Tafiya mai ban mamaki ta Egypt a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 ta ƙare da baƙin ciki mai tsanani a ranar Talata, yayin da zakaru Argentina suka juya raunin kwal biyu don lashe 3-2 a zagaye na 16 a Atlanta.

Faraonawa sun kasance kusa sosai da ɗaya daga cikin manyan sakamako a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka — suna gaba da kwal biyu kuma sun ƙi bugun fanareti na Lionel Messi — kafin Argentina su zura kwallaye uku a cikin mintoci 14 na ƙarshe don kai ga kusa da na biyu.

Farkon wasa mai kyau na Egypt

Argentina sun mamaye riƙon ƙwallon tun farkon wasa, amma Egypt sun kasance masu haɗari a lokacin hare-hare. Mostafa Zico ya kusa haɗuwa da wata ƙwallon shiga a cikin yankin hukunci tun a minti na 7, yana nuna niyyar Faraonawa.

Buɗe zura kwal ya zo a minti na 15. Marwan Attia ya jefa kyakkyawar dogon kwal a cikin akwatin, kuma Yasser Ibrahim ya tashi ƙafa don buga ta da kai, yana wucewa Emiliano Martinez don ba Egypt mamakin gaba.

Argentina sun amsa ta hanyar samun fanareti bayan karo da ya haɗa Haitham Hassan da Nicolas Tagliafico. Messi ya tura gaba a minti na 21 — sai dai mai tsaron gida Mostafa Shobeir ya yi wa'azin tsayawa mai ban mamaki. Wannan gazawa ta sa Messi ya zama ɗan wasa na farko a tarihin Kofin Duniya da bai ci fanareti biyu ba a nau'i ɗaya, banda harbin fanareti.

Gwanancen Shobeir na kiyaye Faraonawa a gaba

Tsayawar fanareti ta Shobeir ba ita ce gudunmawarsa ta ƙarshe ba. Ya hana Alexis Mac Allister bugun kai a minti na 27, sannan ya tunkude ƙoƙarin Julian Alvarez a cikin yanki a minti na 40. Egypt sun shiga hutu na rabin wasa suna gaba 1-0, tare da tsari da ƙarfi, mintoci 45 daga babban mamaki.

Kafin sake farawa, Egypt sun rasa Emam Ashour saboda raunuka, tare da Hamdi Fathi ya maye gurbinsa. Argentina sun matsa sosai tun farkon rabin na biyu, kuma Shobeir ya sake gwadawa a minti na 47, yana dakatar da harbin Rodrigo De Paul bayan wucewar Messi.

Zico ya ninka gaban Egypt

Egypt sun yi imanin sun zura kwal na biyu a minti na 58 bayan harin baya da ya haɗa Haitham Hassan, Mohamed Salah, da Zico — amma alƙalin Faransanci Francois Letexier ya soke shi bayan bitar VAR saboda laifi kan Attia a farkon motsin.

Faraonawa ba su yanke ƙauna ba. A minti na 67, Salah ya tuka gaba ya sako Haitham Hassan, wanda ya shiga yanki kafin ya aika da cikakkiyar ƙwallon shiga zuwa Zico. A wannan karon, ci ya tsaya — Zico ya tare ƙwallon da taɓa ɗaya don sa ya zama 2-0. Nasara ta tarihi ta bayyana a hannun Egypt.

Guguwar Argentina ta ƙarshe

Argentina sun ƙi mika wuya. Cristian Romero ya rage raunin a minti na 79, yana buga kai bayan ƙwallon shiga ta Messi. Mintoci biyar bayan haka, Messi kansa ya daidaita da bugun ƙarfi daga cikin yankin — kwal da ya fara shi kansa. Yanayin wasan ya canza gaba ɗaya.

Sa'an nan, a minti na 90+2', Enzo Fernandez ya kammala dawowar Argentina da bugun kai daga wani motsi na harin da ya yi sauri, yana tura Argentina zuwa kusa da na biyu. Egypt sun nuna fushi sosai, suna da yakini cewa ya kamata a ba su fanareti jim kaɗan kafin kwal mai yanke hukunci, amma babu wani shawara da ta zo.

Faraonawa sun tafi da girman kai

Sautin ƙarshe ya bar 'yan wasan Egypt cikin baƙin ciki. Sun riga sun kasance gaba ga zakaru na duniya da kwal biyu, sun kori Messi daga tazarar yadi 12, kuma sun tsaya a ƙofar kusa da na biyu. Amma ƙungiyar kocin Hossam Hassan tana iya yin alfahari da abin da ta cim ma a wannan gasar.

Faraonawa sun riga sun rubuta tarihi ta hanyar kai ga marhala na fitowar da aka sha kashe a karon farko a tsarin Kofin Duniya na zamani, sannan suka ci Australia a harbin fanareti don kai ga zagaye na 16. Da Argentina, sun turawa zakaru masu riƙe kofin zuwa iyakar ƙarfinsu.

Ga masu kaunar ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka, fitar Egypt za ta yi ciwo — amma balaguron Faraonawa za a tuna da shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin sigogin girma da ƙwallon ƙafa na nahiyar ta taɓa rubuta. Sun yi ta lura da mafi kyawun ƙungiya a duniya suna daidai da ita kuma, a doguwar lokaci na dare, sun sa ta ta yi kama da mai rauni.