Argentina ta tsira daga ɗaya daga cikin manyan mamaki na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, ta doke Cape Verde da 3-2 a wasan kusa-da-kusa na zagaye na 32 ranar Juma'a — amma ayyukan ƙasar tsibiri za a tuna da su tsawon lokaci bayan busar ƙarshe.

Lionel Messi ya buɗe zuran bayan mintuna 29 a Miami Stadium, yana ci wa ƙwallon gemu na 30 a Kofin Duniya a salon da ya saba da shi. Ciyarwar ta kuma faɗaɗa rikodinsa na cin ƙwallo a cikin Kofin Duniya takwas masu jere, tare da haɓakawa daga Kylian Mbappe na Faransa da ƙwallaye biyu a gasar zuwa zama babban dan wasan da ya fi cin ƙwallo a tarihin gasar.

Cape Verde na girgiza zakara

Zakaran da suke rike da sarautar sun bayyana suna kan hanya zuwa nasara mai sauƙi, amma Cape Verde — waɗanda suke buga zagaye na fita a Kofin Duniya a karon farko — sun ƙi tsoro. Deroy Duarte ya daidaita al'amura da ɓugun da aka yi da kyau wanda ya shafe muryar masu goyon bayan Argentina a cikin filin wasa.

Lisandro Martinez ya maido da fifiko ga Argentina mintuna biyu bayan fara ƙarin lokaci, yana harba ƙwallon zuwa rufin gidan ƙwallo. Duk da haka, Cape Verde bai daina ba. Sidny Cabral ya ci ƙwallon da ya fi kowa ban sha'awa wanda da yawa suke ɗaukarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙwallo a gasar, yana kawo ƙarin daɗin wasa.

Ƙwallo a kan kai ne ta yanke hukunci

Lokacin yanke hukunci ya zo ta hanyar ta yi wa Cape Verde zafi. Kwallo ta kusurwa ta Messi ta juya zuwa kan ragar nasa ta hannun Borges marasa sa'a, wanda ya ƙare wasan da 3-2 kuma ya kai Argentina zagaye na gaba.

Kocin Argentina Lionel Scaloni ya bayyana yana farin ciki a bayyane a lokacin ƙarshe — kuma da dalili mai kyau. Ƙungiyarsa ta tilastawa yaƙi a kowane mataki da abokan hamayyar da aka sanya a ƙasa da su a takarda.

Ga Cape Verde, shan kaye shine ƙarshen tamu da daɗi na farkon Kofin Duniya mai cike da tunawa. Suna fita ba tare da nasara ba, amma ayyukansu — musamman wannan nuna jaruntaka a kan zakaru masu rike da sarautar — ya sa suka samu girman kai mai yawa daga masu sha'awar kwallon ƙafa a fadin Afirka da wuce.