Lionel Messi ya yi dariya bayan ɗaya daga cikin mawuyacin dare a gasar FIFA World Cup 2026, yana ba da labari cewa 'yan wasan Cape Verde sun bugi shi sosai a lokacin wasan — sannan kuma suka nemi hula ta sa'a bayan karshen wasan.

Argentina ta tsallake cikin matsala don doke ƴan wasan da ba su taɓa shiga ba 3-2 bayan ƙarin lokaci a zagaye na 32, suna shiga cikin manyan 16 a cikin wasan mai ban sha'awa na ƙwallayen biyar wanda ya bar zakarun duniya suna wahala na dogon lokaci.

Rikodin gasar da kuma wasan Cape Verde

Messi ya buɗe zango da ƙwallan sa na bakwai a gasar, kafin Cape Verde ta rama kuma ta tilasta ƙarin lokaci. Lisandro Martinez ya maido wa Argentina fifikon 2-1, amma Sidny Lopes Cabral ya ɗauki ƙwallon da ta shiga — ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙwallaye na World Cup 2026 — don daidaita har ɗaya.

A ƙarshe, ƙwallar cin gida daga kwanyar kusurwa ta tabbatar da nasara ga Argentina, tana aikawa zakarun da ke mulki gaba da ƙaramin bambanci.

Duk da rauni da ya sha, Messi ya yabi masu hamayya da suka tura shi zuwa iyakarsa, yana mai cewa aikin Cape Verde bai yi mamaki ba, la'akari da sakamakon da suka samu akan Spain da Uruguay a matakin rukuni.

Kalaman Messi bayan wasan

«A filin wasa suna buge ni ƙwarai… duk da haka suna neman rigata,» in ji Messi cikin ba'a. «Wannan ƙungiya tana nuna haka tun daɗewa: tana yin gasar kuma za ta yi har ƙarshe.»

Kyaftin na Argentina ya kuma yi tsokaci kan ƙarin mahimmancin set-pieces a gasar, yana amincewa cewa ƙungiyarsa ba ta kasance tana amfani da su sosai kwanan nan ba.

«Mun ga mahimmancin set-pieces — a wasanni irin wannan, yana da mahimmanci. Muna da ƙwararrun ƙwallayen kai a sama. Mun iya amfana da su, kuma za su ci gaba da zama masu mahimmanci. Mun kasance muna aiki a kai tun ɗan lokaci, a kai hari da tsaro.»