Lionel Messi ya rubuta sunansa a tarihin kwallon kafa cikin zurfi, ya wuce tarihin tsohon na Miroslav Klose don zama babban mai zura kwallo a duk lokaci a gasar FIFA World Cup. Messi ya kai matakin kwallaye 17 na Kofin Duniya a lokacin wasan matakin rukuni na Argentina da Austria a FIFA World Cup 2026.

Tarihin Klose na kwallaye 16, wanda ya kafa a cikin kamfen huɗu na Kofin Duniya tare da Jamus, ya tsaya tsawon shekaru a matsayin ma'aunin nasarar mutum ɗaya a gasar. Messi, wanda yanzu shi kaɗai ne mai wannan tarihin, yana ƙara wannan nasara ga aiki da ke cike da manyan abubuwan tarihi.

Tauraruwar Argentina ta kasance a ko'ina a fagen FIFA World Cup, tana ba da lokuta da suka bayyana dukkanin gasar. Kwallonsa ta 17 ta ci gaba da al'adar da ta ɗauki shekaru da yawa ta hanyar nau'ikan gasar da yawa, inda kowane bugun a wannan matakin ke ƙara labarinsa wanda duniyar kwallon kafa mai yiwuwa ba za ta taɓa ganin kwatankwacinsa ba.

Kwallon ta zo a matakin rukuni, tana nuna tasirin da Messi ke ci gaba da yi a matakin mafi girma har ma a wannan mataki na aikinsa. Argentina, suna dogara ga hazakar kyaftin ɗin su, sun tabbatar da sakamakon da ya dace a wasan da Austria yayin da matakin rukuni na FIFA World Cup 2026 ke ɗaukar siffa.

Magoya baya a duniya baki ɗaya — musamman a fadin Afirka, inda Messi ke da magoya baya masu aminci — sun yi murna da wannan lokaci a matsayin tabbaci na abin da da yawa sun riga sun gaskata: cewa ɗan Ajantina shine mafi girma da ya taɓa buga wasa a Kofin Duniya.