Cristiano Ronaldo ya zauna yana kallonsa yayin da Gasar Duniya 2026 ta cika da ƙwallaye — amma shi kansa ba ya da ɗaya. Lionel Messi ya riga ya kai yawan ƙwallayen sa zuwa biyar, inda ya karya rikodin ƙwallaye na gasar gaba ɗaya, yayin da Kylian Mbappe da Erling Haaland duk ɗaya sun zura ƙwallaye huɗu tare da France da Norway bi da bi.

Ronaldo, a gefe guda, ya kasa zura ƙwallo a wasansa na farko da DR Congo — wasan da ya ƙare da ƙuntatawa ta 1-1, yana barin Roberto Martinez da ƙungiyarsa cikin takaici da ba tare da wani maki ba a Rukuni K. Yanzu, yana da shekaru 41, tambayar ko har yanzu zai iya aiki a matakin da ya fi ƙarfin kowa tana dukufa kan wasan Talata da Uzbekistan, ƴan farkon Gasar Duniya, a Houston Stadium, wanda yakan fara da 12 na rana (6 na yamma a lokacin Birtaniya).

Portugal na buƙatar nasara

Dole ne Portugal su dawo da ƙarfin gwiwa bayan wannan farawa mai takaici tare da lashe wasa wanda zai mai da su cikin tsere mai ƙarfi don ƙarshe a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin biyu na Rukuni K. Cancanta zuwa zagayen biyu da alama tana dogara da samun sakamako mai kyau a nan kafin wasa mai wahala na ƙarshe a rukuni da Colombia, waɗanda suke kan gaba a rukuni bayan sun doke Uzbekistan a zagayen farko.

Martinez yana fuskantar tambayoyi masu gaggawa game da aikin kai hari na ƙungiyarsa. Portugal suna da yalwar ingancin kirkire — Bruno Fernandes da Bernardo Silva suna iko a ɓangaren ƙarshe, yayin da Vitinha da Joao Neves, duk na Paris Saint-Germain, suke kawo kwanciyar hankali da iko a tsakiyar filin. Duk da haka, a kan DR Congo, babu wani daga ciki da ya isa don samun nasara bayyananniya.

Fitar da Ronaldo ya kasance abu mai wuya tunanin sa, amma ɗaukar ido mai ƙarfi zai buge Martinez idan bai sami nasarar juya wannan hazakar gama-gari zuwa ƙwallaye ba. Ronaldo ya je wasanni goma a jere a manyan gasar ba tare da zura ƙwallo ba — lissafin da zai ƙafu a zuciyar kowa a Houston.

Babban ƙalubale ga Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan sun zo a matsayin ƴan tawayen da ba a yi musu ba da sabon ɗan shiga Gasar Duniya, amma sun nuna ƙarfin gwiwa a shan kashin da suka yi da Colombia. Idan za su iya kawo mamaki na gaske a Houston, da yawa zai dogara da ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai kare Manchester City Abdukodir Khusanov, babban ɗan wasansu kuma babbar fatan su na kiyaye Portugal daga zura ƙwallo.

Duk da haka, giɓin inganci tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu yana da yawa. Portugal, duk da farawa mai ɗimbin ɓaci a gasar, suna da ƙarfin kai hari da ya fi ƙarfin ƙungiyar Uzbekistan, waɗanda har yanzu suna neman matsayinsu a mafi girman mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya.

Hasashen sakamako: Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan