Wani lokaci na sauri mai ban mamaki da fasaha ta Nestory Irankunda ya ba Australia jagoranci a kan Turkiye a wasan farko na Rukuni D a FIFA World Cup 2026 — wanda ya sa sunan ɗan wasan mai shekara 20 ya shahara a duniya.

Ɗan wasan fikafikan da ya shiga Watford daga Bayern Munich bazara da ta gabata kuma ya buga wasanni 35 na Championship, ba a san shi sosai a wajen duniyar kulob ba kafin ya ci kwallo a minti na 27. Komai ya canza lokacin da ya karɓi kwallo da Paul Okon-Engstler ya turo sama da tsaron Turkiye, ya wuce mai tsaron da taɓawa ta ciki mai kaifi, sannan ya tura mai tsaron raga da bugawa zuwa kusurwar ƙasa ta kusa.

Farmaki da ya kashewa Turkiye magana

A mafi yawan mintocin farko, Turkiye sun matsa wa Australia sosai, suna ƙoƙarin farfasar da tsarin tsaro mai ƙarfi na Tony Popovic. Socceroos sun yi ta zaune zurɗi — hanyar kiyayya wacce ta fara janyo suka kafin Irankunda ya kawo ƙarshen muhawara da wata walƙiyar hazaka a kan farmaki.

Golonsa ya kawo kwatancen kai tsaye da gudu da bugun tarihi na Michael Owen a kan Argentina a FIFA World Cup 1998 — haɗin gudu mai ƙarfi iri ɗaya, ƙaramin cibiyar nauyi, da buguwa da ta ruɗe mai tsaron raga gaba ɗaya.

Tauraro da aka haifa a Tanzania, ya yi haske ta Bayern Munich da sauransu

An haifi Irankunda a Tanzania kuma ya wakilci Socceroos a matakin manyan 'yan wasa tun yana da shekara 18, wannan bazara ɗaya da leƙen asirin Bayern Munich suka lura da shi bayan wani lokaci mai burgewa da Adelaide United. Haɗakarsa ta sauri mai ban al'ajabi da ingancin fasaha sun nuna shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan alƙaluman gaba na ƙwallon ƙafa na Australia.

Wasan su na gaba na Rukuni D zai kai su Seattle ranar Juma'a, Yuni 19 don fuskantar mai masaukin gida Amurka. Wasan su na ƙarshe na rukuni zai kasance a ranar Yuni 26 a San Francisco da Paraguay.

Socceroos sun kasance a kowane FIFA World Cup tun 2006 kuma sun kai zagaye na 16 sau biyu a ƙarƙashin tsohon tsarin ƙungiyoyi 32. Cimma wannan nasarar karo na uku — yanzu a gasar da ta faɗaɗa zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48 — zai zama babban nasarar su.