Japan sun nuna juriya mai ban mamaki a AT&T; Stadium a Arlington, Texas a ranar Lahadi, suna komawa daga bayan a kashe su da 2-1 a minti na 89 don samun zane da Netherlands a FIFA World Cup 2026. Wasan ya ja hankali dukkan masu kallo 69,285 har zuwa ƙarshe kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin gwagwarmaya mafi kayatarwa na gasar har yanzu.

Wasa da ya ƙunshi komai

Japan sun isa Texas suna riga sun rasa 'yan wasa masu muhimmanci. Maharan Takumi Minamino da Kaoru Mitoma an hana su shiga gasar saboda raunuka kafin ta fara, kuma kyaftin Wataru Endo ya janye saboda rauni a ƙafa, yana sanar da yin ritaya daga ƙungiyar ƙasa a lokaci guda.

Duk da waɗannan matsalolin, Japan — waɗanda suke a matsayi na 18 a duniya — sun matsa Netherlands da suke a matsayi na takwas tun daga farkon wasa. Donyell Malen ya tilasta Zion Suzuki ya yi ceto na farko da babbar caje-caje, kuma Jan Paul van Hecke ya tsaya a haɗin kai da Suzuki akan bugun farko.

Yawan ƙwallaye a rabi na biyu

Wasan ya fashe gaskiya bayan hutun. Ryan Gravenberch ya isar da ƙwallo madaidaiciya wanda Virgil van Dijk ya kai ƙwallon kai don buɗe maki ga Netherlands. Japan sun amsa nan take — Keito Nakamura ya harbata da ƙafar hannun daman sa mai rauni wanda ya ratsa kusa da Bart Verbruggen a ginshiƙinsa na kusa don daidaitawa.

Gravenberch ya koma mai taimako kuma, yana miƙa wa Crysencio Summerville a gefen akwatin hukunci. Ɗan wasan West Ham ya sauya zuwa ƙafar hannun hagunsa kuma ya harba ƙwallon kyakkyawa zuwa kusurwar ƙasa, yana mayar da Netherlands gaba.

Halin Japan ya ƙara yin duhu lokacin da mai kerawa Takefusa Kubo ya fita a minti na 75 saboda rauni. Cody Gakpo kusan ya ci na uku da bugun ƙasa da ƙasa wanda Suzuki ya kare da ƙarfi.

Japan ba su yarda da sha'ani ba

Manajan Netherlands Ronald Koeman ya yi ƙoƙari ya kare gaba tare da musanyar tsaro — ya shigar da Teun Koopmeiners a wurin Summerville da Nathan Aké a wurin Gravenberch — amma shirin ya koma masa baya. Ƙwallancin Japan da baya masu tsamari sun ci gaba da zazzaɓin wasa har matakin ya biya.

A minti na 89, ɗan wasan maye Koki Ogawa ya ci lambar kusurwa, Daichi Kamada ya tashi ya kai ƙwallon kai don daidaita, yana bai wa Samurai Blue maki ɗaya da suka cancanta.