EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 27: Noni Madueke #20 of England during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group L match between Panama and England at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 27, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Justin Setterfield / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Ubwongereza bwa Noni Madueke buzakina na DR Congo mu mumikino y’igikombe cy’isi cya FIFA cyo mu 2026,muri kimwe 32 bashaka ikipe igomba kujya muri 1/16 ni umukino utegerejwe kuri uyu wa gatatu.

Mu gikombe cy’isi cya mbere Noni Madueke yumva ko ashobora gufasha Ubwongereza gushaka igikombe gikomeye mu myaka 60, guhera ku mukino ugomba kubahuza na DR Congo ku wa gatatu.
Noni Madueke yabwiye itangazamakuru kuri uyu wa kabiri ati: “Ni inzozi zibaye impamo kwitabira igikombe cy’isi nishimiye amahirwe nabonye yo kukitabira kuko hari abandi bakinnyi bagenzi bange batabonye ayo mahirwe ngomba kwerekana icyo nshoboye”.
“Byari byiza cyane, intego ya mbere yagezweho, rero ndabyishimiye cyane kandi ntegereje imikino yo gutsindwa ubu. Ugomba kumva ko [ushobora gutera imbere], uri umukinnyi ukomeye, uri hano kubera impamvu.
“Urimo gukinira igihugu cyawe ku rubyiniro runini kandi ugomba kugira icyizere gikabije mu bushobozi bwawe. Umupira w’amaguru wo gutsindwa niho uri, bityo ndagerageza kuba ku rwego rwanjye rwiza kuri ibyo. Amaherezo, hamwe na bagenzi bawe muri icyo kibuga, ni wowe ugomba kubikora.”
Muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo, Ubwongereza buzahura n’ikipe ikomeye kandi ifite disipuline, ishobora kwitegura neza nk’uko ikipe ya Ghana yatsinze Three Lions ku busa mu matsinda.
Noni yumva ko igihugu cya Afurika kizatanga ikizamini cyiza ku ikipe ye, kandi ko bazakenera gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo bagere muri 16 za nyuma.
“Numva ko buri kipe ifite ingorane kuko ikipe ihanganye ishyiraho abakinnyi 11 muri metero 30 z’umwanya, ntabwo byoroshye kubyihanganira. Ndatekereza ko twabonye ibindi bihugu bikomeye birwana. Ni igice cy’umupira w’amaguru ubu.
“Birumvikana ko iyo ukina n’Ubwongereza, birumvikana ko uzaba ufite uburyo bwo kwirinda bitewe n’ubwiza bw’ikipe yacu. Niteze umukino utoroshye, nta gushidikanya.

“Niba ugeze kuri iki cyiciro cy’igikombe cy’isi, ntushobora gufata nk’aho ikipe ihanganye nayo ari yo yose. Bazaba bafite imbaraga zabo n’ubushobozi bwabo. Umukino uzaba utoroshye kandi tuzaba twiteguye kuva ku ntangiriro.”
Imwe mu nyungu Ubwongereza bufite, cyane cyane mu busatirizi, ni imbaraga zabwo zidasanzwe. Umutoza Thomas Tuchel yishimiye cyane kwitaba intebe ye mu matsinda yose, agaragaza impano afite.
Noni yari mu itsinda ry’abasimbura, aho yatangiriye imikino ibiri ndetse anagaragara nk’umukinnyi usimbura mu irushanwa rye rya mbere rikomeye.
“Numva ko ugomba kuba uri ku rwego rwo hejuru, kuko uzi ko ufite umukinnyi ukomeye utegereje kandi urimo kuruma agatsinsino kugira ngo agerageze kwinjira mu ikipe.
“Ubwo bwoko bw’irushanwa ryiza ni bwiza, ariko gukinira Arsenal n’Ubwongereza, ntukeneye undi muntu wo kugukomeza ku rwego rwo hejuru, urabizi ko ari ngombwa.”
Nkuko yabikoze mu gice cy’umwaka w’imikino w’ikipe, Noni amaze iminota mike ahatanira na mugenzi we Bukayo Saka, ikintu umukinnyi wacu wa 20 yishimira kuko abakinnyi bombi bashaka gufasha Ubwongereza gutwara igikombe cy’isi cya mbere kuva mu 1966.
“Ubusanzwe byagombye kuba bitangaje gato, ariko siko biri,” Noni yagize ati, “Numva ntacyo bihindura ku mubano wacu. Twifuza ibyiza kuri buri wese iyo akina, kuko bivuze ko niba akina neza, nanjye nkina neza, noneho Arsenal n’Ubwongereza bifite amahirwe menshi yo gutsinda.
“Numva ko gutsinda bikomeje. Ni byiza cyane gufata [igikombe cya Premier League] mu irushanwa rikomeye kandi rikomeye nk’igikombe cy’isi. Nta gushidikanya ko biguha icyizere.”

Abakinnyi ba Arsenal bavuzweho cyane mu kiganiro n’abanyamakuru cya Noni, ubwo Gabriel Martinelli yatsindaga igitego cyatsinzwe na Brezili mu gihe mugenzi we mu ikipe ye yari mu mirimo y’itangazamakuru mu Bwongereza.
“Nibyo rwose, ndamwishimiye,” Noni yavuze amwenyura, “Nizeye ko azakomeza kwitwara neza cyane, ariko ntabwo ari uko badukinisha!”
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