Mexico ta zama kasa ta farko da ta tabbatar da wuri a zagaye na 32 na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, tana cin gajiyar kuskuren tsada da mai gadin gidan Korea ta Kudu Seung-Gyu Kim ya yi don lashe 1-0 a Estadio Chivas na Guadalajara ranar Juma'a.

Wasan ya samu yanayansa daga hannun masu gadin gida biyu — daya ya fadi, daya ya tsaya tsayin daka. A minti na 50, Kim ya sakar da bugun kai na Raul Jimenez kai tsaye a hanyar Luis Romo, wanda ya kula da nutsuwarsa ya ɗaga ƙwallon sama da mai gadin gida wanda ya makale da saka ta cikin ragar da babu mai tsare ta.

Wannan kwalliyar ta isa Mexico, duk da cewa dole ne su yi gwagwarmaya don cin kwallaye uku a minti na ƙarshe. Raul Rangel ya amsa kiran da kama biyu mai ban mamaki don hana ɗan wasan ajiye na Korea ta Kudu Gue-Sung Cho a minti na 87, yana kula da ragar tsabta a lokacin da ya fi muhimmanci.

Mexico na sarrafawa Rukuni A

Wannan nasara — tare da nasarar farko a kan South Africa — ta ba wa ƙungiyar Javier Aguirre maki cikakke a Rukuni A kuma ta sanya su cikin matsayi mai kyau don ƙarewa a saman. Zama na farko a rukuni zai kawo lada mai girma: Mexico za su buga wasansu na zagaye na 32 a Mexico City. Idan ƙasashen biyu sun fita daga rukunoninsu kuma suka wuce wasansu na farko na knockout, wata gasa da England a zagaye na 16 ta zama mai yuwuwa.

Wasan kansa ba ya da kyau sosai. Korea ta Kudu ta yi nasara wajen samu harbi ɗaya kawai a cikin fiye da mintuna 90, tare da mafi kyawun lokacin da ya zo da wuri lokacin da Heung-Min Son ya yi ƙoƙarin lob — wanda Alvarez ya kore shi da wasan motsa jiki a kan layin ƙwallon a minti na 16. Alvarado ya kuma ƙirƙiri haɗari a minti na 20 tare da wata mai kyau a cikin akwatin, amma Kim ya fanshi kansa na ɗan lokaci ta hana bugun kai na Quinones.

Matsin lamba na Korea ta Kudu a ƙarshe bai haifar da yawa ba. Wata dama da Hyun-Jun Yang da Hyun-Gyu Oh suka kusa amfani da ita a minti na 77 ita ce mafi kusa da daidaitawa, yayin da Vazquez ya yi toshe da aka yi lokaci yadda ya kamata don hana Cho dama ta biyu a ƙarshen lokacin ƙari.

Korea ta Kudu dole ta doke South Africa

Duk da rashin nasara, Korea ta Kudu ta ci gaba da samun hanya zuwa zagaye na knockout. Dole su doke South Africa a wasansu na gaba don tabbatar da ci gaban su cikin sauƙi. Mexico, a halin da ake ciki, suna mai da hankalinsu zuwa Czech Republic yayin da suke neman tarihin cikakken mataki na rukuni.