Stephen Eustáquio ya buga ƙwallon da ta yanke gardama a cikin ƙarin lokaci na rabin wasan na biyu don ba Canada nasara da ci 1-0 akan South Africa a wasan farko na zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026, inda ya tura Les Rouges zuwa matakin gaba.

Burin — wanda Eustáquio ya harba da ƙarfi zuwa kusurwar ragar South Africa bayan ya sami ƙwallon da ta bata — shi ne ya yanke gardama a wasan da yake mai ɗimbin damuwa.

Dare na tarihi ga ƙwallon ƙafa ta Canada

Wannan nasara ita ce ta farko a matakin kawar da takwarorin da tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Canada ya rubuta. Haka kuma ya sa Canada ta zama ƙasar farko da ta yi gasa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙasashen da suka shirya gasar — kuma ta yi nasara — a wasan kawar da takwarorin da aka buga a ƙasar waje.

Wasan kansa yana da mahimmancin tarihi: shi ne wasan farko a zagaye na 32 da aka ƙirƙiro sabon, sakamakon faɗaɗa gasar zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48, wanda hakan ya sa wannan bugun buga na FIFA World Cup 2026 ya zama mafi girma a tarihin gasar.

South Africa sun yi tsayin daka, amma Canada sun sami hanya

A yawancin wasan, Canada sun mamaye ƙwallon kuma suka bayyana a matsayin ƙungiyar da ke da haɗarin gaske, amma layin tsaro mai horo na South Africa ya ci gaba da toshe su. A lokuta da yawa, ƙoƙarin Canada an share su daga layin iyaka yayin da Bafana Bafana suke kare ragar su da azama.

Duk da haka, South Africa ba su kasance masu zaman banza ba. Sun kasance barazana ta dindindin a kan kai hare-hare da sauri kuma sun ci nasara wajen takaita Les Rouges fiye da mintuna 90 — sai lokacin fasahar Eustáquio ya yanke gardama a ƙarshe.

Abin da ya jira Canada a gaba

Canada yanzu za su fuskanci ko Morocco ko Netherlands a ranar 4 ga Yuli a Houston, suna neman gurbin shiga zagaye na 16. Game da South Africa, gasar ta ƙare a cikas na farko — amma aikinsu na ɗaukar Canada tsawon lokaci zai ba masu goyon bayansu wani ta'aziyya.