Lamine Yamal ya zira kwallo na farko a Kofin Duniya a kan Saudi Arabia yana da shekara 18 da kwanaki 343 kacal — abin da ya sa ya zama na bakwai a cikin jerin mafi ƙananan masu zura kwallo a tarihin gasar.

Saurayin Sifen ya fara wasan farko a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a wannan Kofin Duniya, kuma bai ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo kafin ya nuna ikonsa ba. Bayan kusan mintuna 10, ya taɓa wata ƙwalla mai ƙarfi daga Mikel Oyarzabal a bayan ragar, yana buɗe makin ga Spain a wasan da aka yi tsammani sauƙi ne — ko da yake Spain ya shige shi da hankali bayan ɗaukar maki ɗaya da Cape Verde a zagaye na farko.

Saudi Arabia, ƙungiyar da tana da tarihin ƙirƙirar mamaki a kwanan nan — musamman nasarar da suka samu a kan masu ɗaukar kofin Argentina a matakin rukuni na Kofin Duniya 2022 — ta shirya da tsarin tsaro na 'yan wasa biyar don ta ƙoƙari hana hare-haren La Roja. Hakan bai isa ta dakatar da Yamal ba.

Matsayin Yamal a cikin mafi ƙananan masu zura kwallo

Kwallen Yamal a Atlanta ta sa ya zama na bakwai a cikin jerin mafi ƙananan masu zura kwallo a Kofin Duniya a tarihi — yana gaba da Lionel Messi kai tsaye, wanda Yamal yanzu yana sa rigar sa mai suna lamba 10 a Barcelona. Har ila yau, ya zarce fitattun 'yan wasa kamar Jude Bellingham da Kylian Mbappe a wannan jerin tarihi.

Sai dai rikodin yana nesa da isa. Pelé shi ne sarki, bayan ya zura kwallo ta farko a Kofin Duniya yana da shekara 17 da kwanaki 239 a kan Wales a gasar ta 1958 da aka gudanar a Sweden — gasar da Brazil ta lashe, wanda ya sa Pelé ya zama mafi ƙarancin shekara wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya a tarihi. Wannan rikodin da an yi ba a taɓa wuce ba.

Abokin ƙungiyar Yamal a kulob da ƙasar, Gavi, ya fi sama a jerin a matsayi na uku, bayan ya zura kwallo ta farko a Kofin Duniya yana da shekara 18 da kwanaki 110 a kan Costa Rica a Qatar a 2022. Sauran waɗanda suka zura kwallo suna da ƙarancin shekara fiye da Yamal sun haɗa da Manuel Rosas, Michael Owen, Nicolae Kovacs, da Dmitri Sychev.

Kwallen da Falcons na Kore ya ci ita ce ta farko ta Yamal a Kofin Duniya — amma a Atlanta, da Spain tana ci gaba da fafatawa, ba ita ce ta ƙarshe ba.