Hong Myung-bo ya yi murabus a matsayinsa na mai horar da ƙungiyar Koriya ta Kudu a ranar Lahadi, 'yan awanni kaɗan bayan tabbatar da ficewar Taeguk Warriors daga FIFA World Cup 2026 — yana neman afuwar jama'a yayin da sakamakon babbar bala'i ta gasar ke fara bayyana.

Rikicin ya wuce ficewar wani mai horaswa kaɗai. Tsohuwar tauraruwar Manchester United, Park Ji-sung, ya bayyana yadda al'umma ke ji, yana mai cewa: "Abin baƙin ciki ne cewa mun zo wannan lokaci inda dole ne mu duba baya mu tambayi yadda muka ƙare a nan." Rahotanni sun fito game da barazanar kisa ga Hong, yayin da inda 'yan wasa da ma'aikata suka dawo Koriya ta Kudu suka kasance a ɓoye don amincin su.

Zagaye na rukuni da ya kamata a manta

Koriya ta Kudu ta fara yaƙin Rukunin A da nasara ta 2-1 akan Czech Republic, inda ta tayar da bege ga ƙungiyar da ta haɗa da Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in na Paris Saint-Germain, da mai tsaro Kim Min-jae na Bayern Munich. Waɗannan bege sun ruguje da sauri — asarar 1-0 ga Mexico ta bar su suna bukatar maki ɗaya a kan South Africa don ci gaba.

Hong, wanda kuma ya jagoranci ficewa a zagaye na rukuni a lokacin FIFA World Cup 2014, ya zaɓi barin kyaftin Son a teburin maye. Koriya ta Kudu ta sha kashi. Tsohuwar mai tsaro na Tottenham Hotspur, Lee Young-pyo, ya kira wasan a talabijin "mafi munin wasa da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Koriya ta yi a ƙarni na 21." Bayan wasan, wani ɗan jarida ya tambayi ko guba ta abinci ta afku wa sansanin — yana neman kowane bayani game da wannan aikin.

Ƙungiyar ta jure jira mai zafi na sama da kwana uku don gano ko za su ci gaba a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyaun ƙungiyoyi na uku. Ba su ci gaba ba. Sansanin ya riga ya kasance cikin matsala ta hanyar wani lamari a watan Yuni, lokacin da ma'aikatan kafofin watsa labarai aka ji a kyamara suna ba'a wa Son game da keɓantawarsa daga aikin soja — da ya samu ta hanyar lambar zinare a Wasannin Asiya na 2018. 'Yan wasa sun amsa da ƙi ayyukan kafofin watsa labarai na cikin gida na 'yan kwanaki da yawa. Son, wanda zai kai shekara 34 a watan Yuli, na iya ba da sanarwar kauracewa ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa ba da daɗewa ba. An soke bikin maraba da aka shirya a Filin Jirgin Sama na Ƙasa da Ƙasa na Incheon.

Shigawar shugaban ƙasa da tambayoyi game da mulki

Shugaban ƙasar Koriya ta Kudu Lee Jae-myung ya ɗauki babban mataki na wallafa sanarwa a kafofin watsa labarai na zamani, yana mai cewa yana jin "ba rikici kaɗai ba amma mamakin gaske da wannan sakamakon da ba a yi sa'a ba," yana mai siffanta ficewar da wuri a matsayin "kasa da ƙungiya da mutane." Ya kara da cewa: "Lokacin da son rai da ƙaramin son kai suka fi iya a zaɓen kwamanda, sakamakon ya zama tabbatacce kamar wuta ta ƙona takarda."

Hasken ya faɗo kan Chung Mong-gyu, shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Koriya (KFA) tun daga 2013. Chung ya kau da hanyoyin ɗaukar ma'aikata na yau da kullum lokacin da ya naɗa Hong a watan Yuli 2024 — kamar yadda ya yi da Jurgen Klinsmann shekara ɗaya a baya — yana haifar da zargi game da rashin adalci da gaskiya. An yi wa Hong ta'awa a wasansa na farko na jagoranci da Palestine a Seoul a watan Satumba 2024, kuma yanayin bai inganta ba.

Ma'aikatar Wasanni ta ƙaddamar da bincike kan KFA kuma, a watan Nuwamba 2024, ta ba da shawarar dakatar da Chung. KFA ta sami umarni na kotu wanda ya ba Chung damar yin takara — kuma ya lashe — wa'adi na huɗu a watan Fabrairu 2025. Ya ba da sanarwa a watan Mayu cewa zai yi murabus bayan FIFA World Cup, yana gane "cece-kuce da zargi iri iri" a lokacin wa'adinsa. Chung memba ne na iyalin masu Hyundai, kamfanin da ke da alaƙa ta tarihi mai zurfi da KFA.

Japan na gudu gaba

Zurfin koma-baya na Koriya ta Kudu yana ƙara bayyana a bayyane lokacin da aka kwatanta da haɓakar Japan. Tsawon shekaru da yawa, Koriya ta Kudu ita ce jagoran ƙwallon ƙafa ta Asiya — K League, wanda aka kafa a 1983, ita ce ƙungiyar ƙwararru ta farko a Asiya, shekaru goma kafin J League ta kaddamar. Kuliban Koriya sun mamaye gasar nahiyar yayin da Japan ke bi baya.

Wannan hoto ya canza sosai. A watan Oktoba, Brazil ta doke Koriya ta Kudu 5-0 a Seoul, sannan ta sha kashi 3-2 a Tokyo 'yan kwanaki bayan. A watan Maris, a yayin da Koriya ta Kudu ta sha kashi 4-0 ga Ivory Coast, Japan ta zama ƙasar Asiya ta farko da ta doke England, ta lashe 1-0 a Wembley. Kuliban J League yanzu suna ci gaba da cin nasara kan abokan hamayyarsu na K League a gasar Asiya, kuma Japan na fitarwa da ƙarin hazaƙa zuwa Turai — tare da ƙungiyar ƙasa yanzu ta ƙunshi 'yan wasa da ke wasa a Turai kawai.

Wani mai sha'awar wasan Koriya ta Kudu ya taƙaita takaicin a kafofin watsa labarai na zamani: "Japan tana da hangen nesa na shekara 100 tare da kowa yana aiki tare yayin da Koriya ke canza ma'aikaci zuwa mai horas da shi ƙarƙashin son rai na mutum ɗaya wanda bai san komai game da ƙwallon ƙafa ba."

Ba tare da mai horaswa ba, ba tare da shugaban tarayyar ba, tare da jama'a da ke neman sauyi, Koriya ta Kudu tana fuskantar babban hisabi. Zafin FIFA World Cup 2026 na iya — idan an ɗauki yanke shawarar da ta dace — nuna farkon gaske na sake ginin ƙarfin Asiya mafi tarihin nasara a FIFA World Cup, tare da bayyanar a jere ta sau 11 a babbar matarsa ta ƙwallon ƙafa.