Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Argentina ta shelanta ranar 15 ga watan Yuli a matsayin Ranar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Ƙasa, don tunawa da nasara ta 2-1 da Argentina ta samu akan England a wasan demi-final na FIFA World Cup 2026.

England, wadda ke neman kaiwa ga wasan karshe na farko tun daga shekarar 1966, ta jagoranci wasan ta hanyar kambun Anthony Gordon a minti na 55 a Atlanta. Amma tare da ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel tana tsaron karancin rinjaye, Argentina ta ƙwace nasara da kambuna a minti na 85 da na 92 don karya zuciyar Ingilishi kuma ta kammala da nasara ta 2-1.

Amsa bayan shekaru 40

Wannan sakamako ya zo daidai shekaru 40 bayan shahararren nasarar Argentina mai cike da cece-ku-ce akan England a wasan kusa da na karshe na World Cup ta shekarar 1986 — wasa da ke ɗauke da nauyi mai yawa na tarihi da siyasa tsakanin ƙasashen biyu.

Abubuwan siyasa sun ƙara tsananta bayan ƙarshen wasan, sa'ad da wasu 'yan wasan Argentina an ga suna murnar nasara suna ɗauke da alwatika mai rubutu "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" — wato "Tsibiran Falkland na Argentina ne."

Rikicin tsibiran Falkland

Tsibiran Falkland, yankin ƙetare na Biritaniya da ke kudu-yamma na Tekun Atlantika kimanin mil 300 daga gabar gabas ta Argentina, har yanzu batun takaddama kan ikon mallaka ne da ba a warware ba tsakanin Argentina da Birtaniya.

A shekarar 1982, Argentina — wacce a lokacin junta ta soja karkashin Janar Leopoldo Galtieri ke mulkinta — ta mamaye tsibiran. Rikicin ya daɗe kwana 74, daga Afrilu zuwa Yuni na wannan shekara, kuma ya yi sanadin mutuwar sojoji 655 na Argentina da sojoji 255 na Biritaniya, tare da fararen hula 3 daga tsibiran kansu.

A zaben raba gardama na shekarar 2013, kashi 99.8 cikin dari na mazaunan tsibiran Falkland sun kada kuri'a don ci gaba da zama yankin Biritaniya.

Yadda gasar ta kare

Tafiyar Argentina a Kofin Duniya a ƙarshe ta ƙare da takaici. Duk da cin Argentina nasara akan England a wasan demi-final, sai Spain ta doke su da 1-0 a wasan karshe. England, a nata ɓangaren, ta farfado don doke France da 6-4 ta ɗauki matsayi na uku.