɗan uwansa Pierce Charles — duk biyun sun kasance tsohon 'yan wasan Academy na Manchester City kuma 'yan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Northern Ireland — sun shiga, sun kai karshen gasar amma sun sha kashi a bugun daga kai matakin haramtaccen bugun fanariti. Kaden Braithwaite, wanda ya jagoranci Manchester City ƙarƙashin shekara 18 zuwa nasarar FA Youth Cup wannan kakar, shi ma ya kasance a wurin.

Ɗan wasan mai hazaka na Manchester United, Shea Lacey, ya burge masu kallo da ƙwarewarsa ta tozo da ƙarfin harba ƙwallon, yayin da ƙaramar 'yar uwar Lewis, Sacha — mai tsaro mai hazaka a cikin ƙungiyar mata ta Manchester City — ta ba taron dadin iyali. Faraaz Ghaffur, wanda ake sanin sa kan layi da FG — wani mai goyon bayan City, mai ƙirƙirar watsawa ta Twitch, da mai gabatarwa na ƙungiyar — ya dauki nauyin gudanarwa.

"Lokacin da Rico ya gaya mani yana shirya taro irin wannan, bai ba ni mamaki ba kwata-kwata," Ghaffur ya ce. "Ba shi da girman kai, yana yin hakan saboda dalilin da ya dace. Mutumin ƙauna ne wanda ya gane yana cikin matsayi mai sa'a sosai saboda birnin da ya girma a ciki."

Hangen nesa na gaba

Lewis yana ganin wannan taron na farko a matsayin babin farko na tafiya mafi tsawo. "Manchester ita ce birni mafi kyau a duniya kuma yana da muhimmanci gare ni samun damar yin abubuwan da za su taimaki wannan birni," ya ce. "Ba za ka iya canza abubuwa da dare ɗaya ba, amma za ka iya canza su akan shekaru, kuma ina fatan yin hakan kowace shekara, fadadawa da ƙara adadin gudummawar."