By Muhydeen Jimoh
A yayin da gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta 2025 da ake yi a kasar Morocco ta kai matakin zagaye na biyu, kasar Saudiyya ta samu kwanciyar hankali a wasannin motsa jiki na kara bajintar da ba a zata ba, lamarin da ya danganta gasar da ta fi kowacce girma a nahiyar Afirka da tsarin wasan kwallon kafa na duniya da ke saurin tafiya.
Saudi Arabiya, wacce ta ce ba ta saka hannun jari a wasanni don kallo kadai ba, tana kallon wasan kwallon kafa a matsayin kayan aiki mai mahimmanci: dandamali don bunkasa ababen more rayuwa, diflomasiyya da karfi mai taushi, mai haifar da sauye-sauyen tattalin arziki da kuma dacewa na dogon lokaci a duniya.
Ministan wasanni na Saudiyya Yarima Abdulaziz bin Turki Al_Faisal ya ce “Ba muna daukar nauyin wasanni na duniya ba ne, domin mu dauki nauyinsu ne kawai, sai dai mu bar wani tarihi da zai yi tasiri ga al’umma da kuma samar da makoma mai kyau ga Masarautar.”
Tasirin Saudi Arabiya a AFCON a kaikaice ne amma a bayyane yake, tauraruwar taurarin Afirka ne ke da karfi, wadanda a yanzu ke fitowa duk mako a gasar Roshn Saudi League (RSL) tare da daya daga cikin fitattun jaruman wasan, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Gabaɗaya, ‘yan wasa 14 na RSL ne ke fafata a gasar ta AFCON 2025, waɗanda ke wakiltar ƙasashen Afirka tara.
Mai masaukin baki Maroko tana da Yassine Bounou da Jawad El Yamiq, yayin da Senegal ke alfahari da manyan wutar lantarki ta RSL ta hannun Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly da Sadio Mané.
Riyad Mahrez na Algeria da Franck Kessié na Ivory Coast da Sakala na Zambiya Fashion Sakala sun kara jaddada yadda kungiyoyin Saudiyya ke kara tsara bututun masu hazaka na Afirka.
“Tare da AFCON, kun ga yadda a yanzu kwallon kafa ta Saudiyya ta shafi kowace nahiya
Youssef el Fassi, wani manazarcin kwallon kafa na Riyadh ya ce “Gasar ta zama babban dandamali na duniya.”
Bayan ‘yan wasa, AFCON 2025 kuma tana aiki a matsayin gwajin sutura don makomar karbar bakuncin wasannin kwallon kafa na duniya.
Morocco ce za ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2030 tare da Spain da Portugal, yayin da Saudi Arabiya ke kan gaba a matsayin mai neman shiga gasar ta 2034.
Dan jaridar wasanni na Saudiyya Abdallah Alabidi ya yi imanin cewa Maroko ta yi fice wajen haskawa a fagen duniya.
Ya ce, “Morocco na da kwarewa kuma a shirye,” in ji Alabidi. “Kayan aikin sa, hanyoyin sa, yawon bude ido da kayayyakin wasanni suna da daraja a duniya.”
Ya yaba da sauye-sauyen da Sarki Mohammed VI ya yi na sake fasalin martabar Maroko a duniya.
Ya kara da cewa, “Yanzu kasashen Gulf suna ganin Maroko daban-daban,” in ji shi. “Yana da dabarun wasanni da abokin tarayya.”
Daga Riyadh zuwa Rabat, wasanni ya zama siyasa, alama da tasiri a cikin mintuna casa’in, kuma AFCON 2025 ita ce inda waɗannan buƙatun ke haɗuwa. (NANFeatures)
***Idan aka yi amfani da su, don Allah a yaba wa marubuci da Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya.
