Canada sun rubuta tarihi a FIFA World Cup 2026, sun kai zagaye na 16 a karon farko bayan sun ci South Africa da 1-0 cikin wasa mai wahala.

Lokacin yanke shawara ya wasa ya zo ne a karshen lokacin karin wasa, lokacin da Stephen Eustaquio ya ci kwalliya a minti na biyu na lokacin kari, yana kai co-hosts gaba ta hanyar ban mamaki.

Dare na tarihi ga co-hosts

Ga Canada da ke buga wasa a gida, wannan sakamako yana da muhimmanci sosai. Canada ba su taɓa kai zagayen knock-out na Kofin Duniya ba a baya, kuma ƙarshen golin Eustaquio ya kawo ƙarshen wannan jiran da ya daɗe.

South Africa, wakiltar nahiyar Afirka, sun yi ƙoƙari sosai don hana abokan hamayya su shiga zagaye na gaba. Wasan ya kasance ba kwalliya har zuwa cikin lokacin karin wasa, yana adana tashin hankali mai zafi a cikin filin wasa.

Amma Eustaquio ne ya karya zuciyar South Africa, ya ci abin da ya tabbata shi ne kawai kwalliya a wasan — daya daga cikin mahimman kwalliya a tarihin kwallon kafa na Canada.

Abin da wannan ke nufi ga bangarorin biyu

Ga Canada, wannan nasara ta nuna wani muhimmin babi a tarihin kwallon kafa na kasa. A matsayin co-hosts na gasar, tsammani ya kasance mai girma, kuma tawagar ta yanzu ta isar da sakamako da za a yi bikin sa a duk faɗin ƙasar.

Ga South Africa — da ake kira Bafana Bafana — shan kashi ya ji zafi sosai. Tafiyarsu a Kofin Duniya ta ƙare a matakin rukuni, ba su iya sake dawowar sihirin gasar ta gida da suka yi a 2010 ba.

Sakamakon ya shirya Canada don wasan zagaye na 16, yayin da magoya bayanta suke ƙoƙarin yin mafarkin ci gaba mafi zurfi a gasar.