Tafiya ta Senegal a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 ta ƙare cikin baƙin ciki a Seattle ranar Laraba, bayan Belgium ta samu dawowa mai ban mamaki kuma ta lashe 3-2 bayan ƙarin lokaci — sakamakon da zai ci gaba da zama cikin tunani mai ciwo ga masu son ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.

Ƙungiyar Pape Thiaw na gaba da 2-0 da mintuna biyar kawai kafin ƙarshen lokacin yau da kullun, suna alama suna kan hanyar isa zagaye na 16. Amma maimakon haka, manufofin biyu a mintuna uku sun dawo da Belgium daidai, kuma ƙarin burin da ya zo daga bugun fanariti na marigayi Youri Tielemans a ƙarin lokaci ya kammala ɗaya daga cikin juyi mafi ban mamaki a gasar.

Farkon karfi na Senegal

Lions na Teranga sun kasance ƙungiyar da ta fi ƙarfi tun daga farko, suna matse Belgium sama kuma suna buɗe sararin fagen wasa a gefen biyu ta hanyar Sadio Mané da Iliman Ndiaye.

An gwada Thibaut Courtois da wuri, yana tura ciyarwar da ta karkata zuwa ga Ismaïla Sarr, wanda ya rasa daidaitonsa yayin ƙoƙarin ƙare kuma ya ga ƙwallon ta buge guntun ƙofar kafin ƙoƙarinsa na ribaundi ya tafi waje.

Gargaɗin bai sami kulawa isasshe ba. Jim kaɗan bayan haka, Mané ya aika da ciyarwar inswing daidai; Sarr ya tashi don tarbarsa ya sake buge guntun kofar, amma Habib Diarra ya fi sauri ya juyar da ribaundi cikin raga don ba Senegal jagora mai cancanta.

Sarr ya ninka fa'idar

Belgium ta yi ƙoƙarin rama amma ta sami wahalar buɗe tsarin tsaron Senegal. Ƙungiyar Thiaw ta kare da tsari ta hukunta kowane sarari da Belgium ta bar.

A farkon rabin na biyu, Moussa Niakhaté ya aika wata doguwar wucewa daidai a cikin hanya, Sarr ya tsayar da ita kyawawa da ƙirjinsa kafin ya wuce tsaron Belgium ya harbawa Courtois a cikin minti na 51 don sanya ta 2-0.

Senegal na cikin cikakken iko. Suna da sauri fiye da kowa, sun fi da manufa kuma sun fi barazana a duk tsawon wasa — kuma fa'idar manufofin biyu tare da ƙasa da minti 40 da suka rage ta bayyana isasshe.

Tserewa na Belgium a ƙarshen wasa

Ƙwallon ƙafa na gogayya ba ta yafuwa, kuma Senegal ta biya farashin rashin rufe wasan. Belgium ta sauya 'yan wasa sababbi kuma ta fara matse ba tare da tausayi ba yayin da lokacin ya kusa ƙarewa.

Masu maye gurbi Thomas Meunier da Romelu Lukaku sun haɗa kai a minti na 86 don ba Belgium bege, inda Lukaku ya rage raunin zuwa ɗaya. Bayan minti uku, Leandro Trossard ya aika da ciyarwa mai haɗari da Tielemans ya kai ƙarshen kai don sanya ta 2-2 — kuma nan take babban rinjaye na Senegal bai ƙara amfana ba.

Azabar ƙarin lokaci

Lions na Teranga sun ci gaba zuwa ƙarin lokaci, amma karfi ya canza ba tare da komawa ba. Yayin da wasan ya bayyana yana kan hanyar yin bugun fanariti, Tielemans ya fadi cikin akwatin. Bayan duba VAR, an ba Belgium bugun fanariti, kuma ya tafi gaba ya zura kwallo a raga cikin ƙarin lokaci mai zurfi na ƙarin lokaci — yana kammala ɗaya daga cikin juyi mafi ban mamaki a gasar Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

Ya kasance ƙarshensa mai zalunci ga Senegal, wadda ta yi daidai a mafi yawan lokutan wasan. Belgium, a halin yanzu, za ta zauna Seattle don wasan zagaye na 16 da za a yi da USA ko Bosnia da Herzegovina.

Thiaw ya yarda da shan kaye mai ciwo

Senegal ta isa wannan mataki bayan ta shawo kan wuyar marhala ta rukuni, inda ta doke Iraq 5-0 don ci gaba a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin mafi kyau na mataki na uku. Ta sanya kanta a matsayin masu iya fitar da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin Turai mafi gogewa — kuma ba ta iya ɗaukar ƙarfin hali da ake buƙata lokacin da ya fi muhimmanci.

Bayan ƙarshen wasan, Thiaw bai ɓoye ciwo na shan kaye ba amma ya yaba da ƙoƙarin 'yan wasansa.