Lionel Messi na bikin ranar haihuwarsa ta 39 a ranar Laraba ta hanyar da ta fi burgewa — a matsayin jagoran mai zura kwallaye a tarihin Kofin Duniya, bayan ya zura kwallaye biyar a wasan da ba a tabbata za ya halarce shi ba.

Hat-trick da ya zura wa Algeria ya sa shi daidai da tarihin Miroslav Klose na tsawon lokaci, sannan kwallaye biyu da ya zura wa Austria suka sa ya kai gaba shi kaɗai. Yanzu yana kwallaye biyu kawai daga zama daidai da jimlarsa duka a bugu na 2022 a Qatar, inda ya ja Argentina wajen daukacin kambun. Wannan shi ne bayyanarsa ta shida a Kofin Duniya — tarihi — kuma yana kama, ta hanya da ba za a yarda da ita ba, fi kyau fiye da kowane lokaci da ya wuce.

Shakku kafin tafiya

Watanni kaɗan da suka wuce, bayyanarsa ba ta da tabbas. Shiru mai tsawo na Messi a fagen jama'a ya zura wata jita-jita mai yawa cewa watakila ba zai halarce ba kwata-kwata. "Ya dogara da shi, yadda yake ji a cikin tunaninsa da halinsa na jiki," in ji kocin Argentina Lionel Scaloni a watan Maris. An karbi shigarsa a ƙarshe da farinciki — kuma bai daɗe yana tabbatar da cewa yana cancanta kasancewa a saman ba.

Messi a halin yanzu yana jagorantar gasa domin Takalmin Zinare, haka Kylian Mbappe da Erling Haaland na raba matsayi na biyu da kwallaye huɗu kowannensu, da Cristiano Ronaldo mai kwallaye biyu. Bayan ya wuce Gerd Muller, Ronaldo, da Klose a jerin tarihi na tsawon lokaci, yana da fifiko da abokan hamayyarsa za su samu wahalar rufe shi.

Fiye da kwallaye kawai

Kididdiga suna ba da labari wanda ya wuce takardun sakamako. An jera Messi a matsayin mafi kyaun ɗan wasan da ke cikin gasar bisa ga matsayin aikin Sky Sports World Cup, wanda ya haɗa da keɓaɓɓun ma'auni masu yawa. Yana zaune a cikin ƙididdiga ta 96 ko sama da haka tsakanin matsakancin ƙwallon ƙafa da masu kai hari don tsinkayar kwallaye waɗanda ba a ciki ba, harbe-harbe, da wucewar da ke cikin kashi na ƙarshe. Don cigaban ɗauke da ƙwallo, yana a ƙididdiga ta 92; don tsinkayar taimakon wasa a wasan bude, na 86.

Watakila mafi ban mamaki, yana a ƙididdiga ta 72 don lashe ƙwallon — ɗaya daga cikinsu ya shirya kai tsaye kwallonsa ta farko a Austria, da aka turawa gida da daidaiton da ya saba yi daga rafe na Facundo Medina.

Ƙarancin gudu, ƙarin tasiri

Scaloni ya ƙirƙiro yanayi na kyakkyawa don Messi ya bunƙasa. Argentina suna samun nasara ta yau da kullun suna same shi a matsayin harbi a cikin faɗin gidan raga, wanda hakan ya haifar da duk kwallayensa biyar. Yana yawo ba tare da ƙuntatawa ba a kan layin gaba, yana sauka da zurfi don haɗa wasan kuma yana sa kansa ya zama mai wahala a bi diddigin sa.

Bayan ƙwallon, an kusan cire Messi daga ayyukan tsaro, yayin da ƙananan abokan wasan sa — Enzo Fernandez, Thiago Almada, Lautaro Martinez, da Julian Alvarez — suna rufe sararin da ke kewaye da shi. Sakamakon haka inganci ne mai ban mamaki. Bisa ga FIFA, Messi yana rufe kilomita 7.8 ne kawai a cikin mintuna 90, mafi ƙarancin adadi tsakanin duk wani matsakancin ƙwallon ƙafa ko mai kai hari a gasar. Har yanzu yana da ƙwararrun gudu a lokutan da suka fi dacewa, kamar yadda ya nuna a shirye-shiryen sa na kwallonsa ta biyu a Austria, amma yana ajiye makamashins da kulawa mai kyau.

Tarihi da aka gina a tsawon shekaru da yawa

Fiye da kashi 70 cikin ɗari na kwallaye 18 na Messi a Kofin Duniya — 13 daga cikinsu — sun zo tun bayan da ya kai shekara 30. Ya zura kwallaye sau biyu fiye da yadda ya yi a cikin gasa huɗu na farko sa haɗe a cikin buga biyu na ƙarshe kawai. Biyar na kwallaye 18 waɗannan sun zo daga waje da yankin hukunci, yayin da aka zura 14 da ƙafarsa ta hagu mai ƙarfi.

Algeria yanzu ita ce ƙungiyar da ya fi zura wa kwallaye a Kofin Duniya, daidai da Nigeria, wanda ya zura wa a mataki na rukuni a Brazil 2014 da Rasha 2018. Kwallonsa ta farko a Kofin Duniya ta zo lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 18 a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin wani a nasara ta 6-0 a kan Serbia a shekarar 2006. Shekaru ashirin bayan haka, ya zama ɗan wasan na tara da ya rike tarihin yawan kwallaye mafi yawa a Kofin Duniya a cikin tarihin shekaru 94 na gasar.

Da Argentina sun riga sun cancanci mataki na knock-out a matsayin masu cin nasara na Rukunin J, da kuma tsarin gasar da aka faɗaɗa yana ba da hanya mai tsawo mai yiwuwa zuwa ƙarshen wasa, akwai dukkan dalilai na fatan fiye da tarihin da za su ci gaba da faɗuwa.