Lionel Messi ya zura hat-trick yayin da Argentina ta doke Algeria 3-0 a wasansu na farko a Rukuni J na FIFA World Cup 2026 — amma hawayensa bayan burinsa na farko sun jawo hankalin jama'a kamar yadda sakamakon kansa ya yi.

Yayin taron 'yan jarida bayan wasan, Messi ya tabbatar da cewa bayyanuwar motsin zuciyarsa ba ta da alaka da kwallon kafa. Ya bayyana cewa ya shafe kwanaki masu wahala a rayuwarsa ta sirri kafin wasan, ba tare da bayar da karin bayani ba.

"Ba ta da alaka da kwallon kafa; na shafe kwanaki masu wahala. Lamari ne da ya kasance a wajen wasanni gaba daya; na shafe kwanaki masu wahala da damun zuciya," in ji Messi.

Kyaftin din Argentina ya nuna godiyarsa ta zuciya ga 'yan wasa da tawagar Argentina baki daya saboda tallafi a wannan lokaci.

"Ina godiya ga dukkan tawagar da abokan wasana. Sun yi kokari sosai don tabbatar da cewa ina daidai. Abin da nake fuskanta yanzu shi ne karin alewa a saman komai. Ina farin ciki sosai kuma ina godiya ga wannan kungiyar mai ban mamaki. Ina jin dadin komai sosai," ya kara da cewa.

Hat-trick ta tarihi

Ban da motsin rai, aikin kansa ya kasance na ban mamaki. Hat-trick din ita ce ta farko ta Messi a duk tarihinsa na kofin duniya, kuma ta kai jimlar kwallayensa a gasar zuwa 16 — yana daidaita rikodin Miroslav Klose na yawan kwallaye da aka zura a tarihin FIFA World Cup.

Nasarar Argentina 3-0 akan Algeria tana nuni da fara kamfen da karfi yayin da suke neman kare taken da suka lashe a Qatar shekaru hudu da suka wuce karkashin jagorancin kocin Lionel Scaloni — nasara da ta ba Messi lambar yabo ta farko ta kofin duniya a rayuwarsa.