Senegal na mintuna biyu kawai kafin ta kai zagaye na 16 a FIFA World Cup 2026 lokacin da komai ya rushe. Tawagar manajan Pape Thiaw tana kan gaba da Belgium da 2-0 da mintuna huɗu kawai suka rage na lokacin al'ada — sai ta ƙare da fita ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba.

Kwallaye na Habib Diarra da Ismaila Sarr sun sa Senegal tana cikin iko, amma Belgium ta sake dawowa ta hanyar da ba ta taɓa faruwa ba a tarihin Gasar Duniya. Ba wata ƙungiya da ta taɓa cike rami na kwallaye biyu ko fiye a wannan lokaci na ƙarshe na lokacin al'ada ta kuma guji shan kashi — har zuwa yanzu.

Lukaku ya kunna wuta

Sauyin ya fara a minti na 86 lokacin da Romelu Lukaku, mai shekaru 33 wanda ya buga mintuna 69 kawai na ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob a duk kakar da ta gabata, ya canza titin Thomas Meunier ya mai da kwallo. Tsohon dan wasan England Dion Dublin ya shaida wa BBC Radio 5 Live: "Senegal ta fi Belgium kyau a cikin mintuna 70. Sannan Lukaku ya shigo ya canza yanayin wasa."

Bayan mintuna uku, mai tsaron gida na Senegal Mory Diaw ya kasa sarrafa titin Leandro Trossard, sai Youri Tielemans ya tashi sama ya harba kwallo a cikin ragar da ba mai tsaron ba. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun daidaita — wasa ya ci gaba zuwa lokacin ƙarin.

Bugun ƙwallo daga wurin laifi da ya kawo karshen komai

A cikin zurfin lokacin ƙarin, bitar VAR ta haifar da bugun ƙwallo daga wurin laifi da aka ba saboda faɗar Lamine Camara kan Tielemans. Kyaftin na Belgium ya tafi ya ci a minti 124 da daƙiƙa 44 — mafi ƙarshen kwallo da aka taɓa ci a tarihin Gasar Duniya — don tura tawagansa gaba da kuma fashe begen Senegal.

Shawarar ta haifar da rikici nan take. Tsohon mai tsaron baya na England Gary Neville ya ce a kan ITV: "Ba na gaskata cewa wannan bugun ƙwallo daga wurin laifi ne." Roy Keane, tsohon kyaftin na Jamhuriyar Ireland, ya ƙara da: "Bugun ƙwallo daga wurin laifi ya yi tsanani kadan, kuma alkalin ya ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo wajen duba allon. Kana so alkalin ya yanke shawara da tabbaci, amma yana maido a tsawon lokaci."

Ga Senegal, wuraren sun kawo ciwo saboda sun tuna da abubuwan da suka gabata. A ƙarshen gasar Africa Cup of Nations da aka yi a Rabat a farkon wannan shekara, bugun ƙwallo daga wurin laifi na ƙarshe wanda aka ba bayan bitar VAR saboda taɓar El Hadji Malick Diouf kan Brahim Diaz ya kashe Senegal na kambun gasa da Morocco — an kwace kambun daga Senegal daga baya duk da cewa ta ci 1-0, bayan Thiaw ya yanke shawarar kai 'yan wasan filin wasa.

"Mun fita — yana ciwo," Thiaw ya ce bayan an sha kashi a hannun Belgium. "Dole mu yi wa tawagar murna wadanda suka ba da komai, amma abin baƙin ciki ba mu iya riƙe jagora dinmu na kwallaye biyu ba. Dole mu karba wannan. Haka ƙwallon ƙafa take."

Tsofaffin masu tsaron Belgium sun ƙi barin fage

Kocin Belgium Rudi Garcia ya yabi zurfi na tawagasa bayan nasara. Garcia ya ce: "A ƙwallon ƙafa, komai yana yiwuwa koyaushe muddin ka gaskata da shi. Ƙarfin wannan tawaga yana cikin 'yan wasan da ke fitowa daga benci, saboda ba za ka sami sakamako da 'yan wasa 11 kawai ba."

Daga tawagar da ta ƙare ta uku a FIFA World Cup 2018, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin de Bruyne, Meunier, Lukaku, da Axel Witsel mai shekaru 37 kawai suka rage. An maye gurbin De Bruyne bayan minti 58 a bayyane da takaici, amma Belgium ta sami hanya ta lashe. Meunier ya ba da titin kwallon Lukaku, yayin da Courtois ya ci gaba da kasancewa ƙarƙashin taga.

Lukaku ya kuma taka rawa wajen sulhunta bayan an ga Tielemans da Trossard suna jayayya da ƙarfi a lokacin tsayawar sha a rabin gaba na biyu. Dublin ya lura: "Suna rikici sosai kuma abubuwa na tafashe, wanda bai dace ba."

Belgium za ta buga ko dai masu masaukin baki United States ko Bosnia-Herzegovina a zagaye na 16. Tsofaffin tawagarta sun riga sun nuna cewa suna da ingancin zuwa nesa a wannan gasar. Dublin ya ce: "Ƙwallon ƙafa mai ban sha'awa ne. Ba zan iya hasashen komai a wannan wasa ba" — kuma yana da wuya a sabawa shi.