I-France ingena eNdebeni Yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-2026 njengomunye wabazintandokazi abaqinile ukuthola isicoco, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi nochwepheshe. Lo mqhudelwano, onamafomu awandisiwe ukuya kumaqembu angu-48 futhi usingathwe emazweni amathathu — i-United States, i-Canada, ne-Mexico — uthembisa ukuba ngomunye wemincintiswano enzima kakhulu emlandweni. I-France, ngesikhathi sayo, ivela njalo phakathi kwabazintandokazi abakhulu, iqhutshwa yithalente lika-Kylian Mbappé, nokujula kweqembu layo, kanye nesizukulwane sabadlali abadlala emakilabhini amakhulu emhlabeni. Leli qembu lingena emqhudelwaneni ngenhloso ecacile yokuzuza enye inkanyezi emvilophini yalo.
Izisekelo zokuthandwa kweFrance
Zimbalwa izizwe eziye zaba nokungaguquguquki okungaka emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu emashumini eminyaka edlule njengeFrance. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990, amaFrance aguqukele aba ngamandla ebholeni likazwelonke. Iqembu lanqoba iNdebe Yomhlaba ngo-1998, labuye laba ngumpetha ngo-2018, futhi ladlala kowamanqamu ka-2022 komunye weminqumo ejabulisa kakhulu emlandweni womqhudelwano. Lo mlando wakamuva ukhombisa ukuthi i-France ayigcini nje ngokuhlanganyela eNdebeni Yomhlaba, kodwa ivamise ukufinyelela ezigabeni ezinqumayo. Lokhu kuhlangenwe nakho emidlalweni enengcindezi ephezulu kubhekwa njengenye yezinzuzo ezinkulu zeqembu uma kuqhathaniswa nezimbangi eziningi.
Ngenkathi ezinye izizwe zifika eNdebeni Yomhlaba zithwele ukungabaza, i-France inamasiko okunqoba aqinile, akhiwe emashumini eminyaka okutshala izimali ekuqeqesheni abadlali, engqalasizinda, nasekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe. Abadlali abaningi baseFrance sebeke badlala imiqhudelwano emikhulu, behlangabezana nezingcindezi ezinzima. Lokhu kuhlangenwe nakho kuqinisa amandla eqembu emidlalweni ebucayi. Ukungaguquguquki kweFrance kuyisizathu esiyinhloko esenza ukuthi ihlale iphezulu ezinhlwini zabazintandokazi.
U-Kylian Mbappé: Inkanyezi enkulu yeNdebe Yomhlaba?
Ingxenye enkulu yokunaka igxile ku-Kylian Mbappé. Lo mhlaseli waseFrance usevele uthathwa njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu besizukulwane sakhe futhi ufika eNdebeni Yomhlaba ka-2026 esesinye sezikhathi ezinhle zomsebenzi wakhe. Kusukela ekugqamiseni kwakhe emhlabeni wamazwe ngamazwe, uMbappé uqongelele izinombolo ezihehayo, izicoco zikazwelonke, impumelelo yamazwe ngamazwe, nokusebenza okukhumbulekayo eNdebeni Yomhlaba. Ijubane lakhe, ikhono lakhe lokuthatha izinqumo, ubuhlakani bakhe beqhinga, namandla akhe okushaya wenza abe usongo oluqhubekayo kunoma yikuphi ukuvikela.
Ochwepheshe abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2026 ingase imele umqhudelwano ozoqinisekisa ifa lakhe phakathi kwabadlali abakhulu kakhulu emlandweni webhola. Uma ehola iFrance esicotsheni, igama lakhe lizovela eceleni kwezinganekwane ezinjengoPelé, uDiego Maradona, uZinedine Zidane, noLionel Messi. Ngaphandle kwekhwalithi yakhe yobuchwepheshe, uMbappé udlala indima ebalulekile njengomholi wesizukulwane esisha samaFrance, ekhuthaza ozakwethu futhi ephakamisa izinga lokuncintisana leqembu.
Iqembu eligcwele kakhulu emhlabeni
Enye into echaza ukuthandwa kweFrance ukujula kweqembu layo. Ngenkathi izizwe eziningi zincike kakhulu kubadlali abambalwa, i-France inezinketho ezisezingeni eliphezulu cishe kuzo zonke izikhundla. Emkhakheni wokuhlasela, iBleus inabadlali abasheshayo, abanobuciko, nabahlukanisayo. Emkhakheni waphakathi, iqembu lihlanganisa amandla omzimba, ikhwalithi yobuchwepheshe, kanye nekhono lokulawula isigqi semidlalo. Emuva, iFrance inabadlali abanolwazi futhi abajwayele izigcawu ezinkulu zebhola lomhlaba.
Lokhu kujula kunikeza inzuzo enkulu emiqhudelwaneni emide efana neNdebe Yomhlaba, lapho ukulimala, ukumiswa, nokukhathala komzimba ngokuvamile kudlala indima ebalulekile. Ukuba khona kwabadlali abadlala emaligini ezinkulu zaseYurophu kuqinisekisa ukuthi iqembu ligcina izinga eliphezulu lokuncintisana kuwo wonke umqhudelwano. Ngisho noma umdlali oyinhloko elimele, iFrance ingakwazi ukufaka othile onekhono elifanayo. Lokhu kwenza iqembu libe namandla okumelana nobunzima obungelindelekile.
Amandla ebhola laseFrance nokuzinza kobuchwepheshe
Impumelelo yeqembu likazwelonke ixhumene ngqo nekhwalithi yohlelo lokuqeqesha abadlali eFrance. Izwe lithuthukise eminyakeni edlule esinye sezakhiwo eziyisisekelo eziphumelela kakhulu emhlabeni. Izikhungo zokuqeqesha zesimanje, izinhlelo zokuhlonza amathalente, notshalomali oluqhubekayo ezigabeni eziyisisekelo kusize ukuguqula iFrance ibe yimboni yangempela yabadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu. Amakilabhu aseFrance nezikhungo zokuthuthukisa ayaqhubeka nokwembula amathalente asheshe avuse isithakazelo samaqembu amakhulu aseYurophu. Lokhu kugeleza okuqhubekayo kwabadlali abasha kuqinisekisa ukuvuselelwa unomphela kweqembu lesizwe.
Umphumela uzukulwane ngemva kwesizukulwane sabadlali abakwazi ukuncintisana ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu lamazwe ngamazwe. Ukuzinza kuphinde kusize ekwenzeni iqembu libe namandla amakhulu emidlalweni emikhulu. I-France ayithembeli emathalente ambalwa, kodwa kunomugqa wokukhiqiza abadlali abasha abangenele esikhundleni sabadala. Lolu hlelo lwenza iqembu lihlale lincintisana ngokungaguquki.
U-Didier Deschamps nokuqhubeka kobuholi
Enye yezinsika zempumelelo yakamuva yeFrance ukuzinza okuhlinzekwa ubuholi bayo bobuchwepheshe. Ukuqhubeka kwephrojekthi yezemidlalo kuvumela abadlali ukuthi bathuthukise ukuzwana nokuqonda kwamaqhinga eminyakeni. Esimeni lapho izizwe eziningi zishintsha njalo umqeqeshi, iFrance izuza ekugcinweni kwefilosofi ecacile yomdlalo kanye nesakhiwo esiqinile senhlangano. Lokhu kuzinza kunomthelela ekutheni iqembu lingene emincintiswaneni ebalulekile linomkhondo ocacile, kunciphise izingozi futhi kwandise ukusebenza kahle okuhlangene. Ukungaguquki kweqembu kuvumela ukuthi iqembu lisebenze njengomshini osebenza kahle, ikakhulukazi emiqhudelwaneni enengcindezi.
Iqembu liye lazakhela isiko lokungaguquki elenza abadlali bazethembe. Ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Deschamps, iFrance iye yaba nokuxhumana okuhle phakathi kwezigaba. Lokhu kusebenza okuhle kweqembu kusekelwa wuhlelo olucacile lokudlala. U-Deschamps usebenzise amandla eqembu ukudala iqhinga elisebenza kahle. Ngisho noma kunezinguquko, iqembu alikhethi ukuphazamiseka.
Ukuqhathanisa nezinye izintandokazi
INdebe Yomhlaba ka-2026 ihlanganisa ezinye zezizwe ezinethalente elikhulu emhlabeni. IBrazil, i-Argentina, iSpain, i-England, iJalimane, nePortugal nazo zivela njalo phakathi kwabazintandokazi. Nokho, iFrance inenhlanganisela engavamile yobusha, ulwazi, ithalente lomuntu ngamunye, nokujula kweqembu. Ngenkathi ezinye izizwe zinokuhlasela okunamandla, ezinye zinezinhlelo zokuvikela eziqinile. IFrance ikwazi ukulinganisela cishe zonke izigaba zenkundla. Ukwengeza, amaqembu ambalwa afika emqhudelwaneni enezinketho eziningi zokushintsha abadlali ezingakwazi ukuguqula umfutho womdlalo.
Lokhu kulinganisela okujwayelekile kuchaza ukuthi kungani izindlu zokubheja eziningi namamodeli ezibalo zokuhlaziya zibeka amaFrance phakathi kwabazintandokazi abakhulu ukuwina isicoco. I-France ikwazi ukuhlasela futhi ivikele ngokulinganayo. Amandla eqembu ekusebenzeni ngaphansi kwengcindezi abalulekile. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezimbangi, iFrance inamandla okuguqula umdlalo noma ngasiphi isikhathi.
Iqoqo leFrance kanye nesici sengqondo
Isigaba samaqoqo simelela inselelo yokuqala emgaqweni oya esicotsheni. Nakuba iFrance ibhekwa njengentandokazi yokuqhubekela phambili, ibhola lanamuhla likhombise kaningi ukuthi akukho mdlalo ongathathwa kalula. Izizwe zase-Afrika nezaseYurophu ziye zathuthuka ngokushesha eminyakeni edlule, okwenza umqhudelwano ube nokuncintisana okuqinile. AmaFrance azodinga ukugcina ukugxila okuphelele kusukela emdlalweni wokuqala ukuze agweme izimanga. Ngokomlando, amaqembu aqala kahle imikhankaso yawo ngokuvamile athola ukuzethemba nesigqi emqhudelwaneni. Inhlanhla eyodwa engalungile ingabiza iqembu amaphuzu abalulekile.
Ulwazi emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu luwuhlukaniseka oluvame ukungabukelwa phansi. Abadlali abaningi baseFrance sebeke badlala imiqhudelwano yamanqamu yeNdebe Yomhlaba, i-Europe Championship, ne-UEFA Champions League. Lokhu kuhlangenwe nakho emidlalweni enqumayo kunciphisa ingcindezi engokomzwelo futhi kwandisa ikhono leqembu lokubhekana nezikhathi ezinzima. Emiqhudelwaneni yokuqeda, lapho imininingwane yenza umehluko, ukuvuthwa kwengqondo kungabaluleka njengekhwalithi yobuchwepheshe. IFrance ifika eNdebeni Yomhlaba ineqembu elijwayele ukudlala phansi kwethemba elikhulu nokunakwa kwabezindaba emhlabeni wonke.
Izibalo nokufuna isicoco sesithathu
Izinhlobonhlobo zezinkomba zisiza ekuchazeni ithemba elizungeze iqembu laseFrance. Leli qembu linesinye sezithunzi ezinkulu zabadlali abadlala emakilabhini ezingqungqulu, linomsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokuhlasela, futhi ligcina ukungaguquguquki kwezokuvikela emiqhudelwaneni yamazwe ngamazwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iFrance ivame ukubhalisa amazinga aphezulu okuba nempilo yebhola, ukudala amathuba, kanye nokusebenza kahle ekushayeni, izici ezihlala zihlotshaniswa nempumelelo emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu. Amamodeli okubikezela ezemidlalo nawo agcizelela ikhwalithi jikelele yeqembu laseFrance uma liqhathaniswa nezimbangi eziyinhloko. Idatha eqoqiwe ikhombisa ukuthi iFrance inamandla okulawula imidlalo futhi ibalekele izimanga.
Iphupho lesicoco sesithathu nokufa kweBleus — Ukunqoba iNdebe Yomhlaba sekunzima kakhulu. Ukuyinqoba izikhathi ezintathu kubeka iqembu eqenjini elincane kakhulu emlandweni webhola. IFrance iyazi ukuthi ithuba lokwandisa ifa layo lingaphambi kwayo. Isicoco sesithathu sizoqinisa ngisho nangaphezulu isikhundla sayo phakathi kwamandla amakhulu ezemidlalo futhi siqinise isikhathi sempumelelo esihlala yibhola laseFrance emashumini eminyaka edlule. Kubadlali abafana noMbappé, lo mqhudelwano umele futhi ithuba lokwakha umzila womlando futhi ugqugquzele izizukulwane ezizayo zabadlali. I-France ifika eNdebeni Yomhlaba ka-2026 ithwele amathemba aphezulu nezizathu eziphathekayo zokukholelwa esicotsheni.