Wannan gasar cin kofin duniya ce mai cike da mutane masu ban sha'awa, salon tufafi masu ƙarfin hali, da kuma zance. Mun ga Thomas Tuchel yana ta tsalle-tsalle a cikin dakin tufafin Ingila kamar matashi a farkon rave na shekarunsa, da Iván Barton yana korar Miguel Almirón daga filin wasa kamar yana yanke masa hukuncin kisa. Mauricio Pochettino da rigarsa ta $500 sun kawo sabon kuzari da wahayi ga ɗakunan tufafi na maza masu matsakaicin shekaru a ko'ina. Joker Javier Aguirre na "fuck you" na abokantaka ga Anthony Gordon ya inganta dangantaka tsakanin Mexico da Ingila zuwa matsayi mafi zafi tun bayan zaman lafiya da Birtaniya ta shirya wanda ya kawo karshen yakin Pastry na 1839.
Erling Haaland ya nuna cewa yana yiwuwa mutum ya zama kifin shark a gaban raga kuma Scooby-Doo da zarar kwallon ta shiga raga—yana tabbatar da cewa babu wani abu a cikin kwallon kafa da yake da muhimmanci har ya kasa ba da dama ga wasu barkwanci na kan layi. Ko Harry Kane, mutumin da sau da yawa yakan zama kamar an horar da shi ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai tun yana cikin mahaifa, ya dan fito da rai a takaice kuma cikin farin ciki.
Kowace gasar cin kofin duniya tana bukatar gwarzon al'ada. A shekarar 2026, muna da Sebastián Beccacece, mai son zuciya a gefen filin wasa.
Sannan, ba shakka, akwai dan wasan da ke mulkin komai—mutumin da ikonsa kan wasansa, yanayinsa, da kalmominsa yake da natsuwa kamar hannayensa da yake dunkulewa lokacin da yake murnar cin kwallo. Mutane suna ta yin ba'a da Kylian Mbappé tun yana yaro, kuma ya dade yana yin dariya ta karshe. Yana da shekaru uku yana girma a unguwannin Paris, Mbappé yakan rera taken kasar Faransa da hannunsa a kan zuciyarsa, kuma mutane kan yi dariya cikin jin dadi a duk lokacin da ya bayyana—wanda yakan yi sau da yawa—cewa an kaddara shi ya buga wa Faransa wasa. Yanzu shi ne dan wasan da ya fi kowa zura kwallaye a tarihin kwallon kafa na Faransa. Abokan iyayensa sun taba saya masa samfurin filin wasa na Bernabéu a matsayin wasa, suna yi masa ba'a don ya ce zai buga wa Real Madrid wasa. Yanzu shi ne dan wasa mafi muhimmanci a Madrid. A ranar Asabar, Mbappé ya kwashe mintuna na karshe na wasan zagaye na 16 mai wahala da Paraguay—inda ya zura bugun fanareti mai nasara—yana yawo a filin wasa da murmushi mai girma a fuskarsa. Duk inda wannan mutum ya tafi a kwallon kafa, sakamakon yakan zama daya: Mbappé ya yi nasara. Kuma yana dariya!
A yanzu, duk mun san abin da ya sa Mbappé ya zama karfi mara tsayawa a filin wasa: saurinsa mai zafi, karfinsa na bijimi, da kuma motsin kafarsa mai jan hankali wanda yake kama da yana haifar da yanayinsa. A Faransanci, suna kiran kowane babban dan wasa "crack," kuma babu wanda ya dace da wannan sauti fiye da Mbappé. Dan bakin ciki kuma mai zafi, shi ne kamar bulala—mutumin da saurinsa ya wuce daya daga cikin sunayen mahaifinsa: da zarar Mbappé Lottin, yanzu shi ne kawai Mbappé. Makonni hudu da suka gabata sun kara zurfafa godiyarmu ga wadannan basirori. Duban alkalin wasa, sabuwar fasaha da ta nuna mana dubunnan nau'ikan gashin hannu na maza, ya taimaka mana mu fahimci yadda saurin Mbappé da tashin hankalinsa suke zuwa tare da wani irin sauki na mai sata—yadda duk wani nuna karfi shi ma aiki ne na tausayi mafi sauki. Kammalawar Mbappé ba komai ba ne sai sauri: shi ne cat da raptor, fox da mongoose.
A wannan gasar cin kofin duniya, Mbappé ya tashi daga zama cikakken kunshin kwallon kafa zuwa cikakken gunkin al'ada, ikonsa a wajen filin wasa yana daidaita da girmansa a ciki. Hotunan barkwanci na mai mulkin kama-karya sun fara da gaske kafin gasar kuma tun daga lokacin suka kara sauri. Yanzu sun yadu sosai har Didier Deschamps ya ji bukatar ya nuna cewa kyaftin din nasa ba mai mulkin kama-karya ba ne, amma dan wasa ne da abokan wasansa ke so kuma suke daraja. Deschamps bai bani mamaki a matsayin mutum mafi ban dariya da ke aiki a Faransa a yau, don haka ba mamaki ya rasa cewa kwatancen da ake yi da Mobutu—wanda abokan wasan Mbappé da kansu suka runguma cikin farin ciki—yana kara girman sunan janar din filin wasa, ba ya cutar da shi ba. Zama tushen barkwanci na kan layi, zama abin memes shi ne mafi girman yabo a al'adar zamani—a mayar da mutum memes shi ne a gan shi a matsayin almara. Manyan 'yan wasan da suka gabaci Mbappé—Messi, Ronaldo, ko da Zidane—sun kasance marasa dadi sosai don samun wannan kulawa. Kyks Baps yana jagorantar sabon tsara mai cike da hali da kuzari wanda a karshe ya bai wa masu wasa na kan layi a duniya wani abu da za su yi aiki da shi.
Kuma ba shakka, ya fi haka da yawa—da yawa sosai. Al'adar kwallon kafa ta Faransa tana daraja fasahar magana kamar yadda take daraja matakan wucewa, nutmegs, da roulettes. Bayan haka, wannan kasa ce da ke tara makarantun kwallon kafa na kwararru don gasar iya magana ta shekara-shekara a fadar shugaban kasa. Mbappé, wanda tun yana shekara biyar yana gudanar da taron manema labarai na karya, ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan masu magana a wasanni. Amma a wannan gasar, ya kai sabon matsayi. Tunaninsa da ra'ayoyinsa na kwatsam—akan komai daga juyin halittar salon kwallon kafa ("Kullum kungiyar da ta yi nasara ce ta yi daidai") zuwa 'yantar da sarari na abokan wasansa da kuma tambayar lokutan hutun sha mai wahala ("Kada ku tambayi 'yan wasa ra'ayinsu, muna kamar ma'aunin iska")—suna fitowa daga wannan kan mai siffar bobsled mai saurin gudu da ikon gaggawa. Ya kuma kasance mai tsayin daka wajen kare Deschamps, wanda har yanzu ya kasance mutum mai ban mamaki a Faransa duk da nasarorin da ya samu. Mbappé ya bayyana kocinsa a matsayin mai wasa, aboki, kuma "uba mai horo" a lokaci guda.
Ga dan wasan da kaddara ke jagoranta, Mbappé ya kasance yana da hankali na musamman game da wautarsa. Yana matashi, bayan abokan makaranta sun yi masa ba'a game da rigar da ya sa zuwa makaranta, ya bayyana washegari sanye da wando mai fadi da takalmin gudu na Velcro (ba irin abin da matashi mai son kayan ado a Paris zai sa a farkon shekarun 2010 ba), yana fadada wasan don shi ma ya shiga cikin nishadi. "Je suis beau, madame?" ya tambayi malamar Faransanci yayin da yake tsaye cikin wandonsa. Ina da kyau? A wani taron manema labarai a lokacin gasar cin kofin Turai ta 2024, bayan ya tayar da hankali a Faransa ta hanyar kira ga jefa kuri'a a kan masu tsattsauran ra'ayi a zaben majalisar dokoki na wannan shekara, Mbappé ya amsa tambayar wani dan jarida wanda ya ce yana zaune a "gefen hagu" na dan wasan. Ba tare da ya yi jinkiri ba, Mbappé ya amsa: "Da kyau ba ka kasance a gefe daya ba."
Da wuya, ko da yaushe, kwallon kafa ta taba ganin dan wasa mai sane da hotonsa na kafofin watsa labarai, ko kuma mai shirye-shiryen rungumar ikonsa na raba mutane. Idan Michael Jordan ya rayu da ka'idar cewa "'Yan Republican ma suna sayen takalmi," Mbappé yana da alama yana da kyau a duniya inda magoya bayan masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ke tafiya babu takalmi. Ba mamaki, a wannan gasar cin kofin duniya, cewa mafi karfin shiga tsakani na Mbappé shine tsananin sukar da ya yi wa 'yar majalisar dattawan Paraguay wadda ta kai masa hari na wariyar launin fata bayan da kasarta ta sha kashi a hannun Les Bleus a zagaye na 16. "Madame Celeste Amarilla, ke mace ce mai wulakantacce," furucin Mbappé ya fara; "Ba zan taba barin mutane irinta su sami 'yancin yada kiyayya da wariyar launin fata a duniya ba," ya kare, da karfi mai gamsarwa. Bayan shekaru na tsaka-tsaki mara dadi da karkatar da hankali a tsakanin manyan 'yan wasa na duniya, rungumar gwagwarmayar siyasa ta Mbappé mai sabo tana jin kamar shiga wani sabon zamanin kasa. Ronaldocene ya kare; Mbappécene ya fara.
Zurfin ka'ida, hankali na ilimi mara neman gafara, kulawa ga muhimmancin kalmomi tare da ci gaba da gwanintar motsi: wane karfi, daidai, ne suka hadu don gina wannan hali mai ban mamaki, don haifar da tatsuniyar Mbappé? "Tambaya ce ta ilimi," mutumin da kansa ya taba fada. Duk da rahotanni, Mbappé yaro ne mara natsuwa, amma iyayensa...Iyayensa sun yi duk abin da za su iya don taimaka masa ya sarrafa kuzarinsa mara iyaka. Tun daga aji bakwai, yana da masanin ilimin halin mutum na musamman, tare da darussan sarewa da wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma kwallon kafa ba shakka.
Gidan iyali a Bondy, wani yanki a arewa maso gabashin Paris, yana da nisa daga filin wasa na Stade Léo-Lagrange, wani karamin filin wasa na birni mai kyau. Wannan gasar cin kofin duniya ta fara da 'yan wasa 56 daga Paris—fiye da kowane birni a duniya. A cikin makonnin da suka gabata, an yi magana da yawa game da banlieue, zoben waje inda mafi yawan mazaunan Paris miliyan 13 ke zaune, kuma inda kusan dukkan manyan 'yan wasan kwallon kafa suka fito. Bondy ita ce kasa mai albarka ta kwallon kafa ta zamani ta Faransa; abokin wasan Mbappé William Saliba shi ma ya girma a can, kamar yadda sauran 'yan wasan kwallon kafa da yawa, na da da na yanzu, suka yi. Me ya sa banlieue na Paris ya zama wurin haifar da hazakar kwallon kafa mai karfi? Shin yawan jama'a ne, kudaden jama'a don wasanni, tsarin gidajen jama'a, girman filayen wasa, ko kuma hadewar al'ummomin bakin haure da al'adun Faransa mai cike da tashin hankali?
Watakila duk wadannan, amma Bondy kuma yana nuna wani bangare na wannan yanayin birni wanda ya cancanci a lura. A cikin tafiya daga filin wasan da Mbappé ya zama dan wasan kwallon kafa, tsakanin shagunan kayan gida masu rahusa, gidajen katanga marasa kyau, da filayen kwallon kafa da yawa, za ku sami wani gini na jama'a mai ban sha'awa tare da hasumiyoyi masu siffar silinda da aka rufe da tayal masu haske; wani babban gini na Oscar Niemeyer mai ban mamaki wanda ke aiki a matsayin musayar aiki na gida, cibiyar taimakon juna da kungiyar ma'aikata; da kuma wurin wanka na jama'a mai suna mawakin Belgium Jacques Brel. Babu wani abu da ya kama hadewar takura da alkawari a banlieue na Faransa—ikon sa na ban mamaki a matsayin masana'antar hazakar kwallon kafa—fiye da wannan murabba'in mil daya na rashin bambanci, kayan more rayuwa, hadin kai, da buri.
Kuma a tsakiyar duk wannan, yana hada nau'ikan al'adun Faransa daban-daban kuma yana nuna mafi kyawun al'adun kwallon kafa na kasa, akwai Mbappé. Shi ne mai mulki kuma mai wasan kwaikwayo, tushen memes kuma mai magana da gaskiya mai wuya, mafi girman ikon ɗabi'a a wasanni kuma mafi amintaccen abin dariya. Shi dan wasan kwallon kafa ne, mai sarewa, kuma dan wasan kwaikwayo. Kuma yana shiga tarihin gasar cin kofin duniya da natsuwa na mutumin da ya san hanyarsa tun daga farko. Tashi, Sarki Kylian: Napoleon mai yiwuwa ya yi wa kansa rawani, amma babu shakka kan wane ne ke da rawanin kwallon kafa a yau.
**Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa**
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da rawar da Kylian Mbappé ya taka a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya, wanda ya kunshi halayensa na mai mulki, mai wasan kwaikwayo, da mai fadin gaskiya.
1. **Menene ma'anar cewa Mbappé ya taka rawar mai mulki a gasar cin kofin duniya?**
Ya yi aiki kamar jami'in diflomasiyya. Ya yi magana a hankali game da manyan batutuwa kuma ya tafiyar da matsin lamba na kafofin watsa labarai da balaga, sau da yawa yana kawar da batutuwa masu tayar da hankali ba tare da haifar da rikici ba.
2. **Za ka iya ba da misalin Mbappé ya zama mai wasan kwaikwayo a yayin gasar?**
E. A cikin taron manema labarai, ya yi barkwanci game da shekarunsa kuma ya yi dariya game da kwatancen da ake yi da tatsuniyoyi kamar Pelé. Ya kuma yi amfani da barkwanci don sassauta yanayi bayan wasanni masu wahala, kamar yin wasa game da damar da ya rasa.
3. **Wadanne gaskiya masu wuya ne Mbappé ya fada?**
Ya kasance mai kai tsaye game da raunin kungiyar, yana yarda cewa Faransa ba ta yi wasa mai kyau a matakin rukuni ba. Ya kuma gaya wa manema labarai cewa kungiyar ba ta kula da salon wasa ba—sakamako kawai—kuma cewa cin nasara da mugun wasa yana da kyau.
4. **Me ya sa mutane suka ce Mbappé ya zama sarkin wannan gasar cin kofin duniya?**
Domin ba kawai ya zura kwallaye ba. Ya kuma sarrafa labarin—yana tafiyar da manema labarai, yana jagorantar tunanin kungiyar, kuma yana nuna cewa yana iya zama shugaba a filin wasa da wajensa.
5. **Yaya Mbappé ya daidaita zama mai tsanani da mai ban dariya?**
Ya canza yanayin magana a zahiri. A wata hira, zai ba da amsa mai tsanani game da wariyar launin fata a kwallon kafa, sannan mintuna kadan daga baya ya yi wasa game da salon gashin abokin wasansa. Wannan ya sa ya zama mai dacewa da kuma wanda ba a iya tsinkaya.
6. **Shin ya yi amfani da kafofin sada zumunta don wadannan ayyuka?**
E. Ya saka hotunan barkwanci na kansa bayan nasara, amma kuma ya yi amfani da dandamalinsa don kiran labaran karya da kare abokan wasansa. Ya hada abubuwa masu nishadi da kalamai kai tsaye marasa shakka.
7. **Menene wani takamaiman lokaci da ya fadi gaskiya mai wuya?**
Bayan nasarar Faransa a wasan kusa da karshe, ya ce "Mun yi sa'a Morocco na da dama. Idan muka yi wasa haka a wasan karshe, za mu sha kashi." Wannan gaskiya ta ba wa magoya baya mamaki wadanda suka yi tsammanin amsar diflomasiyya.
8. **Yaya abokan wasansa suka yi martani ga halayensa na mai mulki?**
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