Sa'ad da England da Argentina suka hadu a Atlanta ranar Laraba, za ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan tarurrukan tarihi a gasar Cin Kofin Duniya — kishiyar da ta ratsa fiye da shekaru 60, wanda aka siffanta ta da nasarorin ban al'ajabi, tashin hankali na siyasa, da wasu daga cikin mafi yawan lokutan cece-kuce a tarihin kwallon kafa.
Lionel Messi, wanda ke fuskantar England a karon farko a harkarsa, yana jagorantar zakaran duniya a wasan semi-final da Three Lions na Thomas Tuchel, wadanda suke nema zakara na farko tun 1966.
1962: farkon fara
Farkon kishiyar yana da nutsuwa. England ta doke Argentina 3-1 a marhalar rukuni a Rancagua, Chile, da kwallayen Ron Flowers, Bobby Charlton, da Jimmy Greaves. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun daidaita a maki amma England ta ci gaba ta hanyar fifikon kwallaye. Daga baya an fitar da Three Lions ta Brazil a wasan kwata-fanal.
1966: 'dabbobi' da haihuwar jajayen kati
Wasan kwata-fanal a Wembley shi ne inda ƙiyayya ta hure da gaske. An kori kyaftin na Argentina Antonio Rattin bayan minti 33 bayan laifinsa a kan Bobby Charlton da takaddama da yake da hujja game da alkalin wasa na Jamus Rudolf Kreitlein. Rattin ya ki barin filin wasa kusan minti takwas a ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da suka fi cike da tashin hankali a tarihin kwallon kafa.
Manajan England Alf Ramsey ya fusata sosai har ya hana 'yan wasansa musayar riguna kuma ya bayyana ƙungiyar Argentina a fili a matsayin 'dabbobi'. Wasan an yaba masa da yawa a matsayin sanadi na gabatar da jajayen kati da rawaya a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1970. Rattin, wanda ya wakilci Argentina daga 1959 zuwa 1969, ya rasu ranar Asabar yana da shekaru 89.
Mai tsaron baya George Cohen wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya na 1966 ya tuna daga baya a cikin The Guardian: «Yin magudi da jiki ya yi daidai. Amma akwai wasu abubuwa na ɓoye — tofa miyau da cutar ɓoye. Suna ƙoƙarin tsoratar da mu.»
1986: hannun Allah
Shekaru huɗu kawai bayan Yaƙin Falklands, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun sake haduwa a wasan kwata-fanal a Mexico City. Tashin hankali na siyasa yana nauyi a bangarorin biyu. Lourdes Heredia na BBC World Service, wanda yake present a Azteca Stadium, ya ce: «Mahaina ba ta da tabbacin barin 'yarinyoyinsa' su tafi. Uwata ba ta jinkiri. Damar rayuwa.»
Wannan shi ne wasan Diego Maradona. Da farko, ya yaudari mai tsaron gida Peter Shilton ta hanyar bugun ƙwallon da hannunsa ba a gano shi da alkalin wasa ba — Hannun Allah mashahuri. Sa'an nan ya ci ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwallayen Kofin Duniya da an taba gani, yana wucewa tsakiyar masu tsaron baya na England kafin ya doke Shilton. Gary Lineker ya rage giɓi amma an cire England da sakamakon 2-1.
Maradona bai yi uzuri ba sai a shekara ta 2005 — uzurin da Shilton ya ki yarda. Argentina ta ci gaba ta doke West Germany a wasan karshe ta dauke kofin.
1998: jajayen katin Beckham
Wasan kusa da na karshe a St Etienne zai kasance a tunani har abada saboda fitar David Beckham bayan ya yi karo da Diego Simeone. Kafin haka, wasan yana da kyau sosai: Gabriel Batistuta da Alan Shearer sun musayar bugun fanariti kafin kwallo mai ban mamaki ta Michael Owen ta ba England gudun gaba.
Three Lions sun yi yaƙi da ƙarfi tare da 'yan wasa goma. Sol Campbell ya yi zaton ya ci kwallo a minti na 81 amma an soke ta. A bugun fanariti, kurakurai David Batty da Paul Ince sun ba Argentina cancanta, kafin su kansu a fitar da Netherlands a zagaye mai zuwa.
Simeone ya yarda shekara guda bayan haka: «Bari mu ce alkalin wasa ya fada tarko. A gaskiya, hukuncin da ya dace shi ne rawaya katin.»
2002: fansa ta Beckham
Beckham a matsayin kyaftin na England a Japan ya jagoranci nasara da 1-0 a marhalar rukuni, yana buga fanariti kawai bayan laifin Mauricio Pochettino a kan Michael Owen. Argentina, wadanda suka kare da daidaito 1-1 da Sweden, an fitar da su a marhalar rukuni a karo na farko tun 1962. England, bayan doke Denmark a zagaye na goma sha shida, Brazil ta tsayar da su a wasan kwata-fanal ta hanyar bugun 'yanci na ban mamaki na Ronaldinho.
