Messi agiye gukina n'ikipe yo muri Afrika mu mukino we wa nyuma mu ikipe y'igihugu
Rutahizamu w’umunya Argentina Lionel Messi yongeye guhamagarwa mu ikipe y’igihugu, aho ategerejwe gukina umukino wo gusezera nyuma yo gutangaza ko atagikomeza kuyikinira. Ishyirahamwe ry’Umupira w’Amaguru muri Argentina (AFA) ryatangaje ko Messi azitabira umukino wa gicuti uzahuza Argentina na Benin ku wa 6 Ukwakira 2026, uzabera kuri Monumental Stadium i Buenos Aires. Perezida wa AFA, Claudio Tapia, yatangaje ko batumiye Messi kugira ngo ahabwe amahirwe yo gusezera ku ikipe y’igihugu imbere y’abafana b’Abanya-Argentina. Yagize ati: “Twahamagaye umukinnyi mwiza ku Isi, ikirangirire mu ikipe yacu ndetse na Kapiteni wacu Lionel Andres Messi, kugira ngo ahabwe gusezera akwiriye ku wa 6 Ukwakira, hano muri Argentina.” Messi yari yatangaje mu mpera za Kanama 2026 ko asezeye gukinira ikipe y’igihugu, nyuma y’imyaka myinshi ayibereye kapiteni ndetse akayifasha kwegukana ibikombe bikomeye. Argentina izakina imikino itatu ya gicuti mu gihe cy’ikiruhuko cy’amakipe y’ibihugu kiri hagati ya tariki ya 21 Nzeri na 6 Ukwakira 2026. Umukino wa mbere uzahuza Argentina na Bolivia ku wa 30 Nzeri, ukabera kuri Mario Kempes Stadium i Córdoba. Nyuma yaho, Argentina ikazagaruka i Buenos Aires, ikine na Burkina Faso ku wa 3 Ukwakira. Umukino wa nyuma uzaba ku wa 6 Ukwakira, aho Argentina izakira Benin kuri Monumental Stadium. Ari nawo mukino Messi yatumiwemo kugira ngo asezere ku ikipe y’igihugu. Iri shyirahamwe kandi ryatangaje ko Messi azitabira uyu mukino wa nyuma ari kumwe na bagenzi be barimo Rodrigo De Paul na Giovani Lo Celso. Hari kandi abakinnyi batatu ba Argentina batazagaragara muri iyi mikino kubera ibihano baherewe ku byabaye nyuma y’umukino wa nyuma w’Igikombe cy’Isi Argentina yatsinzwemo na Espagne. Harimo Leandro Paredes ufite igihano cyo kudakina imikino 10, Nahuel Molina wahanishijwe imikino irindwi, mu gihe Thiago Almada afite igihano cy’umukino umwe. Umukino wa Argentina na Bolivia wo ku wa 30 Nzeri uzakinwa kuri stade ifite abafana bangana na 50% by’ubushobozi bwayo kandi, kubera ibihano FIFA yahaye Argentina ku byabaye mu gikombe cy’Isi.
