Harry Kane ya canza bugun fenariti mai ƙarfi don ba wa England fifiko na 1-0 a kan Croatia a wasansu na farko na Ƙungiya L a Kofin Duniya 2026 — amma labarin da ke bayan wannan bugun fenariti ya fi ban mamaki fiye da yadda maki ya nuna.

Ƙoƙarin Kane na farko ya tsaya ne hannun ƙwararren mai tsaron ƙofar Croatia Dominik Livakovic, bugun da ba shi da ƙarfi wanda ya ba mai tsaron ƙofa damar farko ta karanta kyawun kyaftin na England. Duk da haka, maimakon yin rauni a ƙarƙashin matsin ƙoƙarin na biyu, Kane ya mayar da martani da ɗaya daga cikin mafi sauri bugunin fenariti da aka yi rikodin a wannan gasar.

Kimiyya a bayan bugun

A cewar Connected Ball Technology da aka saka a cikin ƙwallon hukuma na TRIONDA, ƙoƙarin Kane na biyu ya kai gudu mai ban mamaki na 121.9km/h — gudu da ya sa tsayansa ya zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba ga Livakovic.

Masu nazari sun lura cewa bugun fenariti na yau da kullun an kiyasta shi da kusan 0.79 expected goals. An yi imanin wannan adadi ya ragu lokacin da ɗan wasa ɗaya ya fuskanci bugun fenariti na biyu a wasa ɗaya, domin mai tsaron ƙofa yana samun fa'ida ta tunani — bayan ya riga ya karanta motsin mai bugun da dabararsa, ko da ƙoƙarin farko ya haifar da gol ko a'a.

Kane ya ƙi bin wannan dabara gaba ɗaya. Nauyin tunani na a tsaye shi a ƙoƙarin farko ya bayyana cewa ya haifar da ƙoƙari na biyu mai ƙarfi fiye da na tsoro.

Kane ya kara na biyu — sai England ta jagoranci

Dan wasan Bayern Munich bai tsaya a can ba. Ya ƙara karo na biyu da dare ta hanyar kai, yana ƙara wa England fifiko kuma bayan Croatia ta daidaita.

Croatia ta daidaita sau biyu, amma a ƙarshe England ta samu nasara. Jude Bellingham da Marcus Rashford dukansu sun zura ƙwallo a raga a rabin karo na biyu don tabbatar da nasara a Ƙungiya L da ba wa England kyakkyawan fara yaƙin Kofin Duniya 2026.

Kane yana nuna ƙwazo a bugunin fenariti tare da Bayern Munich tun bayan shiga ƙungiyar Jamus a 2023, tare da rasa ƙwallo guda ɗaya kawai — bugun a minti na 36 kan Wolfsburg a farkon watan Mayu, bayan an riga an tabbatar da taken Bundesliga, bayan wani mai tsaron ƙungiyar abokin hamayya ya shafi wurin fenariti.