Sa an tambaye Lamine Yamal ko Spain za lashe Kofin Duniya, bai yi jinkiri ba — ya yi murmushi kawai ya ce "i." Wannan kwanciyar hankali ta ci gaba da bayyana matashi mai shekara 19 wanda ke buga wa Barcelona a duk tsawon aikinsa na matasa, amma shiga sa na farko a Kofin Duniya ya kasance mai ɗan kwanciyar hankali mai ban mamaki — har yanzu.
Spain za fuskanci Argentina a wasan karshe na Lahadi a New York, kuma ga Yamal, wannan wasa yana wakiltar wani muhimmin tafkin. Kididdiga ta a cikin gasar suna ba da labarin damar da ba a yi amfani da ita sosai ba: burinsa ɗaya, babu taimakon burin, kuma — duk da cewa ya yi ƙoƙarin dribble 49, fiye da kowane ɗan wasa a gasar — matakin wasan da ya kasance kaɗan kawai a ƙasa da tsayin baƙon abin da hazakarsa ke alkawarin bayarwa.
Gasar da ba ta yi tsini ba, amma Spain ta yi gudu
Yanayin yana da muhimmanci. Yamal ya isa gasar yana ɗauke da rauni kuma ya fara a kan benci, yana kasa buɗe tsaron Cape Verde sa'ad da aka shigar da shi a matsayin maye a wasansu na farko wanda ya ƙare ba tare da buri ba. Sannan ya fara wasan mai zuwa, ya zura buri a minti na 10 na farkon canji na farko da ya yi a Kofin Duniya, kafin a cire shi a rabin lokaci yayin da Spain ke kula da murmushewa. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya fara kowane wasa yayin da Spain ta rarrafe ta hanyoyin tare da kawar da sanannar France a wasan semi-final don kai ga wasan karshensu na biyu kawai a Kofin Duniya.
"A bayyane ina so in zura buri amma ban tafi filin wasa ina tunanin hakan ba," Yamal ya ce. "Ina yin hakan ina tunanin taimakon ƙungiyar. Idan muka lashe Kofin Duniya, ba wanda zai tuna ko na zura burin — mafi muhimmanci shi ne lashe. Na san motsinmu yana jan hankalin masu gasa da yawa, don haka ina yin duk abin da zan iya don taimaka wa ƙungiyar."
Ɗan tsakiya Rodri ya ba da kimantawa a bayyane kafin wannan wasan semi-final, yana ba da shawarar cewa Yamal yana buƙatar sarrafa ɗokinsa na tabbatar da kansa. "Yana buƙatar ya huce kaɗan — wannan damuwa da wani lokaci yake da ita na tabbatar da kansa," in ji Rodri. "Yana da basira sosai kuma ɗan wasa mai muhimmanci sosai a garemu, da ƙwallon da kuma ba tare da ƙwallon ba. Gaskiya ne cewa yana da shekara 19 kuma dole ne mu huce shi a wasu lokuta na wasan."
Waɗanda ke kusa da Yamal sun ce ya nuna ci gaba akan France, yana aiki da ƙarfi a fanin tsaro kuma yana yanke shawara mafi kyau da ƙwallon, wanda ya sa abokan wasansa suka yabe shi. Ra'ayin dake cikin sansanin yana bayyananne: shi ne ɗan wasa ɗaya kawai mai iya lashe wasa shi kaɗai — Spain kawai ba ta buƙatar hakan daga gare shi tukuna.
Nauyin tarihi
Lambobin da ke kewaye da tarihin ƙasashen waje na Yamal suna ban mamaki. A cikin wasanni 27 na hukuma da Spain, bai taɓa sha kashi ba. Ya fara wasanni 12 a manyan gasar da Spain kuma ya lashe dukkaninsu — mafi tsayin jerin nasarorin kowane ɗan wasan Turai da ya kasance farko a manyan gasar.
Idan ya zura buri Lahadi, zai haɗu da Pelé kawai a shekarar 1958 da Kylian Mbappe a shekarar 2018 a matsayin matasa da suka zura buri a wasan karshen Kofin Duniya. Lambar zinariya ta nasara zata sa shi tare da Pelé, Mbappe, da ɗan Italiya Giuseppe Bergomi — ɗaya daga cikin matasa huɗu kawai da suka fara wasan karshen Kofin Duniya kuma suka ɗauke kofin. Abokin wasansa a Spain Pau Cubarsi mai shekara 19 na iya zama na biyar tare da shi.
"Idan ya lashe Kofin Duniya tare da Spain, zai zama almajiri har abada," in ji wani mai goyan bayan Spain. "Idan muka sha kashi ga Argentina, ba wanda zai tuna da Kofin Duniyarsa na farko. Mun san zai sami Kofin Duniya da yawa kuma muna imani zai zama mafi kyau. Amma 'yan matasa kaɗan ne ke samun damar lashe ɗaya. Wannan damarsa ce. Zai sami nadama idan muka sha kashi kuma bai iya buga wasansa mafi kyau ba."
Tambayar Messi
Babu tattaunawar game da nan gaba na Yamal da ta cika ba tare da ambaton Lionel Messi ba — kuma wasan karshen Lahadi ya sa wannan kwatancen zama wani abu da ba za a iya gujewa ba. Labarin haduwarsu ta farko shi ne mashahurin labari: Yamal ɗan watanni biyar an ɗauke shi a cikin hoto tare da Messi mai shekara 20 a cikin ɗaukar hoto na sadaka kusan shekaru biyu da suka wuce.
Kwatancen kididdiga suna burgewa. Yana da shekara 19, Yamal ya riga ya yi wasanni 151 ga Barcelona. Sa'ad da Messi ya yi bikin ranar haihuwarsa ta 19 a ranar 24 ga Yuni 2006, ya yi wasanni 41 kawai na ɗaukacin gasar ƙungiyar guda. Yamal kuma ya shiga cikin wasan semi-final na UEFA Champions League kuma ya lashe gasar Turai — kuma yanzu yana sanya rigar lamba 10 ta Barcelona, rigar da Messi ta ɗauka kusan shekaru 15.
Manaja Luis de la Fuente yana da hankali game da kwatancen. "Mafi munin kuskure shi ne kwatanta shi da Messi da Maradona," in ji De la Fuente. "Yana tsakiyar tsari. Yana da natsuwa mai girma da ƙarfi. Waɗannan 'yan wasa da ke da wani abu daban — su baiwa ne, kamar Dalí ko Michelangelo. Abin da ya bambanta a gare mu ba shi ba ne a gare su."
Messi kansa yana shiga wannan wasan karshe yana da shekara 39, yana neman lambar zinare ta biyu ta Kofin Duniya. Idan wasan ya koma ga Spain, Lahadi a New York na iya zama lokacin da sanduna ya wuce tsakanin tsararraki. Yamal, ba shakka, baya buƙatar kofin Kofin Duniya don tabbatar da girmarsa — bayan haka, Messi ya jira har ya kai shekara 35 don na farkonsa. Amma Lahadi, a karon farko, dama tana nan gaban sa kai tsaye.
