Lionel Scaloni ya tabbatar da cewa Lionel Messi zai fara wasa a kan benci a wasan karshe na rukunin FIFA World Cup 2026 da Jordan, bayan da Argentina ta riga ta lashe matsayi na farko a rukuninsu kuma ta tabbatar da wuri a matakin Round of 32.

Scaloni ya bayyana wannan shawara a wani tattaunawar da ta kasance ba ta dace da al'ada ba da wani dan jarida, yana nuna cewa wannan bayyanawa ta yiwu ne kawai saboda alakar sirri da ke tsakaninsu. "Ina farin ciki da iya amsa tambayarka. Mun san juna tun lokaci mai tsawo," in ji kocin Argentina. "Zan amsa tambayarka domin kai ne — Leo zai fara wasa a kan benci. Ba zan taba amsa wa wani dan jarida game da wannan a yanzu… amma domin kai ne ke tambaya, zan ce maka Messi ba zai fara ba."

Ya kara da kalaman zumunci, yana gaya wa dan jaridan: "Ina girmamaka sosai. Ina alfahari sosai da ganinku a nan."

Duk da hutawa, ana sa ran Messi ya shigo a matsayin madadin wanda zai maye gurbin wani a rabi na biyu, ma'ana cewa wasan karshe na rukuni da Jordan ba zai wuce ba tare da gudummawar kyaftin din ba.

Matakin rukuni mai tarihi

Messi ya kasance cikin kyakkyawar yanayi a cikin matakin rukuni, ya zura kwallaye biyar na Argentina a wasanni biyu na farko. Waɗannan kwallaye suna ɗaukaka jimlarsa ta World Cup zuwa kwallaye 18 a wasanni shida — adadi da ke tsayawa shi kaɗai a tarihin gasar.

Ya ci hat-trick dinsa na farko a World Cup a lokacin nasara ta 3-0 akan Algeria, sakamakon da ya sa shi daidai da Miroslav Klose na Germany a kwallaye 16 a aikin World Cup — rikodin da ya kasance na dukan lokaci. Sa'an nan ya wuce alama ta Klose ta hanyar zura kwallaye biyu a nasara ta 2-0 akan Austria a ranar Litinin, wanda aka yi a filin gida na Dallas Cowboys na NFL, wannan filin daya da aka tsara don masaukin wasan karshe na rukuni da Jordan.

Ana ganin Messi a matsayin babban dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na duk lokaci, ya yi wasanni 201 na kasa da kasa don Argentina, gami da wasanni 28 na World Cup — rikodin FIFA. Ya yanzu ya ci kwallaye a wasanni shida na World Cup a jere — nasara da kawai Just Fontaine na France da Jairzinho na Brazil suka raba daga cikin dukkan 'yan wasan a tarihin gasar.