Misira ta kai zagaye na 16 a gasar 2026 FIFA World Cup bayan ta doke Ostiraliya da ci 4-2 a harbe-harbe, bayan wasan da ya ƙare 1-1 a Dallas Stadium ranar Jumma'a. Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan lokutan da Pharaohs suka samu a tarihin Kofin Duniya.

Ashour ya fara buɗe wa Misira

Ostiraliya ta kusan ba Misira mamaki a cikin minti biyar lokacin da Cristian Volpato ya yi harbi mai ƙarfi wanda ya buge sandaren gwal. Sai dai Misira ta amsa da ƙarfi kuma ta ci gaba a minti na 13. Karim Hafez ya isar da wani kyakkyawan ƙwallon ƙirji daga gefen hagu, kuma Emam Ashour ya tashi ya kai wa kofar wasan Australia da kai — ƙarfin gwiwa wanda ya samar da ƙwallo. An ba Ashour lambar yabo ta ɗan wasa mafi kyau a wasan, kuma ya yi taka tsantsan a harin da kare dukkansu.

Misira ta tsara tsarin kare don kare rinjayenta. Mai tsaron gida Mostafa Shobeir ya kasance mai faɗakarwa, ciki har da kame harbin Aziz Behich a minti na 35, yayin da Socceroos ke danna ba tare da samun hanya a rabi na farko ba.

Gwal a kofar kansa ya ba Ostiraliya rai

Canjin rabi na biyu bai fito daga masu kai hari na Ostiraliya ba, sai dai daga kuskuren Misira. Da farko a rabi na biyu, Mustafa Zico ya sakar Omar Marmoush a fuskar mai tsaron gida ɗai ɗai, amma Marmoush ya ja harbin a bayansa — kuskure da zai zama mai tsada.

Ostiraliya ta daidaita a minti na 55 ta hanyar wani harbi daga yankin da ake tsayawa. Mohamed Hany, yana ƙoƙarin kare tasirin wani harbin daga buɗe wasa mai haɗari, ya buga ƙwallon da kansa ya wuce Shobeir ya shiga kofar kansa. Wannan gwal a kofar kansa ya canza yanayin wasan, kuma kocin Misira Hossam Hassan ya yi sauye-sauye — ya shigar da Hossam Abdel-Maguid da Haitham Hassan, kafin Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet ya maye gurbin Hafez da ya ji rauni.

Lokacin ƙarawa — Misira ta yi galaba ba tare da karawa ba

Babu ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da ta iya warware matsala a lokacin ƙarawa, ko da yake Misira ta ƙirƙiri damar da ta fi a fili. Rami Rabia ya kusan zira kwallo a cikin lokacin da aka ƙara, yana karɓar wani ƙwallon ƙirji daga Mohamed Salah da kai mai ƙarfi wanda mai tsaron gida na Ostiraliya ya kau. A cikin mintoci 30 na ƙarawa, Salah da Haitham Hassan dukkansu sun yi barazana, amma Ostiraliya ta yi tsaro mai zurfi ta kuma isa harbe-harbe.

Ɗaukaka harbe-harbe ga Pharaohs

Misira ta kasance mai nutsuwa a kan wurin harbe-harbe. Mahmoud Saber, Rabia, Salah, da Abdel-Maguid duk sun canza dūkansu. Ga Ostiraliya, Harry Souttar da Lucas Herrington dukkansu sun yi kura, wanda ya ba Misira nasara 4-2 a harbe-harbe ta kuma tura Pharaohs zuwa zagaye na 16.

Misira ta taɓa shiga Kofin Duniya na tawaga 16 a 1934 amma ta kasa wuce matakin ƙungiya a 1990 da 2018. Wannan ƙungiya yanzu ta rubuta tarihi ta hanyar ci gaba ta hanyar zagayen kawar da gasar zamani da aka fadada.

Kalubalen Misira na gaba

Pharaohs za su yi wa wanda ya yi nasara a gasar Argentina da Cape Verde takara a Atlanta Stadium ranar 7 ga Yuli. Ga nahiyar Afirka, ci gaban Misira ya haɗu da na Morocco don nuna cewa ƙungiyoyin Afirka suna gasar gaske a matakai na ƙarshe na Kofin Duniya. Pharaohs sun rubuta tarihi — kuma yanzu suna da dandali don neman wani abu mafi girma.