Lionel Messi da Cristiano Ronaldo dukkaninsu suna FIFA World Cup 2026 — kuma ga masu sha'awa da suka bi tseren su tsawon shekaru, damar wani karo na ƙarshe a babbar mataki ya duniya abin ban sha'awa ne da ba za a iya ƙin sa ba.

Argentina ta riga ta tabbatar da gurinta a zagayen 32 a matsayin zakara ta Ƙungiya J, yayin da Portugal take cikin matsayi mai kyau ta bi bayan yaƙin ƙungiyar da ya yi ƙarfi. Amma domin waɗannan manyan tauraruwa su iya fuskantarwa juna, dole sai jerin sakamakon da ake bukata ya kasance daidai.

Hanyar mafi sauƙi zuwa ga takarar

Hanyar mafi sauƙi zuwa fuskantar Messi da Ronaldo ita ce Portugal ta ci galaba a Ƙungiya K ta hanyar doke Colombia. Cin galaba a ƙungiyar zai sa Portugal ta kasance a rabi ɗaya na teburin da Argentina, tana iya haɗuwa da ita a zagayen kusa da ƙarshe a Asabar, 11 Yuli a Kansas City — idan ɓangarorin biyu suka kai can.

Idan Portugal ta ƙare a matsayi na biyu ta kasa doke Colombia, ƙasashen biyu za a raba su zuwa rabin-rabin teburin mabambanta. A wannan yanayin, Argentina da Portugal za su iya haɗuwa ne kawai a wasan ƙarshe a MetLife Stadium a New Jersey a Lahadi, 19 Yuli, ko kuma a wasan uku a Hard Rock Stadium a Miami rana ɗaya kafin haka.

Yanayin uku mai wuyan faruwa

Akwai hanya ta uku, mai matuƙar wuyan faruwa. Idan Portugal ta ƙare ta uku a Ƙungiya K — wanda zai buƙaci ta yi rashin nasara da Colombia yayin da DR Congo ta doke Uzbekistan ta juyar da ragar farkon shida — za ta fuskanci zakara ta Ƙungiya L a zagayen na gaba. Wannan sakamakon zai mayar da Portugal, a zahiri, a rabi ɗaya na teburin da Argentina, kuma ɓangarorin biyu za su iya haɗuwa a wasan kusa da ƙarshe a Mercedes-Benz Stadium a Atlanta a Laraba, 15 Yuli.

Gasa mai zurfi da tarihi

Messi da Ronaldo sun fuskanci juna sau 36 a tsawon sana'o'insu, gasa da aka haifa a zagayen kusa da ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League a 2008 lokacin da Manchester United suka kawar da Barcelona. Barca ta Messi ta rama a shekarar da ta biyo baya ta doke United a wasan ƙarshe, kuma ɗan Argentina yana da rikodin mafi kyau a takarar — nasara 16, daidai tara, da kashi 11.

Haɗuwarsu ta ƙarshe a kulob ta kasance a 2020, lokacin da Barcelona ta fuskanci Juventus a zagayen ƙungiyoyin UEFA Champions League. Dukansu sun mamaye Ballon d'Or tsakanin 2008 zuwa 2021, tare da Luka Modric ne kaɗai ya katse mulkinsu na haɗin gwiwa.

A fagen ƙasa da ƙasa, haɗuwarsu ta kasance da wuya. Argentina ta ci Portugal 2-1 a wasan aboki na 2011, tare da Messi yana zura kwallo ta lashe a mintuna na ƙarshe bayan Ronaldo ya daidaita. Portugal ta lashe haɗuwar ta biyu da 1-0 a wasan aboki a Old Trafford a 2014 — kwallo ta ƙarshe da aka ci bayan minti na tsawaituwa bayan an canza ɗan wasan biyu a ƙarshen rabin-farko.

Ko makoma za ta baiwa masu son ƙwallon ƙafa labari na ƙarshe na wannan labari har yanzu ba a sani ba, amma a kalla taswira tana a sarari.