Mexico ta ci gaba zuwa zagayen ƙarshe na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 da dare na Talata, bayan ta doke Ecuador da 2-0 a gaban masu kallo 80,824 a Azteca Stadium — tana shirye don wani abu mai ban sha'awa da England a zagaye mai zuwa.

Fara wasan ya jinkirta sa'a ɗaya cikakke saboda hadari mai ƙarfi da ta afkawa Mexico City, inda jami'ai suka jira ƙararrawa ya wuce. Da zarar wasan ya fara, ƙungiyar Javier Aguirre ba ta yi jinkiri ba wajen karɓar ragamar wasan.

Quinones da Jimenez sun yi aiki

Mexico ta shigo filin wasa da tsananin ƙarfi tun daga busa farko, tana matsawa Ecuador da kuzari kuma tana mamaye abokan hamayyarta na Kudancin Amurka da matukar himma da kulaluwar wasanni.

Kofin farko ya zo ne a minti na 22. Julian Quinones ya sami sarari a gefen hagu, ya yanke zuwa ciki, ya harba da ƙarfi cikin kusurwar bisa don ba ƙungiyar gida jagoranci da suka cancanta.

Kafin hutu, Mexico ta ninka rinjayenta. Ƙarin kurakuran kariyar Ecuador ya ba Quinones damar shiga aiki na biyu — ya miƙa wa Raul Jimenez wanda ya buge da ƙarfi ya sa 2-0.

Takaicin Ecuador ya fashe

Ecuador ba ta iya nuna amsa mai gamsarwa bayan hutu. Mexico ta mallaki ɗan wasan da sauƙi, tana jinkirtawa lokacin da ake buƙata kuma tana rufe kowane hanya ta dawowar abokan hamayyarta.

Dare ya kara yin muni ga Ecuador a ƙarshen lokacin ƙari. Mai tsaron baya na Arsenal Piero Hincapie an nuna masa jan kati kai tsaye bayan faɗa da dan wasan maye Santiago Gimenez, bayan Hincapie ya bayyana ya rufe bakinsa a lokacin faɗar.

Akwai wani muhimmin abu a tsakiyar rabin na biyu lokacin da mai tsaron raga Hernan Galindez ya kiyaye Ecuador da tsira da ceto mai ban al'ajabi da yatsunsa daga kyaftin Mexico Cesar Montes, ko da yake bai canza komai ba.

England suna jira?

Mexico yanzu tana duba wani ƙwaƙƙwaran wasa a zagaye na 16. Idan England ta doke DR Congo a wasan nasu na zagaye na 32 a ranar Laraba, za su tafi Azteca Stadium — wuri mai tarihi mai girma a tarihin World Cup — don wanda zai iya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasannin gasar.