Shirye-shiryen Afrika ta Kudu na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 ya sha wani ci-baya a ranar Juma'a, bayan Bafana Bafana ya yi tsaka-mai-wuya 0-0 da Nicaragua, wacce take matsayi na 131 a duniya, a wasan abota na kasa da kasa.

Duk da mamaye rikodin kwallon da yankin filin wasa a dogon lokaci na wasa, ƙungiyar Hugo Broos ta kasa tsara damammaki masu yawa a kan tsayayyen tsarin tsaron Nicaragua wanda ya ƙi rugewa.

Bugun fenariti da aka rasa ya yi matuƙar asara

Mafi kyawun daman ɗan farkon ya zo a minti na 17, sa'ad da Kamohelo Sebelebele ya gangara ta gefen filin ya aika ƙwallon ƙasa zuwa yankin yadi shida. Themba Zwane ya sami kansa cikin 'yanci a nisan yadi uku kawai daga ƙofar, amma ya kasa taɓa ƙwallon — wani lokaci da ya nuna yadda daren zai kasance mai takaici.

Tshepang Moremi ya gwada sa'arsa da bugun 'yanci daga bakin yankin a minti na 34, amma ƙoƙarinsa ya tashi sama bayan katafarfar ba tare da damun mai tsaron ƙofar ba.

Mafi girman dama ta zo kafin rabin lokaci. Sebelebele ya sami bugun fenariti a minti na 42 bayan yin fasahar ƙafafu da ta yi nasara a cikin yankin, Lyle Foster kuma ya tashi a minti na 44 — amma ƙoƙarinsa mai ƙarfi ya koma da gungumen ƙofa.

Harin rabin na biyu bai yi nasara ba

Broos ya juya zuwa ga 'yan maye a rabin lokaci, yana shigar da Sipho Chaine, Oswin Appollis, Iqraam Rayners, Relebohile Mofokeng, da Pule Maseko don karya tsaron Nicaragua. Sauye-sauyen sun ƙara sabbin kuzari, Afrika ta Kudu kuma ta turawa abokan hamayyarta zuwa zurfinsu tare da dogon lokaci na farmaki.

Nkosinathi Sibisi, Jayden Adams, da Bradley Cross suma sun shiga yayin da Bafana Bafana ke ci gaba da nema guzurin, amma taɓar ƙarshe da ake matuƙar buƙata ta ƙi zo.

Mafi kyawun dama ta rabin na biyu ta fado hannun Mofokeng a minti na 81, wanda bugun 'yancinsa ya toshe mai tsaron ƙofar na Nicaragua. Ko da a mintocin ƙarshe, Afrika ta Kudu ba ta sassauta matsinta ba — amma tsaro mai ƙarfi na Nicaragua tare da mai tsaron ƙofarsu sun tsaya ƙaƙƙarfa har ƙarshe.

Abin da ke tafe wa Bafana

Afrika ta Kudu za ta fuskanci Jamaica a wasansu na ƙarshe na shiri a ranar 5 ga Yuni, kafin matsin lamba ya ƙaru sosai: Bafana Bafana za su buɗe yaƙin neman zaɓen Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 da Mexico a ranar 11 ga Yuni — wasan da yanzu yana ɗauke da nauyi mafi girma bayan wannan wasan da bai burge ba.