Lionel Messi ya sanar da duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa niyyarsa ta yadda ba za a iya mantawa ba, inda ya ci hat-trick mai ban mamaki yayin da Argentina ta doke Algeria 3-0 a wasan farko na Ƙungiya J na FIFA World Cup 2026 a GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium a Kansas, a gaban masu kallo 69,045.

Hat-trick ɗin shine na farko na Messi a Kofin Duniya — na 61 a duk tarihin aikinsa — kuma ya kawo ɗan wasan mai shekara 38 daidai da Miroslav Klose na Jamus a jerin mafi yawan masu zura ƙwallo a tarihin gasar, tare da ƙwallaye 16. Ya kuma zama tsofaffin ɗan wasa da ya taba zura ƙwallaye fiye da ɗaya a wasa ɗaya na Kofin Duniya, inda ya karya rikodin Roger Milla na Kamaru.

Wasa da za a tuna tsawon lokaci

Daga farkon lokaci zuwa ƙarshe, Messi shine jarumin da ba a tambaya. Kaifin hankali da ƙarfi, ya yi wasa a mataki daban da sauran 'yan wasa duka a filin. Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, da Rodrigo De Paul sun ba da gudummawa mai kyau, amma dare na Messi ne tabbas.

Ƙwallon farko ya fito ne daga De Paul, wanda ya wuce ƙwallon da zurfin isa hannun Messi, wanda ya yi shiri sosai ya harba gwal mai kyau wuce mai gadin ƙofar Algeria Luca Zidane — ɗan ƙarfin France Zinedine Zidane.

Na biyu ya zo a farkon rabin ƙarshe. Yunƙurin Mac Allister ya koma daga mai gada, Messi ya yi sauri ya harba ƙwallon cikin ƙofa. Na uku shi ne mafi kyau daga cikin uku — harbi mai ƙasa da lanƙwasa daga ƙarshen yankin hukunci wanda ya shiga kusurwa ya fashe filin.

Messi ya fita filin yana karɓar tsayawa da tafin hannu daga taron masu goyon bayan Argentina. Har ma masu goyon bayan Algeria da suke can za su iya cewa sun ga gwanin wasa a kusa.

Shekaru 20 bayan haka, tarihi ya maimaita kansa

Wasan yana da ƙarin ma'ana: ƙwallaye uku sun zo daidai shekaru 20 bayan Messi ya fara wasa a Kofin Duniya tare da Argentina a kan Serbia da Montenegro — wasan da ya ci ƙwallo a ciki ma.

Tare da irin wannan farkowar ƙarfi daga masu kare laƙabin, sauran Ƙungiya J sun sani da kyau abin da ke jiransa.