Cape Verde sun samar da ɗaya daga cikin fitattun sakamako a tarihin kwanan nan na Kofin Duniya a ranar Litinin, suna riƙe da zakaran Turai na yanzu Spain a zare na 0-0 a Atlanta, a farkon yin halarta a gasar.

Wasan tsaro mai ƙarfi, wanda kipa tsohon Vozinha ya tallafa wa ya ba da gagarumin aiki, ya girgiza ƙungiyar Spain wadda ta mamaye riƙon ƙwallon kuma ta ƙirƙiri dama bayan dama ba tare da samun sakamako ba.

Farkon Kofin Duniya yana zuwa a shekara 40 ga Vozinha

Vozinha, wanda yake buga ƙwallon ƙafa na Chaves a ɓangaren ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa na biyu na Portugal, ya cika shekara 40 a ranar 3 ga Yuni — wanda ya sa shi ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu mafi tsufa don fara halarta a Kofin Duniya. Essam El-Hadary na Misra ne kaɗai wanda ya yi hakan yana da shekara 45 da kwana 161 a lokacin gasar 2018, ya fara halarta a tsufa fiye da haka.

Spain ta yi ƙoƙari na 27 don ci kwallo cikin mintuna 90, tare da Vozinha yin tsaro sau bakwai. Tun 1966, kipa kaɗai wanda ya kai shekara 40 ko sama da haka kuma ya yi tsaro fiye da haka a wasa ɗaya na Kofin Duniya shi ne Pat Jennings na Northern Ireland, wanda ya yi tsaro sau 10 a kan Brazil a 1986.

Tsarin tsaro mai tsauri na Cape Verde ya kasance mai ban mamaki daidai gwargwado: suna yin laifi ɗaya ne kawai a duk tsawon wasan — mafi ƙanƙanta lambar da kowace ƙungiya ta yi rikodin a wasan Kofin Duniya tun 1966. Wannan laifin, wanda Sidny Lopes Cabral ya yi a rabin farko, ya sa masa katin rawaya.

Fari na ragar Spain na ƙaruwa

Spain ba ta ci kwallo a Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da Alvaro Morata ya kai kwallo da kai a minti na 11 a kan Japan a wasan ƙungiyoyin nasu na ƙarshe a Qatar 2022. Tun lokacin, sun yi ƙoƙari na 49 kuma sun kammala fasfofi 2,500 ba tare da samun kwallo a raga ba.

Wancan wasan a kan Japan ya biyo baya da zare na 0-0 a kan Morocco a zagayen 16 — wasan da Spain a ƙarshe suka sha kashi a hukunci — kuma yanzu wani zare ya fara kamfen ɗinsu na 2026.

Dan wasan kai farmaki Mikel Oyarzabal, wanda ƙwallon nasararsa a wasan karshe na Euro 2024 a kan England ya sa shi gwarzo na ƙasa, bai taɓa ƙwallon a cikin mintuna 30 na farko a kan Cape Verde. Opta ba su da wani misali na wannan da ya faru ga ɗan wasa na farko a wasan Kofin Duniya tun 1966.

Fara da wahala na Spain na saba gani

Rikodin Spain a wasannin farko a Kofin Duniya abin mamaki ne. A cikin halartarsu 15 da suka gabata a gasar, sun ci wasan farko ne sau uku kawai, tare da zare biyar da kashi bakwai.

Ya fi muhimmanci, ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan kashewa bakwai na farko ya faru a 2010 — shekarar da Spain ta ɗauko kofin a karo na farko. Amma samun martaba ya zama mai wahala tun wannan nasara a Afirka ta Kudu.

Fita daga zagayen ƙungiyoyi a 2014 ya biyo baya da kashi biyu a jere a zagayen 16 a 2018 da 2022. A cikin wasanni 12 da Spain ta buga tun da ta doke Netherlands a wasan karshe na 2010, ta ci nasara sau uku kawai.