Koci na Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, ya yi kira ga 'yan wasan sa su nuna ƙarfi da juriya idan suna son ci Switzerland a matakin kusa-da-karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026.
Masu riƙe da kofin suna fuskantar ƴan Switzerland a Kansas City, inda Scaloni — yayin taron manema labarai a Kansas City Stadium ranar Juma'a — ya furta maganganu masu zafi yana nema cikakkiyar sadaukarwa daga ƙungiyarsa yayin da suke neman taken biyu a jere.
Gadon da aka gina da zuciya
Scaloni ya bayyana a sarari cewa tunaninsa ga Argentina ya fi cin nasara kadai. Yana son wannan tsararraki na 'yan wasa su tuna da su saboda sha'awarsu da ƙin mika wuya — wani ruhun da ya bayyana yana fito daga zuciya kai tsaye.
"Ina so wannan ƙungiyar ƙasa ta tuna da ita a matsayin ƙungiyar da ba ta taɓa barin ba. Mu, ma'aikatan fasaha, 'yan wasa, muna buga ƙwallon ƙafa saboda wannan. Ba mu buga ƙwallon ƙafa don nasara kawai ba. Kuma idan ka ga waɗancan abubuwan da ke fita daga zuciyarmu, wannan na musamman."
Scaloni ya kuma tabo jarumin ƙungiyarsa, wanda yana da kwallaye 21 a tarihin duk lokacin Kofin Duniya — rikodin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba — kuma yana cikin tseren Golden Boot.
Yana da shekaru 39, wasu na iya shakku a kan iyawarsa, amma Scaloni bai yi shakku ba : muddin yana son ci gaba, zai kasance mafi kyau a duniya.
"Ban ce haka ba saboda ina koyar da shi, a'a saboda ina tsammanin idan yana so, zai ci gaba da zama mafi kyau. Waɗanmu da suke ganin sa yana yi atisaye, waɗanda suke ganin abubuwan da yake yi yau, ba za su iya tunanin yadda yake da shekara 23 ba, lokacin da yake Barcelona tare da (Pep) Guardiola."
Abokin hamayya mai ƙarfi da gogewa
Scaloni ya yi wa 'yan wasansa gargaɗi su yi hankali game da Switzerland, yana mai nuni da tarihin su mai tsawo a Kofin Duniya da ƙarfin jiki na 'yan wasansu. Switzerland ta fitar da Colombia a zagaye da ya gabata — ƙungiyar da ta yi aikin gari a wannan gasar.
"Suna da tarihi mai tsawo a Kofin Duniya. Suna da 'yan wasa masu gogewa da ƙarfi na jiki. Zai zama abokin hamayya mai wuya, hakan tabbatacce ne. Muna girmama su sosai, kamar yadda muke yi wa sauran abokan hamayya. Sun fitar da Colombia. Colombia ta kasance tana aiki sosai a wannan Kofin Duniya."
