Portugal ta tabbatar da matsayinta a zagaye na gaba na FIFA World Cup bayan ta doke Croatia a lokacin kari a wasan Round of 32 mai cike da damuwa a Toronto Stadium.

Cristiano Ronaldo da Luka Modrić — tsofaffin 'yan wasa biyu mafi ɗaukaka a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa — sun raba filin wasa a abin da zai iya zama bayyanarsu ta karshe tare a Kofin Duniya, wanda ya ƙara nauyin motsin rai ga wasa mai muhimmanci tun asali.

Wasan ya wuce mintuna 90 na yau da kullum, yayin da babu ɗayan ƙungiyar da ta iya yanke hukunci a lokacin al'ada. Portugal ta ƙarshe ta yi nasara a lokacin kari don tabbatar da ci gabanta a gasar.

Ronaldo, yana wakiltar Portugal a abin da zai iya zama kofin duniyarsa na ƙarshe, yana cikin tsakiyar ƙoƙarin ƙasarsa, yayin da Modrić ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin Croatia don ƙara tsawaita yaƙin neman zaɓe. Gasar tsakanin kyaftenoni biyu ta ba wasan kalar bankwana na tsufa a mafi girman fage na ƙwallon ƙafa.

Croatia, waɗanda suka ci gaba da nuna ƙarfi fiye da tsammanin mutane a gasar duniya ta kwanan nan, ba su iya sake samar da sihiri da ya kai su ƙarshe a 2018 da kuma ɗan wasa na biyu a 2022 ba, yayin da inganci da ƙudurin Portugal suka yi bambanci.

Portugal yanzu tana ci gaba don fuskantar kalubalen da ke gaba a FIFA World Cup, tana ɗauke da ƙarfin nasara mai wahala da begen al'umma da ke fatan Ronaldo ya iya kai su nesa a gasar.