Tarihin kofin duniya bai taɓa ganin fita mai zafi kamar ta Iran a FIFA World Cup 2026 ba. Ƙungiyar Amir Ghalenoei ta kasance ba a sha ta tukuna a matakin rukuni — amma duk da haka ta kasa isa zagaye na 32, an cire ta bisa bambancin kwallaye a yanayin da ba a taɓa gani ba.
Kwallot nasara da aka soke
Bayan zane da New Zealand da kuma Belgium, Iran tana buƙatar cin nasara akan Egypt a Seattle don tabbatar da wurin ta a zagayen kawar da masu rauni. Ta fadi baya da wuri, kuma ko da yake Mehdi Taremi ya rasa bugun daga kai sai dai, Ramin Rezaeian ya mayar da daidaito da harbi mai kyau daga kusurwa mai ƙunci.
Ana ganin wasan zai ƙare cikin zane har sai Shoja Khalilzadeh ya turawa ƙwallon gida bayan taɓarɓarewa a gaban ƙofar, a cikin lokacin ƙari na ɓangaren na biyu. Bukukuwa mai farin ciki sun biyo baya — Khalilzadeh ya cire rigarsa, ya ɗauki hoto da tabarau na rana, kuma bayan haka aka ba shi katin rawaya — kafin alkalin ya soke kwallot saboda offside. Yatsun ƙafa na Khalilzadeh ya kasance kaɗan gaban mai tsaron baya na ƙarshe kafin mai tsaron ƙofa. Wasan ya ƙare 1-1, kuma makomar Iran ta rataya a sarari.
Kai da kai na minti na 96 ya ƙare begen Iran
Cancanta da Iran ta dogara da sakamakon Algeria da Austria a zagayen ƙarshe na wasannin rukuni. Nasara ga kowane ɓangare daga cikin waɗannan biyu ta isa ta aiko Iran zuwa gaba.
Wasan ya juya zuwa ga Iran lokacin da Riyad Mahrez ya fashe gaba domin sanya Algeria gaban a minti na 93, wanda ya zama kamar ya rufe hanyar cancanta ta Iran a karon farko. Amma Austria ta ƙi miƙa wuya. Kai da kai na Sasa Kalajdzic a cikin daƙiƙoƙin ƙarshe ya daidaita wasan, kuma a karon biyu cikin awowi 24, mafarkin Iran ya rurruɗe a lokaci mafi muni.
Babban bambancin kwallaye na Senegal ya ba su wurin cancanta na ƙarshe daga cikin ƙungiyoyin matsayi na uku, yayin da Cape Verde — waɗanda kamar Iran suka yi zane a duk wasanninsu uku — suka ci gaba a matsayin na biyu a Rukuni H.
'Ƙasar mai masaukin baki ta yi mana magudi'
Gaskiyar cewa Iran ta zo kusa yadda ta zo ita ce abin al'ajabi musamman ganin ƙalubalen da suka fuskanta kafin a fara wasa. Suna takara cikin fagen rikicin ƙasarsu da Amurka da kuma Israel, an koma da Iran daga sansanin horonsu da aka tsara a Arizona zuwa Tijuana a Mexico.
Bisa sharuɗɗan ƙofar shiga ta gani ido ɗaya, an ba da Iran damar shiga Amurka kwana ɗaya kawai kafin kowanne daga cikin wasannin farko biyu, kuma dole su dawo a ranar wasan. Ghalenoei ya bayyana ƙungiyarsa da cewa ita ce mafi ",
