Bayan shekaru masu yawa na kuncin kin samu, Uzbekistan na kan gab da rubuta tarihi — ƙasar na shirye-shiryen shiga FIFA World Cup a karon farko a matsayinta na ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta.

Podcast ɗin More than the Score na BBC World Service ya keɓe wani kashi don ba da labarin bayan ɗaya daga cikin farkuwa da ake jira da zuciya a gasar 2026, wacce take gudana a Mexico, Amurka, da Canada.

Shekara goma a filin wasa

Mai gabatarwa Mani Djazmi ya yi hira da Jaloliddin Masharipov, ɗan wasan gefe wanda ya wakilci Uzbekistan tsawon fiye da shekara goma. Masharipov ya bayar da cikakken bayani game da shirye-shirye a cikin sansanin da kuma farin cikin da ke ƙaruwa a cikin ƙungiyar yayin da lokacin babban gasar ya kusanto.

Mai tsaron Manchester City Abdukodir Khusanov babban tushen alfaharin ƙasa ne, kuma ana ganinsa ko'ina a matsayin fitaccen ɗan wasan Uzbekistan zuwa wannan gasar. Sunansa a matakin kulob ya taimaka ɗaga suna da daraja ƙungiyar a duniya.

Sake haduwa da Ronaldo

Masharipov kuma ya bayyana wani ɓangare na sirri mai daɗi: an zaɓi Uzbekistan su fuskanci Portugal, wanda ke nufin zai sake haduwa a filin wasa da tsohon abokansa Cristiano Ronaldo. Kaɗan ne labarun World Cup da ke ɗauke da irin wannan zumunci.

Zuba jari da asalin ƙasa

Podcast ɗin kuma ya haɗa da Firuz Rahimi na BBC Uzbek, wanda ya bayyana girman zuba jarinsa da Uzbekistan ta yi wajen gina ƙungiya da ta shirya don World Cup a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka wuce. A ra'ayin Rahimi, cancantar shiga gasar ba nasara ta wasanni kawai ba ce — tana ɗauke da ma'ana mai zurfi ga yadda ƙasar ke gabatar da kanta ga duniya.

Tauraron Italiya Fabio Cannavaro yana aiki a matsayin babban koci, kuma kashi ɗin yana tambaya ko kwarewa da tarihin aikinsa zai iya kai Uzbekistan fiye da zagayen rukuni zuwa gasar da ta dace.

More than the Score tana wuce sakamako da ƙididdiga na World Cup ta maza, tana haskaka sabbin ƙungiyoyi, taurari masu tasowa, da ƙarfin al'adu da ke tsara gasar da ke da ƙungiyoyi 48. Sababbin kashi suna samuwa duk inda kake sauraron podcast na BBC.