Sa dai dan wasan gaba na Ecuador Enner Valencia ya ɓaro cikin tsari zuwa ga ragar Curacao a ƙasa da mintuna uku na wasan Ƙungiya E, ƙwallo ya bayyana cewa za a ci gol. Yana kimanin yaƙa goma kawai daga layar gol, kuma ba shi da komai sai tsaron gidan Curacao Eloy Room ya kauce masa. Amma Room ya kaɗa jiki zuwa ɓangaren hagunsa ya ture ƙwallon ta zagaye ginshiƙi — kuma a wannan lokacin, tarihi ya fara rubuta kansa.

Da busar alkalin wasan ta ƙarshe ta yi amo, Room ya riga ya tsare sau 15 don tabbatar da cikakken tsari 0-0: makin farko da Curacao ta taɓa samu a Kofin Duniya na FIFA. A cewar Opta, babu wani tsaro gidan da ya yi tsari fiye da haka a cikin mintuna 90 na wasannin Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da aka fara rikodin irin waɗannan bayanai a shekarar 1966.

Tarihi wanda zai daɗe

Sai Tim Howard ne kawai ya samu wannan adadi a wasan Kofin Duniya ɗaya — amma Howard ya ci gol sau biyu a cikin ƙarin lokaci don United States a kan Belgium a 2014, ba tare da ya kiyaye ƙofar a babu gol ba. Nasarar Room ta tsaya ita kaɗai.

Mai sharhi na BBC Sport kuma tsohon mai tsaro na Arsenal Martin Keown ba zai iya ɓoye sha'awarsa ba bayan busawar ƙarshe. "Ka yi ɗaukaka, Room," ya ce a BBC One. "Sai a yi mamakin ƙwazo. Ya zama kamar jerin tsarin shago na tsare. Saurinsa ya kasance na mafi girma. Yana kama ya ƙaddara zai kiyaye ƙofar dare duka."

Room ya fuskanci jimillar harbe-harbe 27, tare da Ecuador suna da xG na 3.05. Cewa ƙaramar tsibirin Caribbean ta fita ba tare da an ci ta gol ba shi ne labarin dararen daya na wani mutum ɗaya.

Daga Nijmegen zuwa ɗaukaka ta Kofin Duniya

Room, 37, an haife shi a Nijmegen a Netherlands kuma ya shafe shekaru goma a Eredivisie, yana yin wasanni fiye da 200, ya lashe taken gasar tare da PSV da kofin tare da Vitesse kafin ya koma United States da Columbus Crew a shekarar 2019. Ya lashe MLS Cup a 2020 tare da lambar yabo ta mafi kyawun tsari na kakar wasa kafin ya ƙarshe zauna a Miami FC — ƙungiyar da take gasar ɗaya ta biyu wacce filinmu na gida Pitbull Stadium ya samu masu kallo 713 kawai a ɗayan wasannin gasar wannan kakar.

Bambancin da Kansas City Stadium — inda masu kallo 68,598 suka ga shi yana sake rubuta tarihin Kofin Duniya — bai iya zama fiye da haka ba.

Room kuma ya kasance mabuɗin fagen tabbatar da shiga gasar Curacao tun farko. Tsarinsa a cikin 0-0 da Jamaica a watan Nuwamba ya kasance mai yanke hukunci wajen tabbatar da shiga gasar. Tsohon dan wasan gaba na Netherlands Patrick Kluivert, a lokacin da yake koyarwa Curacao, shi ne ya farko da ya gamsar da Room — wanda ya taɓa buga wa Netherlands Under-21 — ya ɗauki ƙasar da mahaifinsa ya fito a matsayin ƙasarsa ta wasa.

Room, wanda yake son wasan padel, yana ba da daraja ga wannan wasanni don haɓaka saurinsa wanda ya nuna a Kansas City. "Tsari na farko ya sa sautin ƙungiyar," ya ce. "Ya ba ni ƙarfin gwiwa kuma na girma — dukkanmu mun girma. Wannan aikin ƙungiya ne. Samun maki ta wannan hanya don Curacao abu ne mai kyau ƙwarai."

Ƙaramin ƙasa a mafi girman mataki

Da yawan jama'a na 156,000 kawai kuma fili ƙananan da Isle of Man, Curacao ita ce mafi ƙaramin ƙasa da taɓa shiga gasar Kofin Duniya na FIFA. Tsibirin yana da cin gashin kansa a cikin Masarautar Netherlands, kuma Sarki Willem-Alexander da Sarauniya Maxima sun kasance a cikin masu kallo 68,598 a Kansas City Stadium.

Wannan dare ya bambanta da wasan farko na Curacao, lokacin da suka ɗan gaba a kan Germany kafin su ci gol sau bakwai. Wannan karon, a kan Ecuador — wanda yake matsayi fiye da 50 sama da su — ƙungiyar Dick Advocaat ta tsaya ƙarfi.

"Wannan dare duka game da Curacao ne da abin da suka cimma — kuma zai ji kamar nasara gare su," Keown ya ce. "Ƙafar ƙafa ce a cikin ƙwallon duniya. Ba su zo nan don cika lambar ba kawai."

Curacao za su gama Ƙungiya E da Ivory Coast. Nasara za ta tura su zuwa zagaye na 32. Komai ya faru, aikin Room na ban mamaki ya riga ya ba wannan ƙaramin tsibiri wuri na dindindin a tarihin Kofin Duniya.