Dawowar Algeria da aka yi jira tsawon lokaci zuwa FIFA World Cup 2026 ta ƙare da rashin nasara 3-0 a hannun Arjantina masu riƙe da kambun a buɗe wasan Ƙungiya J a Kansas City ranar Talata, yayin da Lionel Messi ya ci hat-trick wanda ya sa ya kai daidai da tarihin rikodin mafi yawan masu ci kwallo a FIFA World Cup.

Bambancin sakamako ya yi karin girma fiye da yadda ya kamata. A kashi mai tsawo na wasan, Fennec Foxes sun yi gogayya da nutsuwa da kwazo a kan ɗaya daga cikin manyan masoyiyin gasar — kafin gwanancin Messi mai ƙanƙani ya tabbatar da bambancin.

Farkon mai zafi da VAR ta kaɗa

Wasan ya ƙona cikin mintuna biyar na farko sa'ad da Messi ya samu kwallo a ragar, amma VAR ta soke shi saboda offside. Algeria ta amsa kusan nan da nan: Ibrahim Maza ya wuce Fares Chaibi a bayansa, kuma dan wasan tsakiyar ya ƙare da kwarin gwiwa a gaban Emiliano Martinez — amma VAR ta shiga tsakani kuma ta soke burin saboda offside.

Farkon mai zafin rai ya juyar da hankali zuwa fadan dabara. Algeria ta nuna tsari na tsaro, kuma mai tsaron ƙofar Luca Zidane ya yi jerin tsayawa mahimmai don kiyaye daidaito.

An karya kulle a minti na 17. Sa'ad da Messi ya karɓi kwallo a gefen yankin, ya wuce mai tsaronsa da wata motsi kafin ya lanƙwasa harbi da ƙafar hagu bayan yatsun Zidane zuwa kusurwar.

Chaibi yana barazana kafin Messi ya sake bugawa

Algeria ta ƙi komawa baya duk da kasancewa a baya a sakamako. Chaibi ya kasance kamar barazana a koyaushe a rabin farko — ya isar da wani kura mai haɗari wanda ya tilasta Arjantina yin tsaro na gaggawa, daga baya kuma ya gwada sandar daga nesa da wata harbi da ta wuce sama a kan sandar kaɗan.

Fennec Foxes sun shiga hutu na rabin har yanzu suna cikakke a cikin wasan.

Arjantina ta ci gaba da mamaye riƙe kwallo bayan hutu, Lautaro Martinez kusan ya samu kafin Zidane ya hanashi. Duk da haka, matsin lamba ya yi tasiri sa'ad da Messi ya amsa da sauri mafi yawa ga kwallo da ta koma bayan bugun Alexis Mac Allister wanda Zidane ya buge, ya harba kwallon ta biyu jim kadan kafin awa ta wasan.

Kocin Vladimir Petkovic ya amsa ta hanyar shigar da Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Amoura, da Houssem Aouar don cusa sabon ƙarfi a kan harin, amma sauye-sauyen sun buɗe sarari a tsaro.

Messi ya hukunta Algeria a karo na uku a minti na 76, ya lanƙwasa wata ƙarewarsa ta sanannen salon daga gefen yankin don kammala hat-trick ɗinsa da tabbatar da nasara.

Algeria na kallon gaba zuwa Jordan

Duk da sakamako, Algeria ta nuna isasshen tsari, jaruntaka, da ingancin fasaha don barin Kansas City tare da dalilan bege. Sun yi gogayya da zakarun duniya masu riƙe da taken kuma sun samar da dama na gaske — tunatarwa cewa tafiyarsu ta World Cup ba ta ƙare ba.

Fennec Foxes yanzu suna fuskantar wani gasar daidaito na Ƙungiya J a kan Jordan a ranar 22 ga Yuni a San Francisco. Nasara ta zama tilas idan Algeria suna son kiyaye begen zuwa zagayen karshe yana raye.