Cape Verde sun rubuta sunayensu a cikin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta hanyar ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026, bayan yin draw 0-0 da Saudi Arabia a wasan ƙarshe na Ƙungiya H a NRG Stadium a Houston, a gaban masu kallo 68,278.

Wannan ƙasar tsibiri, wadda ke da mutane 500,000 kawai, ta ƙare a matsayi na biyu a Ƙungiya H kuma za ta fuskanci Argentina ranar Juma'a, 3 Yuli a Miami, da farawa karfe 11 na dare.

Farawa mai kama tatsuniya

Shiga Cape Verde na farko a gasar duniya ya ƙulla ra'ayoyin masu goyon baya a duniya baki ɗaya. Kyawawan wasanni a kan Spain da Uruguay a wasanninsu biyu na farko sun gabatar da su a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin labarun da suka fi burge a gasar.

Kafin ranar wasan ƙarshen ƙungiyar, Cape Verde sun san cewa sakamakon da ya dace zai iya kai su kai tsaye zuwa zagaye na gaba — hatta akwai yanayin da za su iya lashe ƙungiyar. A ƙarshe, nasarar Spain ta 1-0 a watan ƙungiyar H sun tabbatar da cewa Cape Verde sun ƙare na biyu bayan La Roja, amma wannan ba ya rage wannan nasara mai ban mamaki.

Manyan lokuta a Houston

Wasan ya kasance mai tauri da tashin hankali. Saudi Arabia sun sami rauni a farko a minti na 33, lokacin da dan tsaron Hassan Al Tambakti aka kwashe shi a kan lauje, Ali Lajami ya maye gurbinsa.

Saudi Arabia sun kusanci karya shingen wasan kusa da rabin lokaci, lokacin da mai tsaron gida Vozinha ya samu kama kai na Mohamed Kanno a cikin ƙarin lokaci. Bayan komawa, Jamiro Monteiro kusan ya sa Cape Verde gaba a minti na 49, sai Mohammed Al Owais ya hana shi da ceto mai kyau.

Al Owais ya koma wa Saudi Arabia a minti na 74, ya hana Laros Duarte ci da tsayawa mai kyau. Lokacin da ya fi damuwa ya zo a minti na 90+2, lokacin da Abdullah Al Hamddan ya sami damar a bayyane ta ceton Saudi Arabia — amma Vozinha ya ɗauki ƙwallon cikin sauƙi, ya rufe wasan kuma ya tabbatar da shiga Cape Verde.

Saudi Arabia, kuwa, sun ƙare ƙasan Ƙungiya H kuma sun fita daga gasar.