Impuzamashyirahamwe y’Umupira w’Amaguru muri Afurika (CAF) yasubije ubutumwa bwa Jamie Carragher wahoze akinira Liverpool, nyuma y’aho atangaje ko Igikombe cya Afurika (AFCON) atari irushanwa rikomeye.
Carragher yagarutse kuri AFCON ubwo yari muri studio za Sky Sports, nyuma y’umukino Liverpool yatsinzemo Manchester City ibitego 2-0.
Mu kiganiro, yavuze ko kuba Mohamed Salah akomoka muri Misiri bishobora gutuma adatsindira Ballon d’Or, kuko atakina “irushanwa rikomeye” nk’Igikombe cy’Isi cyangwa Champions League.
Carragher ati: “Mbona ikibazo gikomeye ari uko akina muri Misiri, kandi ashobora kuba atakina irushanwa rikomeye cyangwa atanafite amahirwe menshi yo kuritwara.”
Aya magambo ye yahise atuma Micah Richards, wahoze akinira Manchester City amusubiza amwibutsa ko AFCON ari irushanwa rikomeye kandi rifite agaciro ku rwego rw’isi.
Richards yagize ati: “Gusa reka mvuge ko AFCON ari irushanwa rikomeye, kuko hari benshi bari mu rugo bibaza impamvu ridafatwa nk’irikomeye. Ni irushanwa rikomeye, rero bimenye.”
Carragher yagerageje kwisobanura avuga ko yashakaga kuvuga ko Misiri itari mu makipe afatwa nk’ayahatanira Igikombe cy’Isi, bityo bikagabanya amahirwe ya Salah yo gutwara Ballon d’Or.
Nyamara, Daniel Sturridge wahoze akinira Liverpool, yamusubije agira ati: “Niba utwaye Euro cyangwa Copa América bikavugwa ko ari ibintu bikomeye, none se kuki AFCON itari ku rwego rumwe?”
CAF nayo yahise yinjira muri iki kiganiro, ishyira ubutumwa kuri X (Twitter) buherekejwe n’amafoto agaragaza akamaro k’iri rushanwa.
Ubutumwa bwa CAF bwagize buti: “Irushanwa Rikomeye. Ubutumwa ni ubwo.”
Iri rushanwa rya AFCON rifatwa nk’irya mbere rikomeye ku mugabane wa Afurika, rihuza ibihugu 24 kandi rigakurikirwa n’abafana barenga miliyoni nyinshi ku isi hose.
