Nyuma y’imyaka isaga 20 yambaye umwambaro w’ikipe y’igihugu ya Argentina, Lionel Messi ari hafi gukina umukino we wa nyuma mu ikipe y’igihugu, aho kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki ya 6 Ukwakira 2026 Argentina ikina na Benin mu mukino wa gicuti uzakubera kuri Estadio Monumental i Buenos Aires. Uyu mukino utegerejwe nk’umwanya wo gusezera ku mukinnyi wagize uruhare rukomeye mu mateka y’umupira w’amaguru wa Argentina. Messi w’imyaka 39 yatangaje ko asezeye mu ikipe y’igihugu nyuma y’Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, aho Argentina yageze ku mukino wa nyuma ariko igatsindwa na Espagne. Nyuma yaho, uyu mukinnyi y

Nyuma y’imyaka isaga 20 yambaye umwambaro w’ikipe y’igihugu ya Argentina, Lionel Messi ari hafi gukina umukino we wa nyuma mu ikipe y’igihugu, aho kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki ya 6 Ukwakira 2026 Argentina ikina na Benin mu mukino wa gicuti uzakubera kuri Estadio Monumental i Buenos Aires. Uyu mukino utegerejwe nk’umwanya wo gusezera ku mukinnyi wagize uruhare rukomeye mu mateka y’umupira w’amaguru wa Argentina. Messi w’imyaka 39 yatangaje ko asezeye mu ikipe y’igihugu nyuma y’Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, aho Argentina yageze ku mukino wa nyuma ariko igatsindwa na Espagne. Nyuma yaho, uyu mukinnyi yahisemo gusoreza urugendo rwe mpuzamahanga imbere y’abafana b’Abanya-Argentine. Uyu mukino na Benin uraba umwihariko kuko Messi arambara umwambaro wa Argentina ku nshuro ya nyuma. Ni umukino uraba usobanura iherezo ry’imyaka 21 yamaze ahagarariye igihugu cye mu marushanwa mpuzamahanga. Mu rugendo rwe, Messi yabaye umukinnyi wafashije Argentina kwegukana ibikombe bikomeye, birimo Copa América ndetse n’Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2022. Yageze kandi ku mukino wa nyuma w’Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, nubwo Argentina itabashije kwegukana igikombe. Kugeza ubu, Messi afite imipira 207 yakiniye Argentina n’ibitego 125, imibare imushyira ku isonga mu bakinnyi bamaze gukinira iki gihugu. Umukino na Benin uzaba uwa 208 mu ikipe y’igihugu. Uyu mukino kandi uraba umwanya wo guha icyubahiro Messi nyuma y’urugendo rurerure rwamuhesheje ibikombe, ibihembo ku giti cye ndetse n’urukundo rw’abafana ba Argentina rwagiye rwiyongera uko imyaka yagiye ihita. Biratangaje ko umubano wa Messi n’abafana ba Argentina utatangiye woroshye. Mu ntangiriro z’urugendo rwe, hari abamunengaga bavuga ko atagaragazaga ku ikipe y’igihugu urwego yagaragazaga muri Barcelona. Ariko nyuma yo kuyobora Argentina ku ntsinzi za Copa América no ku gikombe cy’Isi cya 2022, yakomeje gufatwa nk’umwe mu bakinnyi bakomeye cyane igihugu cyigeze kugira. Nubwo Messi azaba asezeye mu ikipe y’igihugu, ibyo ntibivuze ko ahagaritse gukina umupira w’amaguru. Afite amasezerano mashya na Inter Miami azageza mu mpera za shampiyona ya MLS ya 2028. Uyu mukino wa Argentina na Benin ntabwo ari umukino wa gicuti gusa. Ku bafana ba Argentina, ni umwanya wo gusezera ku mukinnyi wabahaye ibihe byinshi by’amateka. Ku ruhande rwa Messi, ni umwanya wo gusoza urugendo rw’imyaka isaga 20 mu ikipe y’igihugu—urugendo rwatangiye afite inzozi, rugera ku bikombe bikomeye, none rugiye kurangirira imbere y’abafana be i Buenos Aires.

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