Lionel Messi ya shiga wannan wasan na Rukunin J yana da tarihi a gaban idonsa. Hat-trick da ya zura a buɗe wasan Argentina a FIFA World Cup 2026 ya sa ya daidaita da Miroslav Klose a buɗe ƙwallo 16 a gasar — rikodin mafi girma a tarihin Kofin Duniya na maza. Ƙwallo ɗaya kacal a kan Austria zai ba Messi mallakar wannan rikodin shi kaɗai.

Ayyukan da ke gaba

Argentina da Austria sun hadu a AT&T; Stadium, inda bangarori biyu suka san cewa nasara za tabbatar da shiga raundi na 32 tare da wata wasa ɗaya da za a yi. Messi da 'yan wasa suka iso a matsayin jagororin Rukunin J bayan rinjayar 3-0 da suka yi wa Algeria — sakamako da Vladimir Petkovic da 'yan wasansa ba su samu amsa a wannan dare ba.

Kylian Mbappe shine kawai dan wasa mai aiki da zai iya wata rana yin barazana ga rikodin Messi, amma wanda ya ci Ballon d'Or sau takwas ya kasance babban tauraro na wannan gasar wanda babu wanda ya yi kamarsa. A Amurka — ƙasar da yake buga ƙwallon kulob yanzu — kasancewar Messi kaɗai yana ɗaukaka duk wasan da ya shiga.

Makurin Austria da ba a zata ba

Austria ta Ralf Rangnick ba ta zo kawai don cika wurin ba. Nasarar buɗewa da suka samu a kan Jordan — nasarar farko ta Austria a Kofin Duniya tun 1990 — ta nuna ƙarfin gwiwa na gaske, ko da kuwa a kan ɗan wasan Jordan wanda ya tabbata ƙarƙashin kocin farko Jamal Sellami. Nasara ta biyu a jere za ta tabbatar da ci gaban Austria daga mataki na rukuni a karo na farko cikin shekara 44.

Yaƙin neman tsallakewa na Austria ya kasance mai ban mamaki a hankali. A cikin rukuni tare da Bosnia da Herzegovina, sun tattara maki 19 kuma sun fadi biyar kaɗai. Marko Arnautovic, ɗan wasan da yake da shekara 37 wanda yanzu yake da kwantiragi a Red Star Belgrade a Serbian SuperLiga, ya zura ƙwallaye shida daga cikin 14 da Austria ta zura wa San Marino kaɗai.

Rangnick, wanda aka yaba masa a fadi a matsayin mahaifin dabarun gegenpressing na zamani, ba shakka ya nazarci wasan Messi da kyau. Petkovic bai samu mafita a ranar wasan farko ba — ana sa ran Rangnick ya iso da tsari mai zurfi.

Mahallin tarihi

Wannan shi ne kawai karo na uku da Argentina da Austria suka hadu, kuma na farko a wasan hukuma. Haduwarsu ta kwanan nan, 1-1 a shekarar 1990, ta ga Manfred Zsak da Jorge Burruchaga suna raba ƙwallaye yayin da Argentina — waɗanda suke magada a lokacin — suke shirya wa waccan gasar. Tarihi yana maimaita kansa ta hanya mai ban sha'awa: Argentina sun iso a matsayin magada kuma.

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