Wani ƙarshen ban mamaki na wasan Rukuni J a Kansas City ya samar da ɗaya daga cikin ƙarshen da suka fi tayar da hankali a cikin FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 — tare da ci 3-3 tsakanin Aljeriya da Ostiriya wanda ya kai ƙasashen biyu zuwa zagaye na 32 kuma ya kawo ƙarshen tafiyar Iran a gasar.

Ostiriya ta bayyana an kori ta ne lokacin da Riyad Mahrez ya ratse ta a minti na uku na ƙarin lokaci, ya harba da sanyin hali don ba Aljeriya jagora — inda ya zama kamar an yanke hukunci ga abokan hamayya nasu da a cire su. Iran, wadda ke kallo daga nesa, dole ta yi imani cewa wurinta a zagayen knockout ya samu tsaro.

Amma manajan Ostiriya Ralf Rangnick yana da wani katin ƙarshe don jefa. Ya shigar da babban dan wasa Sasa Kalajdzic, a minti na 96 kuma babban dan wasan ya hadu da wata dunkulewar biya daga Michael Gregoritsch ya yi kai don kunnawa bikin daji a GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium a gaban masu kallo 69,045.

Wasan da ya karyata dukkan tsammanin

An dauko wannan taron a matsayin wasan tsaye mai yuwuwar — ƙungiyoyi biyu da suke jin daɗin ɗaukar maki ɗaya kowace. Ƙwallon ƙafa ya ba da labari daban daban, mai ƙunshe da ƙwallaye shida, jerin damar da aka rasa, da wani ƙarshen da ya bar 'yan wasan da masu goyon baya na ƙungiyoyin biyu sun gaji gaba ɗaya.

Ostiriya ce ta fara cika raga a minti na 28 lokacin da David Alaba ya buga wata kyakkyawar wucewa sama da tsaron Aljeriya zuwa Marko Arnautovic, wanda ya gudu shi kaɗai ya harba kusa da mai gida Oussama Benbot. Aljeriya ta mayar da martani da matsin lamba mai ƙarfi — Ibrahim Maza ya buga ƙwallon a bangaren waje na raga, Fares Chaibi ya buga ginshiƙi — kafin Rafik Belghali ya daidaita a minti na 44, ya tsallake cikin yankin don harba da ƙarfi cikin raga bayan da Phillipp Mwene ya rasa ƙwallon a kusurwa.

Marcel Sabitzer ya maido da jagora ga Ostiriya a minti na 55, ya karbi wata farauta ta ƙasa daga Konrad Laimer da wani bugun tsauri da nutsuwa. Amma Mahrez bai yarda da wannan ba — kyaftin din Aljeriya ya kama giccen Houssem Aouar daga gefen hagu bayan mintoci shida ya kara harba don daidaitawa a 2-2.

Da agogon ya kusa ƙarewa, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun bayyana sun yarda da tare. Sa'an nan Aouar ya sake Mahrez a cikin na karshe na rufe, Mahrez kuma bai nuna tausayi ba — 3-2 ga Aljeriya a minti na 90+3'.

Ƙuduri na Ostiriya a daƙiƙoƙi na ƙarshe shi ne ya yi bambanci. Kalajdzic, wanda ba shi da lokaci a fagen wasa, ya tashi sama da tsaro ya yi kai don karɓar wucewa ta Gregoritsch a minti na 96, ya kunna bikin murna tare da karya begen Iran.

Abin da ke jiran ƙungiyoyin gaba

Aljeriya, wadda ta ƙare ta uku a Rukuni J, za ta fuskanci Switzerland a zagaye na 32. Ostiriya, ta biyu, za ta haɗu da zakaran Turai Spain — sakamakon mai wuya ga ƙungiyar da ta tsira daga mawuyacin halin da ba a tsammani ba.