Manyan ayyuka guda biyu da suka cika na Kofin Duniya suna zuwa wani mabuɗi a hanya, yayin da Portugal da Croatia suka hadu a zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Toronto. Ga Cristiano Ronaldo da Luka Modric, wannan wasan yana ɗauke da nauyi da ya zarce mintuna 90.

Ƙarshen zamanin ya kusa

Ronaldo zai kai shekara 45 kafin a kammala wasan cancanta na Kofin Duniya 2030 — kuma Portugal, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen mai masaukin baki, ba za ta buƙaci wasan cancanta ba. Modric zai kai shekara 44 lokacin da wasan bikin cikar shekaru ɗari ya fara. Lambobin sun bayyana a fili: daren yau, da kyar ba makawa, shine karshen karon da ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kattai zai taka ƙasa a filin Kofin Duniya.

Modric ya jagoranci Croatia zuwa wasan karshe da wasan daf da na karshe a Kofin Duniya biyu da suka gabata — mafi zurfi da Vatreni suka kai tun suka samu lambar yabo ta uku a France 98. Ronaldo, ɗan wasan Al-Nassr, a nasu bangare, ya tara tarin tarihin wasan Kofin Duniya a tsawon aikinsa, ko da yake samun nasara da Portugal ta samu a matakai na ƙarshe na gasar ba ta dace ba.

Matakai mara ƙarfi sun shimfiɗa fagen wasa

Ba ɗayawa daga cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu da suka zo dafin zagaye da jan hali. Ƙungiyar Roberto Martinez ta fatattaki Uzbekistan amma aka riƙe ta da zane da DR Congo da Colombia. Croatia, a nasu bangaren, an doke su da kyar sosai ta hannun England a Ƙungiya L. Ba shakka, ƙungiyoyin biyu bai nuna iyawarsu ta gaske ba a wannan gasar tukuna.

Joao Neves yana jaddada don samun gurbi a farkon wasan Portugal, yayin da ake sa ran Josko Gvardiol zai dawo a cikin jerin sunayen Croatia bayan an bar shi a waje a wasan da Ghana.

Abin da ke jira a gaba

Sakamakon yin asara ya zarce fiye da kyaftan biyu kansu. Ga Croatia, rashin ci gaba zai nuna ƙarshen natsuwa na wata ƙungiyar zinariya — tarin ɗalibai da suka kai manyan matsayi amma ba su taɓa ɗauke da kyautar ƙoli ba. Ga Portugal, fita da wuri zai tilasta muhawara masu wahala game da ainihin kai da alkiblar ƙungiyar a lokacin bayan Ronaldo.

Wanda ya yi nasara zai koma Amurka don jarrabawar da ta fi wahala. Hasashen FourFourTwo: Portugal 1-0 Croatia.