Lionel Messi ya bayar da ɗaya daga cikin fitattun kyawawan nuni na mutum ɗaya a tarihin Kofin Duniya a daren Talata, inda ya ci duk ƙwallaye uku na Argentina a cikin nasarar 3-0 akan Algeria a Kansas City, yana bude kare taken da ƙarfi.

Kofin duniya na shida — da tarihi tun busa farko

Messi ya yi tarihi kafin wasan ya fara, ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya buga a Gasar Kofin Duniya sau shida lokacin da alkalin wasa ya busa a Kansas City. Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance wani darasi mai ban mamaki, ko da daga ɗan wasa mai matsayin da ba a saba gani ba kamarsa.

Algeria ta kusa bude maki da wuri lokacin da Fares Chaibi ya harba cikin raga, sai dai VAR ya soke ƙwallon saboda offside. Bayan warwarewar halin, Argentina ta karɓi iko da wasan, kuma a minti na 17 Rodrigo De Paul ya tsaga tsaron Algeria ya saki Messi, wanda ya juyar da jikinsadda ya harba da ƙarfi daga nesa — ƙwallonsa ta farko a Kofin Duniya tun bayan ya ci ƙwallo a huɗu cikin basa biyar da ya shiga a baya, tare da South Africa 2010 kadai yake na ban da shi.

Daidaita rikodin Klose na kowane lokaci

Kadan bayan hutun, Messi ya sake harba, yana mayar da martani da sauri ga kurakuran mai tsaron raga na Algeria Luca Zidane don kawo jimillarsa na ƙwallaye a Kofin Duniya zuwa 15 — ɗaya ne kawai ya rage daga rikodin duka lokuta na Miroslav Klose na ƙwallo 16, da ɗan wasa ɗan Jamus ya kafa a lokacin aikinsa tare da Die Mannschaft kuma ya rike shekaru 12.

Jiran daidaito bai daɗe ba. Da minti 15 kafin karshen, Messi ya karɓi ƙwallon a bakin yankin hukunci, ya kai shi ga ƙafar hagunsa ta fi so, sannan ya harba cikin kusurwar ƙasan daga yadi 18 — alama ta musamman, ta dole, kuma ta tarihi. Ya daidaita Klose a ƙwallaye 16 a Kofin Duniya.

Rikodin tsoho da na sabon zamani

Hat-trick din ya sa Messi ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya ci ƙwallaye uku a wasa ɗaya a gasar 2026, bayan jerin biyu-biyu da Elijah Just, Erling Haaland, Folarin Balogun, Yasin Ayari, Kai Havertz, da Kylian Mbappe suka ci. Ya kuma zama ɗan wasa na farko mai aiki a MLS da ya ci hat-trick a wasa na Kofin Duniya, haka kuma ya zama tsofon ɗan wasa a tarihin gasar da ya ci biyu sa'an nan ya ci ukun.

Argentina za ta buga da Austria a Litinin 22 ga Yuni, sa'an nan da Jordan a Lahadi 28 ga Yuni. Messi yana buƙatar ƙwallo ɗaya kawai ƙari don ya wuce Klose ya tsaya shi kaɗai a matsayin mafi yawan mai ci ƙwallo a tarihin Kofin Duniya — kuma yana jagorantar mafi yawan masu ci ƙwallo na gasar 2026 da hat-trick dinsa.