Lokacin da kuri'a ta sanya Argentina da Cape Verde a zagaye guda na matakin fita-fita na Gasar Duniya, masoya ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya duka sun yi mamaki sosai. Ranar Juma'a a Miami Stadium (23:00 BST), Lionel Messi da Argentina, waɗanda suka lashe gasar duniya sau uku, za su fuskanci Cape Verde — ƙungiyar da ba ta taɓa buga wasa a Gasar Duniya ba makonni uku da suka wuce.

Da duk wata ma'auni, wannan shi ne mafi girman bambancin da wannan gasar ta taɓa samarwa — kuma ta hanyar al'ajabi, yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun labaran da Gasar Duniya ta bayar a cikin shekaru masu yawa.

Tafiyar al'ajabi ta Cape Verde zuwa zagaye na 32

Blue Sharks sun isa wannan Gasar Duniya ba a san su ba kwata-kwata. Ba wanda ya ba su dama a kan zakarun Turai Spain. Sakamakon? Daidai 0-0 da ya girgiza duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa — har da rashin nasara, an yabon shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman girgiza tarihin gasar.

Cape Verde sai suka yi daidai da Uruguay, wadanda suka ci kofin sau biyu, da Saudi Arabia, suka kammala a matsayi na biyu a rukuni nasu don tabbatar da wuri a zagaye na 32. Ga ƙasa da ke shiga Gasar Duniya na farko, nasarar ta kai ga matsayin da ya wuce gaskatawa.

Mai tsaron raga ɗin su mai shekaru 40, Vozinha — wanda a hukumance ba shi da kulob bayan kwantiragin sa da Chaves na ɓangaren na biyu na Portugal ya ƙare a tsakiyar gasar — ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka ba mamaki a gasar. Labarin sa kaɗai zai isa ya ba kowane Gasar Duniya haskinta.

Duniyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa biyu suna fuskantar juna

Argentina tana da tarihi mai zurfi a ƙwallon ƙafa tun kafin Cape Verde ma ta sami 'yancin kanta. Tsibiran Cape Verde har yanzu yankin mulkin mallaka na Portugal ne lokacin da La Albiceleste suka zo na biyu a farkon Gasar Duniya a shekarar 1930. 'Yanci ya zo a shekarar 1975; Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Cape Verde an kafa ta a shekarar 1982 kawai, kuma FIFA ta karbe ta a shekarar 1986 — daidai wannan shekarar da Argentina ta ɗauki kofin karo na biyu.

Argentina sun ci Gasar Duniya sau uku: a shekarar 1978 a kan Netherlands (3-1), a shekarar 1986 a kan West Germany (3-2), da kuma a Qatar shekaru huɗu da suka wuce a kan France a fenareti bayan daidai 3-3. Sun kuma ci Copa America sau 16, tarihi, kuma ba su fita daga manyan uku na FIFA ba tun Maris 2022.

Cape Verde, a ɓayan akasin haka, sun fara wasan cancantar Gasar Duniya a shekarar 2002 kawai kuma sun kusan kaiwa Qatar 2022 — daidai 1-1 a kan Nigeria a Lagos ya hana su inda kawai nasara ta isa ta kai su. Ga wannan gasar, duk da kasancewa a rukuni guda da Cameroon, waɗanda suka cancanta sau takwas, sun kammala na farko da sha kaye ɗaya kawai a cikin wasanni 10.

Bambancin darajar ƙungiyoyin yana magana da kansa

Darajar ƙungiyar Argentina euro miliyan 807.5 ne (£693.7m) — matsayi na bakwai a wannan gasar duniya. Duk ƙungiyar Cape Verde ana ƙiyasta ta a euro miliyan 54.5 kawai (£46.8m), ƙasa da darajar ɗan wasa guda na ajiya a kowace babbar kulob ta Turai.

Da duban tawagar goma sha ɗaya kawai, ƙimar haɗin gwiwa ta Argentina ta kai £360.3m, tare da Enzo Fernandez na Chelsea a matsayin mafi ƙima akan £77.4m. Tawagar ta farko ta Cape Verde ta kai £19.77m kawai — ma'anar haka shi ne tawagar Argentina ta fi ƙimar abokan hamayyar su sau 18 fiye da. Ƴan wasan Argentina guda biyar kowanne yana da darajar da ta fi duk ƙungiyar Cape Verde.

Membobi goma sha shida na ƙungiyar Argentina sun riga sun zama zakarun Gasar Duniya. Manyan nasarorin ƴan wasan Cape Verde sun haɗa da gasar cin kofuna a Cyprus, Hungary, Ƙasar Larabawa ta Hadaddiyar Daula, da MLS. Mafi girman lambar girma ita ce nasarar Jovane Cabral a gasar Portuguese tare da Sporting CP a 2020-21, da nasarar Kevin Pina a Russian Premier League tare da Krasnodar a 2024-25.

Ƙaramin tsibiri, babbar nasara

Cape Verde ƙasa ce mai tsibiran goma a tsakiyar Tekun Atlantika, a nisan kilomita 450 daga gabar Yammacin Afirka, kusa da Senegal. Da yawan jama'a kusan 530,000, ita ce ƙasa ta uku mafi ƙanƙanta da ta taɓa cancanta ga Gasar Duniya, bayan Curacao da Iceland kawai — kuma mafi ƙanƙanta da ta taɓa kai zagaye na fita-fita, ta karya tarihin da Northern Ireland ke riƙe da shi tun 1958.

Argentina, a ɓayan akasin haka, tana da mutane miliyan 46 kuma ta mamaye murabba'in kilomita miliyan 2.8 — ƙasa ta takwas mafi girma a duniya. GDP ɗinta ta kai dala biliyan 683, idan aka kwatanta da biliyan 3 na Cape Verde.

Amma duk waɗannan babu abin da ya fi muhimmanci da zarar alkalin wasa ya busa busa a Miami. Cape Verde sun riga sun ƙwace nasara daga mafi kyawun Turai. Messi da Argentina sun san ƙima da yin ɗan ragwame na iya yin tsada sosai.