Lewis Koumas ya zura kwallon farko ta kasa da ƙasa cikin salon ban mamaki, yana kai ƙwallon da Neco Williams ya yi masa caja a minti na uku na lokacin ƙari, don samun Wales ɗa ci-ci-ci 1-1 da Ghana a Cardiff City Stadium a ranar Talata.

Sakamakon ya zo ne yayin da ƙungiyoyin biyu suke gaban manyan kyaututtuka — Ghana sun cancanci Kofin Duniya, kuma England, ɗaya daga cikin abokan hamayyarsu a matakin rukuni, za ta fuskanci Black Stars a ranar 23 ga Yuni a FIFA World Cup 2026.

Mai maye gurbin Ghana ya kunna wasa

A mafi yawan dare, Wales sun mallaki filin da ƙwallon, suna wucewa ta tsakiyar filin cikin sauƙi. Ghana — ba tare da dan wasan da ya fi hatsari Antoine Semenyo ba, wanda ya zauna a benci duk lokacin — ba su yi barazana ba a cikin sa'ar farko.

Jordan Ayew, mai ɗaukar kyautar jagoranci, bai bayar da sauri ko shigar da ya zama dole ba don daidaita layin tsaron Wales, kuma harin Black Stars ya zama abin tsammani da sauƙin toshe.

Thomas Partey ya kasance ɗan takara mai cece-kuce a rabin farko, yana karɓar katin rawaya saboda wulakancin da ya yi wa Daniel James kafin ya fado David Brooks irin wannan. Ma'aikatan horar da Ghana sun yanke shawara ta rashin makawa su cire shi lokacin hutu.

James ya buga katako sau biyu kafin hutu — Lawrence Ati-Zigi ya fara tura kai-tsayen nasa zuwa ginshiƙi, sa'an nan fiffiken Leeds ya buga katako bayan Partey ya toshe ƙoƙarinsa na farko.

Black Stars suna samun damarsu

Shigowar Ernest Nuamah da Caleb Yirenkyi daga benci ya canza wasan Ghana a rabin sa'a na ƙarshe. Wales, waɗanda suka ji daɗi sosai a yawancin dare, sun sami kansu ana tura su baya akai-akai.

Nuamah ya tilasta Karl Darlow ya yi tangarɗar adana ƙwallon mai kyau, kuma Yirenkyi ya kasance a wuri mai dacewa don tura ƙwallon cikin raga daga kusa bayan ta buga ginshiƙi, yana kunna murnar farin ciki daga ƙungiyar Ghanaians masu hayaniya a filin wasa, a minti na 66.

Black Stars kuma sun tsira daga sa'ar sa'a lokacin da taɓawar rashin kulawa ta Gideon Mensah ta tura ƙwallon inchi kaɗan daga gwiwar goshi, kuma alkalin wasa Oscar Johnson ya hana buƙatar fanareti bayan Neco Williams ya fadi a ciki.

Koumas ya ceci Wales

Yayin da rashin nasara ke gabatowa, manajan Wales Craig Bellamy ya dogara ga maye gurbi, kuma Koumas — wanda yake a filin wasa tun minti na sittin — ya bayar da gudummawar yanke shawara. Ya karɓi cajan Williams da kai ƙarfi don daidaita al'amuran a ƙarshen lokacin ƙari.

Kwallon tana da ma'ana ta musamman ga Koumas, wanda ya kammala kakar wasa ta cikin gida ta hanyar taimaka wa Hull samun tashin zuwa Premier League a lokacin lamuni, kuma wanda ya haɗu da mahaifinsa Jason a matsayin mai ci ƙwallo ta kasa da ƙasa don Wales.

Wasan abokantaka kuma ya nuna cika shekara 150 na Football Association of Wales, wanda aka kafa a wata otal a Wrexham a shekara ta 1876. Wales sun sanya rigar tsohuwar jan da farare don girmama taron, suna buga wasan da abokin hamayya na Afirka a ƙasar su a karon farko.

Bellamy ya nuna rikodin mara kyau na ƙungiyarsa a watan Yuni kafin wasan ya fara — Wales sun ci nasara biyu ne kawai a cikin wasanni 11 da suka gabata a wannan wata — amma 'yan wasansa sun nuna ƙarfin hali da ya isa don guje wa ci gaba da jerin rashin nasarar.