Cristiano Ronaldo ya sanar da cewa FIFA Gasar Duniya 2026 za ta zama karshen aikinsa na kasa da kasa, yana bayar da sanarwar kafin karawar Portugal a zagaye na 16 akan Spain a Dallas dare na Litinin.

Yana magana a taron manema labarai kafin wasan, mai shekaru 41 ya bayyana yanayin da wannan gasar take wakilta a gare shi. "Bari wannan ta zama ta karshen Gasar Duniya na; ita ce ta karshen Gasar Duniya ta, kuma ina fata alfijir ba zai zama wasana na karshe ba," ya ce — abin da ya sa manema labarai da ke cikin dakin suka yi masa tafi da son rai lokacin da ya fita.

Canjin matsayinsa na Lahadi

Wannan sanarwa tana nuna canjin ra'ayi daga awanni 24 da suka gabata, lokacin da Ronaldo ya ki tabbatar ko wannan bugu zai zama na karshe. Tun da gasar 2030 za ta zo yana da shekaru 45, tambayar ba za ta gujewa ba.

"Zan gama lokacin da na zaɓa. Kullum kuna yin wannan tambaya: shin wannan ita ce ta karshe? Za mu gani," ya ce Lahadi. "Ban so jan hankalin kowa a kan hakan — mafi mahimmanci shi ne in yi wasa da kyau gobe."

Ya kuma tabo tunaninsa kafin shiga zagayen fita-ko-fita. "Komai ya faru gobe, Cristiano zai tafi da nutsuwar zuciya ta kashi 1,000. Na ba da duk abin da zan iya wa kwallon kafa — sha'awata ce. Ina wasa wa tawagar kasa kuma ina son wasa da kwallon kafa."

Ronaldo ya kara da cewa bai sanya wa kansa matsin lamba ba. "Dole ne ka ji daɗin kowace wasa a gasar duniya mai girma kamar Gasar Duniya. Ina tsammanin ban yi muni ba sosai. Na zura ƙwallon sau uku — wasu sun yi kyau fiye da ni, amma ina tsammanin ban yi muni ba."

Wani matsi na matakin rukuni

Matakin rukuni na Portugal ba ya gamsar da kowa. Ronaldo ya kasa zura kwallo a cikin rashin zaton jankali akan DR Congo, sannan ya ci ƙwallaye biyu akan Uzbekistan. Wata jankali ba tare da kwallon ba akan Colombia ta sake tayar da shakku game da nashi da kuma kokarin tawagarsa.

Duk da haka, burin fanareti a nasarar 2-1 akan Croatia ya tabbatar da wurinsa a tarihin kwallon kafa — ya zama mara tallafi na biyu mafi tsufa a tarihin FIFA Gasar Duniya. Shi ne kuma mafi tsufa da ya buga wasanni na matakin fita-ko-fita.

Tarihi mai rai

Lokacin da Ronaldo ya zura kwallo akan Uzbekistan, ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya taɓa zura kwallo a cikin Gasar Duniya guda shida daban-daban. Ya kasance mafi kyawun mai zura kwallo na Portugal da kuma mai yin wasanni da yawa na kasa da kasa, yana da kwallaye 146 a cikin wasanni 232 na kasa da kasa.

Tsohon dan wasa na Manchester United da Real Madrid yanzu yana fuskantar mafi wuyan jarrabawa a kamfen nasa na karshe a Gasar Duniya — karawar zagaye na 16 akan Spain, tare da wuri a zagayen kusa da karshe kan gaba.