Cristiano Ronaldo ya juya zuwa kyamara a gefen fili kuma ya yi ihu da "I'm back!" bayan ya zura kwallaye biyu waɗanda suka taimaka wa Portugal wajen lalata Uzbekistan 5-0 a wasansu na biyu na Ƙungiya K a Gasar Kofin Duniya 2026 — saƙo da aka kai kai tsaye ga dukan masu sukarsa da suka yi shakkar wurinsa a cikin ƙungiyar.
Kwallaye biyu na ɗan wasa mai shekara 41 sun mai da shi ɗan wasa na farko a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa — na maza ko mata — da ya zura kwallo a wasanni shida daban-daban na Kofin Duniya. Nasarar ta ja hankalin duniya nan take kuma ta rufe bakunan waɗanda suka yi masa ƙalubale bayan nasarar da aka ɗaura 1-1 da DR Congo a wasansu na farko.
Kwallaye masu tarihi a rabin farko
Ronaldo ya ɗauki mintoci shida kawai wajen buɗe zango, inda ya harba half-volley mai kyau cikin ragar gol daga wutsiyar Joao Cancelo don wannan kwallon rikodin. Kwallonsa ta biyu ta zo kafin hutu, yana kammala cikin kwanciyar hankali bayan wucewa madaidaiciya da Bruno Fernandes ya baiwa.
Tsayar kwallon layin gol daga Abdukodir Khusanov ta hana Ronaldo yin hat-trick a rabin farko. Sauran kwallaye na Portugal sun zo ta hanyar bugun gaba na Nuno Mendes, da kwallon da keeper na Uzbekistan Abduvohid Nematov ya ci wa ƙungiyarsa, da ƙoƙarin ƙarshe daga ɗan wasan da ya shigo Rafael Leao — yana ba Portugal nasara ta uku mafi girma a gasar 2026.
Amsa bayan mako mai wahala
Ronaldo ya sha sukar da yawa yayin da abokan hamayyarsa na duniya Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, Vinicius Jr, da Harry Kane duk suka yi kyau a cikin makonni biyu na farko. Sanarwarsa ta "I'm back" ya bayyana daga baya an kai wa masu sukar — "kawai don su kada su manta — shekara 23 haka."
"Ina farin ciki sosai amma abin da ya fi muhimmanci shi ne aikin da ƙungiyar ta yi da kwarin gwiwar da yake bai mana," Ronaldo ya ce. "Mako ne mai wahala, mako mai duhu ba tare da taba ƙwallon ba, amma mun magance shi kamar yadda muke yi kullum domin muna gaskata da aikinmu."
Manajan Portugal Roberto Martinez ya goyi bayan kyaftinanshi gaba ɗaya, yana kwatanta mako bayan nasarar da aka ɗaura da DR Congo a matsayin mai wahala amma mai ƙarfafawa. "Cristiano Ronaldo ya kasance kyaftin kamili, mai maida hankali sosai kuma ya yi amfani da kwarewansa domin ba karo na farko ba ne da ya fuskanci wannan yanayi," Martinez ya ce. "Kyaftinmu icon ne. Yana buga Kofin Duniyarsa na shida, shi misali ne mai kyau wanda yakan yi aiki tuƙuru kowace rana kuma yakan ƙoƙari ya inganta a kowane horon."
Tsoffin abokan wasa da abokan hamayya cikin mamaki
Wayne Rooney wanda ya taka leda tare da Ronaldo a Manchester United kuma ya yi magana da BBC Sport, ya cika da yabawa. "Da duk manyan ƴan wasan da suke zura kwallaye a wannan gasar, zura kwallaye biyu a Kofin Duniya yana da shekara 41 abu ne mai ban mamaki," ya ce. "Bai yi mafi kyawun wasansa ba amma wannan shi ne abin da yake yi. Ya yi haka a duk rayuwarsa ta aiki — lokacin da sauran 'yan gaba suke zura, yana son ya jagoranci jerin sunayen."
Roy Keane, yana magana a ITV Sport, ma ya yi irin wannan bayani. "Cristiano Ronaldo bai taba tafi ba," ya ce. "Shi ne mutumin. Wawan da aka yi shakkar. Abin da kuke buƙatar ƙaunaci game da Ronaldo shi ne yunwa — billionaire ne wanda ya ci komai ban da Kofin Duniya, amma sha'awar ci gaba da shiga da ci gaba da zura kwallaye babban misali ne ga ƙananan 'yan wasa."
Kwachiyar Uzbekistan Fabio Cannavaro, wanda ya ci Kofin Duniya tare da Italy a shekarar 2006, ya yi ladabi a cikin rashinsa. "Kuna zuwa Kofin Duniya ku nuna cewa lokacin da kuke da shekara 41 har yanzu kuna yunwa kuma zaku iya yin abubuwa da yawa," Cannavaro ya ce. "Cristiano har yanzu ɗaya ne daga cikin ƙwararrun 'yan wasa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Idan ka ba shi santimita ɗaya a cikin akwatin ka mutu."
Rikodin da ke bayyana wannan lokaci
Yana da shekaru 41 da kwanaki 138, Ronaldo yanzu shi ne ɗan wasan da ya fi kowa tsufa a matsayin mai zura kwallo a tarihin Kofin Duniya, sai dai Roger Milla jarumin Cameroon, wanda ya zura kwallon kan Rasha a 1994 yana da shekara 42. Ronaldo ya kuma taka wasanni 24 na Kofin Duniya — fiye da kowane ɗan wasa sai Messi (28) da Lothar Matthaus (25).
Messi yana jagorantar jerin sunayen masu zura kwallaye a tarihin Kofin Duniya da kwallaye 18 — rikodin da aka kafa a farkon gasar — yayin da Ronaldo yanzu yana da kwallaye 10. Portugal za su fuskanci Colombia ranar Lahadi 28 ga Yuni (00:30 BST) a wasansu na ƙarshe na Ƙungiya K, tare da matsayi na farko a ƙungiyar yana kan gari.
