An sakar da sunan Mat Ryan a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ostiraliya bayan an shigar da shi a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin wani musamman don fuskantar Egypt a harbin fanareti — kuma ya yi abin da ake tsammani a lokacin da ya fi muhimmanci.

Kiyar da ke da ƙwarewa ba ta kasance cikin 'yan wasa na farko ba a wannan wasa, amma ma'aikatan horar da Ostiraliya sun koma gare shi don harbin fanareti, wata hukuma da ta ƙarfafa sunan Ryan a matsayin ƙwararren mai magance yanayi masu matsin lamba.

Ryan ya gina aiki mai fadi a cikin manyan gasar Turai, yana samun karɓuwa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin kiyar da ake yarda da su a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ostiraliya. Natsuwarsa da iyawarsa ta hana ƙwallo a yanayi na kai da kai sun mai da shi zaɓin halitta lokacin da fanareti suka zo.

Yanke shawara ta tabbatar da nasara. Shigar Ryan a lokacin yanke shawara ya taimakawa Ostiraliya ta kawar da Egypt kuma ta ci gaba, yana aika Socceroos gaba ta hanya mai ban sha'awa.

Shi ne lokaci da ya tattara ikon Ryan na tashi sama a cikin dukkan ayyukansa lokacin da abubuwa suka fi muhimmanci — wata ƙwarewa da ta bayyana tafiyarsa a ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob da kuma mataki na duniya.