Ghana ta sha kashi na farko a gasar kwallon kafa ta FIFA World Cup 2026 a ranar Asabar, inda suka yi rashin 2-1 da Croatia a Philadelphia — duk da haka, Black Stars suna ci gaba zuwa zagayen cin karo bayan sun tabbatar da matsayinsu a farkon matakin kungiya.

Sakamakon ya ba Croatia damar wuce Ghana a Rukuni L, inda ƙungiyar Zlatko Dalic ta karbi wurin na biyu kuma ta sami taron ƙetare na 32 da ƙungiyar ta biyu daga Rukuni K. Ghana, waɗanda sun riga sun tabbatar da ci gaban su, sun ƙare a matsayi na uku amma suna ci gaba a gasar.

Croatia sun fara da ƙarfi

Croatia sun shiga wasan suna sanin cewa canjin iya zama ya isa su ci gaba a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin uku, amma suka nuna sha'awar sarrafa nufin su da kansu. Tun farkon lokaci, 'yan wasan Dalic sun matsa da ƙarfin hali kuma suka hana Ghana samun wani tsarin wasa a cikin rabin sa'a na farko.

Gargaɗi ya zo a minti na 17 lokacin da Nikola Vlasic ya turo ƙwallon da ƙafar dama daga kimanin yadi 20, wanda ya buge gefen waje na ginshiƙi. Ficewar ta biyo baya a minti na 31 — Petar Sucic ya karɓi ƙwallon daga nesa kuma ya harba duka daga yadi 30 wanda ya wuce ƙoƙarin katange kuma ya ƙare a gefen ciki na ginshiƙin hagu.

Ghana suna fama da samun ƙarfi

Black Stars, waɗanda suka burge da tsarin tsaro a wasanni na farko — ciki har da canjin da ba a zura kwallo ba da England — sun sami wahala wajen nuna kansu ga matsalar Croatia mai ƙarfi. Tsakiyar filin wasa ta kasance cikin dauri na tsawon lokaci, kuma masu kai farmaki sun sami ƙarancin gudummawa.

Antoine Semenyo ya ba Ghana lokuta mafi hadari a rabin sa'a na farko, yana amfani da gudu kai tsaye don damun tsaron Croatia a kowane lokacin da Black Stars suka yi farmaki. Ya yi kusa da daidaitawa dan lokaci kafin hutun tsakiyar wasa, harsashinsa yana wucewa kusa da ginshiƙi. Amma Croatia sun kasance mafi nutsuwa kuma mafi haɗari har zuwa hutu.

Luckassen ya mayar da Ghana fagen takara

Ghana sun fito da ƙarin niyya bayan hutu. Ƙungiyar Carlos Queiroz ta tafi sama, ta hanzarta wasan kuma ta fara sanya matsin lamba na gaske kan tsaron Croatia. Wannan juriya ya ba da sakamako a minti na 73 lokacin da Derrick Luckassen ya fara amsawa ga bugun kai tsaye a cikin yanki, ya sami sarari kuma ya tura ƙwallon cikin raga cikin nutsuwa.

Ƙwallon ya mayar da ƙarfin wasa ga Ghana na ɗan lokaci kuma ya ɗaga yiwuwar Black Stars ta kiyaye tarihin rashin kashi a matakin rukuni — wata alama ta juriya da ƙungiyar Queiroz ta nuna a duk wannan mataki.

Vlasic ya hukumta Ghana saboda rashin tsaro

Dakika goma kacal bayan haka. Luka Modric ya harba kwali mai kusurwa a cikin yanki, kuma Vlasic — mutumin da ya buge ginshiƙi a farkon wasan — ya sami sarari ya nufa kansa a gefen ciki na ginshiƙin hagu kuma ya shiga raga. Abin takaici ne ga Ghana, waɗanda suka yi ƙoƙari su dawo daidai, kafin a hukunta su da rauni guda akan ƙwallon da aka tsaya.

Croatia suka sarrafa mintocin da suka rage da kwanciyar hankali, suna sassauta wasan kuma suna kiyaye jagorancin su. Ghana sun matsa don samun daidaita na biyu amma ba su iya ƙirƙirar dama a sarari don ceton maki.

Black Stars dole ne su sake shirya kansu don zagayen cin karo

Kamfen ɗin Rukuni L ya ƙare ga Ghana akan ƙarar takaici, bayan tafiya mai cike da tsari da juriya. Black Stars sun tattara maki huɗu daga wasanni biyu na farko — sun doke Panama kuma suka yi canjin da England — don tabbatar da ci gaban su kafin wannan wasa.

Rashin nasara na Asabar, duk da haka, yana ɗauke da darussan da za a koya. Ghana za su buƙaci ƙarin sarrafa tsakiyar filin wasa, wasan farmakin da ya fi haɗin kai, da ƙarin mayar da hankali akan bugun da aka tsaya idan suna son ci gaba sosai a zagayen cin karo. Ba za a sami wani jinki ba tun nan — kuma Black Stars sun san haka.