Babban ƙaddamar da Cape Verde a gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA ya ƙare a daren Juma'a a Miami, inda Blue Sharks suka tilasta masu kambun gasar Argentina zuwa lokacin ƙari kafin su sha kashi 3-2 a wani wasan dauri na zagaye na 32.

Ƙungiyar Bubista ta ƙi yarda da kashi sau biyu bayan sun faɗi a bayan, kuma suka yi kusa da tilasta harbin fenariti — kafin bam ɗin kansa na Diney Borges, bayan kusurwar Lionel Messi a minti na 111, ya kawo ƙarshen ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwarewar da gasar ta taɓa gani.

Messi ya buɗe ramin

Argentina ta jagoranci a minti na 29 lokacin da Lisandro Martinez ya aika ƙwallon daidai a bayan tsaron Cape Verde zuwa Messi, wanda ya ɗauke ta da natsuwa ya ɗaga ta a kan mai tsaron gida Vozinha. Hakan shine bam na 20 na Messi a Kofin Duniya, wanda ya ƙarfafa matsayinsa a gaban tseren Golden Boot.

Cape Verde, duk da haka, ba su ji tsoron abu ba. Sun riga sun wuce ba tare da a ci su ba daga ƙungiya mai wahala da ta ƙunshi Spain, Uruguay, da Saudi Arabia, kuma ba sa son a tsoratar da su ta hanyar irin wannan dama.

Duarte ya yi mamaki ga masu kambun

Argentina ta kasance mai sha'awar sarrafa wasa bayan hutu, kuma Cape Verde ya sa su biya. A minti na 59, harin kaifi a gefen dama ya buɗe wuri a cikin yankin hukunci, inda Deroy Duarte ya harba ƙwallon ƙasa tsakanin ƙafafun Lisandro Martinez da kuma wuce Emiliano Martinez don daidaita zuwa 1-1.

Bam ɗin ya canza yanayin gasar. Blue Sharks sun ƙara samun amincewar kansu yayin da zakarun duniya suka fara nuna damuwa. Keefariti Vozinha ya taka muhimmiyar rawa, yana yin tsaro da yawa masu mahimmanci — ciki har da ɗaya game da Messi a kusa — don kiyaye Cape Verde a raye yayin da wasan ya shiga lokacin ƙari.

Bugun Cabral mai ban mamaki

Argentina ta dawo da jagoranci bayan mintuna biyu kawai na lokacin ƙari. Lisandro Martinez ya yi amsa cikin sauri ga ƙwallon da ta fita daga kusurwa kuma ya harba ta a gaban Vozinha a sanda mafi kusa don mai da hali 2-1.

Cape Verde ta ƙi yarda da kashi. Sidny Lopes Cabral ya ci ɗaya daga cikin manyan burodi na gasar, yana lanƙwasa babban buge daga gefen yankin hukunci bayan Emiliano Martinez don mayar da hali daidai. Yana da bam ɗin da ya tattara duk abin da Cape Verde ta nuna a duk gasar — jaruntaka, fasahar fasaha, da kuma imani mai ƙarfi.

Bam ɗin kansa ya kawo ƙarshen mafarki

A cikin mintuna goma da suka rage na lokacin ƙari, kusurwar Messi ta haifar da tashin hankali a tsaron Cape Verde, kuma ƙwallon ta shiga ta buge Borges don bai wa Argentina fa'ida ta 3-2 da ba su sake sakin ba. Yana da ƙarshe mai ɓacin rai ga kamfen ɗin da ya kunna tunanin nahiyar da sauransu.

Har ma a waɗannan ƙarshen mintuna, Cape Verde sun ci gaba da turawa, suna tilasta Argentina ta yi tsaro cikin damuwa har zuwa ƙarshen lokaci. Argentina yanzu za ta fuskanci Egypt a zagaye na 16.

Tarihin da ya cancanta

Cape Verde sun bar Kofin Duniya bayan sun yi tarihi a kowane matakai. Sun fita ba tare da a ci su ba daga ƙungiya da ta ƙunshi Spain, Uruguay, da Saudi Arabia, sannan suka yi kusa da fitar da masu kambun gasar. Blue Sharks ba su shiga kawai ba — sun yi gasa, sun burge, kuma sun tabbatar ba tare da shakka ba cewa ƙananan al'ummomin Afirka sun cancanci wuri a mafi girman fagen wasa.