DR Congo sun rubuta tarihinsu a cikin FIFA World Cup 2026, inda suka samu maki na farko a tarihin kasarsu a gasar, bayan sun yi 1-1 da Portugal a Houston ranar Laraba.

Portugal ta buɗe zura kwallo ta farko ta hanyar João Neves a minti na 6. Amma DR Congo ba su mika wuya ba — Yoane Wissa ya amsa a lokacin ƙarin lokaci na rabin farko, ya daidaita wasan kuma ya bar ɗaya daga cikin mafiya aminin gasar mamaki.

Sakamakon yana da muhimmanci sosai ga DR Congo, waɗanda suke shiga gasar Kofin Duniya na biyu kawai — kuma na farko tun 1974, lokacin da ƙasar ta shiga a ƙarƙashin sunan Zaire kuma ta fita ba tare da maki ɗaya ko kuma kwallo ba a wasanni uku.

Ronaldo ya yi tarihi yayin DR Congo ta yi fice

Wasan ya kuma samar da lokacin tarihi ga Cristiano Ronaldo, wanda ya zama mutum na biyu kawai da ya taka leda a Kofin Duniya sau shida, yana shiga cikin wannan jerin tare da Lionel Messi. Yana da shekara 41 da kwana 132, Ronaldo ya kuma zama tsofin dan wasan filin da ya fara wasa a Kofin Duniya.

Duk da waɗannan tarihi, Ronaldo ya kasa barin alama a farmaki kuma ya nuna haushi a duk tsawon wasan, yayin da tsaron DR Congo ya tsaya ƙarfin zuciya a kan ƙungiyar Portugal da aka yi hasashen za ta yi zurfin tafiya a gasar.

Ga DR Congo — waɗanda ke takawa a ƙarƙashin Léopards — wannan maki yana nuna ci gaba mai muhimmanci, fiye da shekaru hamsin bayan shigarsu ɗaya kawai da ta ƙare da takaici.