Mikel Merino ya ci kwallo a ƙarshen wasa don aika Spain zuwa kwata-fainal na FIFA World Cup 2026, bayan nasara 1-0 akan Portugal a zagaye na 16, Litinin a Arlington, Texas — karo na farko da suka kai wannan matakin tun lokacin da suka lashe kofin a shekarar 2010.

Lokacin yanke hukunci ya zo ne lokacin da Ferran Torres ya buga ƙwallon cikin dakin hukunci don 'yantar da Merino, wanda ya sanya ƙwallon a cikin raga Diogo Costa don karya takure. Abin ya faru ta hanyar abin mamaki: an fado da Merino ƴan mintuna kafin, aka ba da kura, amma yayin da dan wasan Portugal ya yi gardama game da shawarar, Merino ya fara wasan, ya nufi raga, ya kuma kammala da natsuwa bayan ya karbi pashin daga Torres.

Ƙarshe mai damuwa ga Spain

Ƙungiyar manaja Luis de la Fuente ta sha wahala a mintuna na ƙarshe, da Portugal ta kusa daidaita sau biyu kafin karshen wasa. Duk da haka, Spain ta rike nasarar kuma ta tabbatar da wurinta a kwata-fainal.

Yanzu suna jiran wanda zai yi nasara a wasan Litinin tsakanin Belgium da United States, yayin da kwata-fainal aka shirya ya gudana a SoFi Stadium a Inglewood, California.

Ƙarshen tafiya ga Ronaldo?

Wannan shan kashi na iya nuna ƙarshen tafiyar Cristiano Ronaldo a Kofin Duniya. Ronaldo yana bayyane damuwa bayan busa sarewa ta ƙarshe, yana ƙoƙarin kai Portugal mataki mai zurfi na biyu a jere, bayan sun kai kwata-fainal a UEFA Euro 2024. Wannan burin bai cika ba, kuma mai rikodin ƙwallayen ƙasa da ƙasa na duk lokaci mai yiwuwa ya buga wasansa na ƙarshe a mafi girman dandalin wasan.