Ikipe y’Igihugu ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (DR Congo) yanditse amateka mashya mu mupira w’amaguru muri Afurika nyuma yo gutsinda Nigeria kuri penaliti 4-3, mu mukino wa nyuma wo gushaka itike yo gukina imikino ya Playoff y’Isi wabereye i Rabat mu murwa mukuru wa Maroc. Ni intsinzi yatumye Abanye-Congo bakomeza urugendo rwo guhatanira kwitabira Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, hashize imyaka 52 bagaragaraye mu mikino ya nyuma baherukaga kwitabira ari Zaire.

Umukino watangiye Nigeria iri hejuru cyane. Ku munota wa 3 gusa, Frank Onyeka yatsindiye Super Eagles igitego cya mbere nyuma yo kubonera amahirwe ku makosa y’ubwirinzi bwa DR Congo. Icyo gitego cyahise gitera igihunga mu bakinnyi ba Congo DR ndetse n’abafana babo bari ku kibuga Prince Héritier Moulay Hassan.

Ariko nubwo Nigeria yari hejuru, DR Congo ntiyacitse intege. Bakomeje gushaka uburyo bwo kugaruka mu mukino kugeza ubwo ku munota wa 32, Meschack Elia yatsinze igitego cyiza cyatumye ibintu bisubira gutangira 1-1. Iki gitego cyahinduye imbaraga z’umukino, gituma Les Léopards bongera kwizera ko byose bishoboka.

Umukino waje kurangira iminota 90 buri ruhande rutabonye ikindi gitego. Byakomeje no mu minota 30 y’inyongera, ariko amahirwe akomeje kubona abakinnyi ba DR Congo ntiyabyazwa umusaruro.

Ni bwo umutoza wabo yakoresheje amayeri yagaragaye ari intwaro ikomeye yinjiza umunyezamu Timothy Fayulu iminota mike mbere y’uko penaliti zitangira. Uyu musore ahita yerekana impamvu yazanywe, akuramo penaliti ebyiri zinini cyane, aha igihugu cye icyizere cy’intsinzi.

Nyuma yo gutsinda penaliti 4-3, ikipe ya Congo DR yahise ishyira igihugu cyayo mu byishimo bidasanzwe—batsinze  Nigeria, igihugu gifite amateka akomeye mu mupira w’amaguru muri Afurika.

Ku mukino wabanje, Mbemba ni we wari watsinze igitego cy’intsinzi ku munota wa nyuma batsinda Cameroun. No kuri iyi nshuro, uyu kapiteni ufite ubunararibonye bukomeye ku mukino we wa 101, yongeye kuba intwari.

Ni we washyize penaliti ya nyuma mu rushundura, ayitera hejuru hagati mu izamu, yuzuza ibyishimo Abanye-Congo bose.

Iyi ntsinzi itumye DR Congo iba igihugu cya gatatu kinjiye mu cyiciro cya Playoff cy’Isi, aho izahura n’amakipe atandatu azarwanira imyanya ibiri isigaranye. Ishyirwa hamwe n’amakipe nka:

• Bolivia
• New Caledonia
• Ikipe 1 yo muri CONMEBOL
• Ikipe 1 yo muri CONCACAF (babiri)
• Ikipe 1 yo muri AFC

Bivuze ko Les Léopards bafite amahirwe yo kuba igihugu cya 10 cya Afurika kizitabira Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, nyuma ya:

1. Algeria
2. Cape Verde
3. Misiri
4. Ghana
5. Côte d’Ivoire
6. Maroc
7. Senegal
8. Afurika y’Epfo
9. Tuniziya

Icyo giteranyo cy’amakipe 10 cyaba ari amateka akomeye kuri Afurika.

Nyuma y’umukino, abakinnyi ba DR Congo n’abafana babo bavuye mu byicaro, bicara imbere y’aho abafana babo bari bicaye, bafata amafoto, babyina, bahagaze ku kiranga cy’igihugu cyabo bafite umunezero utavugwa.

Byari ibyishimo byumvikana hose umunezero w’intsinzi yo gutsinda Nigeria, igihugu gikomeye cyane, noneho umutima wabo ugera kure mu nzozi z’Igikombe cy’Isi.

Nigeria, imwe mu makipe akomeye muri Afurika, yongeye gusezererwa mu nzira igana Igikombe cy’Isi. Ni ubwa kabiri bakurikiranye batitabira irushanwa nk’iri, nyuma yo kubura Qatar 2022. Ibi birababaje cyane ku gihugu cyamenyerewe kujya mu gikombe cy’Isi guhera mu myaka ya 1994.

Ibyabateye iyi mpanuka birimo:

• Gutangira nabi imikino yo gushaka itike
• Gutsindwa cyangwa kunganya imikino myinshi itari ngombwa
• Kubura icyizere mu bihe by’ingenzi

N’ubwo batsinzwe penaliti, biragaragara ko urugendo rwabo rwo gushaka itike rwatangiye kugenda nabi kera.

DR Congo yahise yerekana ko mu mupira w’uyu munsi, nta gihamya cy’uko abakomeye aribo bahora batsinda. Ni isomo ku bihugu byose ko umutima, imbaraga n’icyizere bishobora guha ikipe amahirwe yo kugera kure.

Uko byagenda kose mu kwa Gatatu 2026, DR Congo ihagaze ku rugero rwo kuba ishobora gukorera igihugu amateka mashya kugaruka mu Gikombe cy’Isi nyuma y’imyaka 52.