Côte d'Ivoire sun fara yakin neman taken FIFA World Cup 2026 da nasara mai wahala ta 1-0 a kan Ecuador a Philadelphia ranar Lahadi, bayan da ɗan wasan ajiyar Amad Diallo ya hatimanta al'amarin da busa mai ban mamaki kusan ƙarshen ƙarin lokaci.

Wasan Ƙungiyar E ya yi kama zai ƙare ba tare da wata ƙwallo ba har sai Amad ya shigo filin wasa don kawo kuzari na hari, ya harba daidai da ƙafafunsa na hagu zuwa kusurwar ƙasa a minti na 90, wanda ya sa masu goyon bayan Côte d'Ivoire suka fashe da murna.

Wannan nasara ta kawo Côte d'Ivoire daidai da Germany a saman Ƙungiyar E — sakamako wanda ke shirya tattaki mai muhimmanci tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu a zagaye mai zuwa.

Ecuador sun jagoranci yawancin wasan

A tsawon lokuta mai yawa na wasan, Ecuador sun kasance mafi haɗari. Mutanen Kudancin Amirka sun matsa daga farkon busa, inda Moisés Caicedo, Enner Valencia, John Yeboah, da Alan Minda suka ƙara matsawa kan tsaron Côte d'Ivoire akai akai.

Yeboah ya kusan buɗe ƙidaya sa'ad da harbarsa mai ƙarfi daga nesa ta buge sandar tsaga, inda mai tsaron ƙwallo Yahia Fofana ya kasa hana ta. Mintuna kaɗan bayan haka, Pedro Vite ya wucewa wata ciyar ta wayo zuwa Minda, wanda harbarsa mai karko ta buge gindin sandar taga a karo na biyu — alama ce ta takaici da ke ɗalalu a wajen Ecuador.

Duk da haka, Fofana ya kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali kuma tabbatacce, yana jagorantar layin tsaro mai ladabi wanda ya ƙi narke duk da matsin Ecuador mai ci gaba.

Yaro ya rubuta tarihi

Daya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasan Côte d'Ivoire shi ne Yan Diomande mai shekara 19, wanda ya rubuta tarihi a matsayin ɗan wasan Côte d'Ivoire na farko wanda ya taka leda a wasan FIFA World Cup. Saurayin ya dama tsaron Ecuador akai akai da gudu da tura kai tsaye a gefensa, yana ba wa ƙungiyarsa hanyar hari mai ɗorewa.

Bazoumana Touré ya kuma gwada Hernán Galíndez da harba ƙasa kafin rabin farko ya ƙare, amma ba kowace ƙungiya ta sami nasarar fashe martabar kafin busar hutu.

Gindin sanda ta tunkude ɓangarorin biyu sake

Rabin na biyu ya ci gaba da irin wannan ƙarfin yaƙi. Valencia ya buge gindin sandar taga daga kusurwa mai kunkuntar, yayin da Elye Wahi ya harba da kyau daga farawar farko ya buge sandar tsaga a ɗaya gefen — tabbaci ne cewa itacen ƙofar ta yi muhimmin rawa a duk tsawon dare.

Da wasan ya shiga daƙiƙan ƙarshe, Côte d'Ivoire sun ɗauki iko da ƙwallon kuma suka turawa Ecuador a hankali cikin rabin ƙasuwarsu, suna ji cewa burin nasara yana kusa.

Amad ya bayar da lokacin yanke shawara

Matsalar ta ƙare a minti na 90. Wilfried Singo ya tashi zuwa gaba a gefensa na dama ya tura wata ƙwallo mai haɗari zuwa ciki yankin azaba. Amad, wanda ya tantance gudu nasa daidai sosai, ya tarbe ta da harba tsabtatacciya ta ƙafarsa ta hagu wanda ya shiga kusurwa ta ƙasa fiye da iyakar Galíndez.

Ecuador sun turawa gaba da duk ƙarfinsu suna neman daidaitawa amma ba su sami dama a sarari kafin kukan ƙarshe ba. Za su dawo suna tunani game da wasan da suka ƙirƙiro daman da yawa — amma hakan shi ne tsananin iyaka a zagaye na ƙungiyoyi.

Amma a gare Côte d'Ivoire, nasarar shaida ce ta juriya da haƙuri. Giwayen yanzu suna mai da hankalinsu kan ttattaki da Germany a Ƙungiyar E — cike da kwarin gwiwa da shaida cewa a babbar mataki, suna da 'yan wasa masu iya yin abubuwa na musamman.