𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢 𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐛𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐛’𝐈𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐲’𝐈𝐠𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐮 𝐲𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞

Lionel Messi, umukinnyi w’ibihe byose wubatse amateka adasanzwe mu mupira w’amaguru, yaraye akinnye umukino ushobora kuba ari wo wa nyuma akiniye ikipe y’igihugu ya Argentine. Mbere y’uko umukino utangira, abafana bari buzuye sitade bafashe umwanya wo kuririmbira izina rye mu ijwi rimwe, bamugaragariza urukundo n’ishimwe ku byo yabagejejeho. Ibyo byagize ingaruka zikomeye kuri Messi ubwe, maze amarira aramuganza.

Messi amaze imyaka myinshi ari umutima wa Argentine, ayihesha ibikombe bikomeye birimo Copa America ya 2021 ndetse na FIFA World Cup 2022 yabereye muri Qatar. Ku myaka ye 38, benshi bibaza niba azongera kwitabira indi mikino y’igikombe cy’Isi, cyangwa niba uyu ari wo mwanya wo gusezera ku ikipe y’igihugu yubatsemo amateka akomeye.

Nyuma y’umukino, kapiteni Messi ntiyigeze atangaza neza niba azakomeza gukinira La Albiceleste cyangwa niba agiye gushyira akadomo ku rugendo rwe mu mikino mpuzamahanga. Ubu Argentine isigaje umukino umwe izakina na Ecuador, naho indi mikino yose izakurikiraho ikazaba ari iy’igikombe cy’Isi cy’umwaka utaha.

Abakunzi benshi b’iyi kipe bavuga ko kumubona akinnye ryaba ari ishema rikomeye, ndetse bamwe bakavuga ko n’iyo yava mu ikipe ubu yahoranye amateka adasanzwe. Nk’uko abanyarwanda bavuga ngo “umwana w’inkomo ntavukira rimwe ngo agire ibimasa bibiri,” byerekana ko Messi ari impano itazongera kuboneka vuba muri Argentine.

Abasesenguzi b’imikino bemeza ko n’ubwo Messi yaba asezeye, azasigara ari ikimenyetso cy’ibihe byose mu mupira w’amaguru, ndetse yandike izina rye mu mateka nk’umukinnyi wihariye cyane kurusha abandi benshi. Iyo bagereranyije inkuru ye n’abami b’umupira nka Maradona, usanga Messi yarakoze byinshi kurusha uko byari byitezwe.

Mu gihe Isi yose ikomeje kwibaza ku hazaza h’uyu mukinnyi w’icyamamare, abakunzi ba ruhago bategerezanyije amatsiko niba bazongera kumubona mu mikino y’igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026. Ariko icyo benshi bahurizaho ni uko Messi ari umugabo wakoze amateka atazibagirana kandi ko urukundo abafana bamugaragarije ejo hashize ari gihamya ko yubatse umurage uzahoraho iteka.