Mohamed Salah a ƙarshe ya tabbatar da ikonsa a babbar mataki ta kwallon ƙafa ranar Lahadi, yana jagorantar Egypt zuwa nasarar farko a Kofin Duniya a yunƙurin tara — yana ƙare shekaru 92 na jira wanda ya addabi al'ummar ƙasar tsararraki da tsararraki.
Pharaohs sun karɓi bugun rauni tun farko lokacin da New Zealand ta bude raga, amma burin Salah a minti na 67 ya mayar da Egypt gaba kafin Trezeguet ya kai ƙwallo gida da kai bayan kusurwar Salah, yana tabbatar da nasara da ta haifar da murna tsakanin magoya bayan Egypt a ko'ina cikin duniya.
Farkon rashin ƙarfi, sannan lokacin babban ɗan wasa
Gasar ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ga Salah tun farko ba. Wasan da bai cika ba a remis ta farko da Belgium, sannan rabin farko mai nutsuwa a kan New Zealand — waɗannan sun haifar da tsoro cewa mafarkin dare na Kofin Duniya zai ci gaba.
Sa'an nan, a cikin wani lokaci da ya cancanci manyan abubuwan, Salah ya farka. Ya haɗu da Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, da Harry Kane a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa a wannan gasar, yana tunatar da duniya dalilin da ya sa har yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mutane a wasan.
Burin ranar Lahadi shine na 68 na Salah ga Egypt a wasanni 118 — ɗaya kawai bayan rikodin ƙasa na kowane lokaci wanda manajan Hossam Hassan da kansa ke riƙe da shi.
Tarihin wahala a mataki na duniya
Ba a iya ƙididdige nauyin tarihi a bayan wannan nasara. A Kofin Duniya na 2018 a Rasha, Salah ya yi gwagwarmaya don farfadowa daga rauni a kafaɗa da ya samu a shan kashi na Liverpool a hannun Real Madrid a wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League, yana samu kawai wurin zama a benci a rashin farko a hannun Uruguay. Bugun fanareti nasa a kan Rasha ya kasance kawai a daben a rashin 3-1, kuma Egypt ta fita da wulakanci a hannun Saudi Arabia.
Sakamako ya kasance mai ɗaci. Salah a bayyane ya zargi ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafar Misira da katse shirye-shirye, kuma rahotannin sun bayyana cewa ya kusa barin ƙwallon ƙafar ƙasa da ƙasa gaba ɗaya. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, Egypt ta kasa cancanta zuwa Qatar 2022, wanda ya ƙara tsananta ciwo.
Ko kafin wasan ranar Lahadi, manajan Egypt Hossam Hassan ya ji an tilasta masa ƙaryata wani rashin jituwa da Salah bayan yanke shawara na canza shi a lokacin remis da Belgium.
Nauyin ƙasa gaba ɗaya
Yan wasa kaɗan ne ke ɗaukar fatan al'umma kamar yadda Salah ke ɗaukar fatan Egypt. Kowace tura da ya yi na ƙwallon tana haifar da ihu daga magoya baya, kuma mahimmancinsa ya wuce iyakokin filin wasa — likitan ƙungiyar ƙasar Dr. Mohamed Aboud ya taba tunawa da karɓar kiran tarho daga Ministan Lafiya na Egypt lokacin da Salah ya samu rauni mai tsanani a wasan karshe na Champions League na 2018.
Duk da lashe Premier League sau biyu tare da Liverpool — a yanayi na 2019-20 da 2024-25 — Salah bai taɓa ɗaga kofin ga ƙasarsa ba. Tsaran da ya gabace shi ya lashe Africa Cup of Nations sau uku a jere tsakanin 2006 da 2010; tun daga lokacin, Egypt ta sha kashi a wasan karshe biyu da Cameroon a 2017 da Senegal a bugu na 2021.
Tsohon manajan Tottenham, Ange Postecoglou, yana magana da ITV, ya yabi tasirin ɗan wasan: «Idan akwai wata shakka game da tasirin Mo akan wannan ƙungiya, za ka iya gani yanzu. Wannan zai ba su imani mai girma. Sun dole su magance wahala kuma babban ɗan wasansu ya tsaya tsayin daka.»
Tsohon ɗan wasan reshen Jamaica Jobi McAnuff ya ƙara da: «Daidai lokacin da ake bukata, Mo Salah ya tsaya don ƙasarsa.»
Salah da kansa ya taƙaita ji haka: «Babban nasara ne ga duk 'yan wasa. Babban nasara. Yanayi mai kyau. Wasan gaba yana da matuƙar mahimmanci.»
