Yana da shekara 39, Lionel Messi yana sake rubuta tarihin wasanni. Wanda ya ci Ballon d'Or sau takwas ya bayar da taimako guda biyu yayin da Argentina ta koma daga baya ta doke Ingila 2-1 a wasan kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026, ta tabbatar da wurinta a wasan karshe na biyu a jere.

Argentina za ta fuskanci Spain — kasar da Messi ya gina sunansa tare da Barcelona — a wasan karshe na Lahadi a New Jersey. Wannan zai yi kama da ba zai yiwu ba lokacin da Messi, yana da shekara 29, ya yi murabus na wucin gadi daga kungiyar kasa a shekarar 2016, bayan ya rasa finaloci uku na Copa America da wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya 2014 a hannun Germany.

Yadda Messi ya rushe fatan Ingila

Ingila ba ta taba fuskantar Messi a wasan gasa kafin wannan wasan semi-final ba, kuma tawagar Thomas Tuchel za ta so manta wannan haduwa. Anthony Gordon ya ba Ingila jagora a minti na 55, amma wannan gol kawai ya farka Argentina — musamman Messi.

Lokacin da Tuchel ya amsa ta hanyar shigar da ƙarin masu tsaro kuma Ingila ta ja da baya, Messi ya koma kan reshen dama. Argentina ta mamaye ƙwallon da kashi 88 bisa dari tsawon mintoci 37 da suka biyo baya, Messi yana jagorantar komai.

Ya kammala dribbling tara — dukkan tawagar Ingila suka yi bakwai kawai a duk tsawon wasan. Ya taba ƙwallon sau bakwai a cikin akwatin abokin gaba, ya ƙirƙiri damar guda huɗu, kuma ya yi crosses tara. Mafi mahimmanci, ya ba da taimako don dukkan wasannin Argentina biyu.

A minti na 85, tsari na kwallo-tsaf ya ba Messi damar samun Enzo Fernandez, wanda ya buga daidaitaccen gwari mai karfi daga wajen fili. Sa'an nan, a cikin ƙarin lokaci, Messi ya yi ketare ga Lautaro Martinez wanda ya kai kai ya zura.

Waɗannan taimako biyu sun mai da Messi ɗan wasa na farko a tarihi — tun 1966 — ya kammala dribbling tara ya kuma ba da taimako biyu a wasan ɗaya na kora a Kofin Duniya.