Nicolas Pépé ya zura kwallaye biyu don jagoranci Ivory Coast zuwa nasara ta 2-0 a kan Curacao a Philadelphia Stadium a ranar Alhamis, inda ya aika Les Elephants zuwa zagayen share fage na FIFA World Cup 2026 a karon farko cikin tarihin ƙasar.

A gaban taron jama'a na 68,324, tawagar Emerse Fae ta tabbatar da matsayi na biyu a Ƙungiya E, yayin da Curacao — suna buga Kofin Duniya a karon farko — suka kare ƙarshe a ƙungiyar.

Iko na Ivory Coast tun farko

Ivory Coast tana buƙatar maki ɗaya kawai don ci gaba, amma sun nuna iko tun farkon wasa. A cikin mintuna bakwai, Yan Diomande ya yi amfani da gazawar Curacao wajen fitar da ƙwallon ya miƙa wa Pépé, wanda ya harba cikin nutsuwa zuwa ƙananan kusurwar hannun dama.

Ya kamata ya zama 2-0 kafin minti 20 amma ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, Amad Diallo ya buge wata igiyar Diomande a waje. Duk da haka, Les Elephants sun kasance cikin ikon gasar tsawon rabin farko.

Curacao ba su iya yin barazana

Tawagar Dick Advocaat ta ƙi mika wuya, inda Jurien Gaari, Tahith Chong, da Leandro Bacuna duk suka yi harbi. Sai dai jimlar ƙwallaye da ake sa ran kawai 0.13 ta nuna yadda Curacao ba ta da gagarumar barazana a kai hari.

Bayan hutu, ƙungiyar Caribbean ta nuna gaggawa fiye da kome yayin da suke baya da ƙwallo ɗaya — amma begen su ya mutu jim kaɗan bayan awa ɗaya ta wasa, lokacin da Ibrahim Sangare ya aika wa Pépé ƙwallon a ciki akwatin.

Pépé ya tabbatar da tarihi

Tsohon dan wasan Arsenal ya buɗe jikinsa ya harba a hankali ya wuce Eloy Room don sanya 2-0. Wannan ƙwallon ta tabbatar da ci gaban tarihi na Ivory Coast zuwa zagayen share fage kuma ta kawo ƙarshen kamfen ɗin Curacao a Kofin Duniya na farko.

Ya kasance lokaci mai mahimmanci ga tawagar Fae, waɗanda ba su taɓa kai zagayen share fage na FIFA World Cup ba a baya.