Tafiyar Cristiano Ronaldo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta ci gaba bayan da Portugal ta dawo daga baya don doke Croatia 2-1 a zagayen 32 a Toronto Stadium a ranar Jumma'a, a wasan da ya ƙare da rikici, baƙin ciki, da wani juyi na ban mamaki a ƙarshe.

Za a tuna wannan wasa musamman saboda shiga tsakanin VAR a minti na 113 wanda ya soke abin da ya zama daidaito na Josko Gvardiol — lokacin da ya kawo ƙarshen gasar Croatia kuma, a yiwuwar gaskiya, ya rufe alkyabbar ayyukan Luka Modric a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya.

Perisic ya fara ci

Rabin farko bai kasance da rai ba gaba ɗaya, Dominik Livakovic yana musun Bruno Fernandes a minti na 4, kawai damar gaske a wannan matakin. Croatia ta ƙara ƙarfi a cikin wasan kuma ta ci gaba bayan mintoci takwas na rabin na biyu, Ivan Perisic ya kammala da ƙarfi don mai da shi 1-0.

Portugal ta amsa da gaggawa. Rafael Leao ya buge sanduna da harbi mai ƙarfi daga kusurwa mai ƙunci kafin a ƙi Portugal sau biyu ta tutar ɓacin wuri — Vlasic a minti na 57 da Sucic a minti na 80.

Bugun fenariti na tarihi na Ronaldo

An maido da daidaito a minti na 66 sa'da VAR ta ba Portugal bugun fenariti bayan Nikola Vlasic ya tura Renato Veiga a cikin yankin. Ronaldo ya fito a minti na 68 kuma ya cire bugun fenariti da kwanciyar hankali — kwallon farko da ya taɓa ci a zagayen ƙare-ƙare na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ƙididdiga mai ban mamaki ga ɗan wasa da ke shiga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniyarsa ta shida yana da shekara 41.

Manajan Roberto Martinez ya yi maye gurbi huɗu a lokaci ɗaya a minti na 63, yana fitar da Fernandes, Neto, Vitinha, da João Cancelo don shigar da Nelson Semedo, Diogo Silva, Francisco Conceicao, da Goncalo Ramos. An maye gurbin Ronaldo kansa a minti na 82, yana bayyana rashin gamsuwa a fili, tare da wasannin har yanzu daidai.

Ramos ya buge, sannan rikici na ƙarshe

Fitar da shi ta kasance mai kyau. A minti na 90+4', Ramos ya kai jike cross na Leao cikin raga don sa Portugal a gaba a karon farko, yana sanya magoya bayan Portugal a cikin Toronto Stadium cikin murna matuƙa.

Croatia ta ƙi mika wuya. Gvardiol, wanda aka shigo da shi daga benci, ya buga cikin raga a minti na 90+14' don daidaita zuwa 2-2 kuma ya zama kamar yana aika wasan zuwa lokaci na ƙari — har sai an jagoranci alkalin zuwa allon gefen filin da jami'in Premier League Jarred Gillet. Alkalin Norway Espen Eskaas ya duba rikodin kuma ya yanke hukunci cewa Igor Matanovic ya taɓa jike Ivan Perisic, yana mai da mai ba da kwallo Mario Pasalic a wajen gefe duk da juyawar kwallo daga ɗan wasan Portugal Veiga. An soke ƙwallon kuma 'yan wasan Portugal sun murƙushe juna cikin mamaki da sauƙi.

Bankwana Modric da sake wasa da Spain

Ga Modric, kyaftin din Croatia ɗan shekara 40 kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan ɗan tsakiya a tarihin wasan, maganar ƙarshe ta faranta kusan tabbas maganar wasansa na ƙarshe a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Babu kwallan, babu ɗaukaka — kawai lissafi mai zalunci na VAR.

Portugal za ta fuskanci Spain a zagayen 16, sake zagayen ƙarshe na UEFA Nations League 2025, gasar da Portugal ta lashe. Ronaldo, sabanin duk tsammanin, zai kasance can.