Gabriel Martinelli ya shiga a matsayin maye gurbin ɗan wasan don zura ƙwallo na nasara a cikin lokacin ƙari, inda ya kai Brazil ga zagaye na 16 a Gasar Duniya ta FIFA 2026 bayan cin wasa da Japan da ci 2-1 a ranar Litinin.

Wannan nasara tana da muhimmanci na musamman dangane da rikodin Brazil na kwanan nan a wasannin knockout. Mutanen Kudancin Amirka sun sha kashi a wasanni huɗu daga cikin shida na ƙarshe na knockout — fiye da wasanni 17 da suka gabata gaba ɗaya, inda aka fitar da su sau uku kawai. Fitowarsu ta ƙarshe a zagaye na 32 ta kasance tun bayan sun sha kashi 1-0 a hannun Argentina a Gasar Duniya ta FIFA 1990.

Farkon wasan Japan da kwarin gwiwa

Japan ta shiga wannan wasan da babban ƙarfin zuciya. Sun gama a matsayi na biyu a Rukuni F bayan sun buga canjaras 2-2 da Netherlands a farkon gasar, suka bi haka da nasara mai ban sha'awa da ci 4-0 a kan Tunisia, kafin su tabbatar da canjarasin shiga zagaye na knockout da canjaras 1-1 da Sweden.

Wannan kwarin gwiwar ta bayyana tun farko. Kaishu Sano ya bude zuro a minti na 29, inda ya kama ƙwallon da aka yi wa lasa a tsakiyar filin wasa, ya tunkari ƙofar kuma ya buge harbi mai ƙasa wanda ya wuce Ederson.

Juyin Brazil a rabi na biyu

Brazil ta daidaita a minti na 56 ta hannun Casemiro, wanda ya yi tsalle sama da tsaron Japan don kai bugun kai daga giccen Gabriel Magalhães zuwa kusurwar nesa.

Ana ganin wasan yana zuwa lokacin ƙari na musamman sa'ad da Martinelli — wanda ya shiga a matsayin maye gurbin — ya yi amfani da sarari a cikin yankin hukunci a minti na shida na lokacin ƙari ya turo ƙwallon cikin nutsuwa zuwa kusurwar ƙasa. Brazil ta kammala juyi mai ban mamaki.