Spain ta samu gurbin shiga zagaye na 16 a FIFA World Cup 2026 bayan ta murde Austria da ci 3-0 a Inglewood, California — nasarar farko da suka samu a matakin fita-ko-fita tun daga lokacin da suka ɗauki kofin a South Africa a shekarar 2010. Kwalaben Mikel Oyarzabal da Pedro Porro sun tabbatar da dalilin da ya sa La Roja har yanzu suke cikin mafi ƙarfin ƙungiyoyin da ake sa ran su lashe wannan gasar.
Matakin rukuni da ya kamata a manta
Hanyar Spain zuwa zagayen fita-ko-fita ta kasance mai kawo shakka. Duk da kasancewarta zaɓaɓɓiyar Kofin Turai, ta yi kulle-kulle 0-0 da Cape Verde, ta murde Saudi Arabia da ci 4-0 a Atlanta, kuma ta yi kadan-kadan ta doke Uruguay da ci 1-0 a Guadalajara — wasa da kuma ya kawo masifa da wuri, yayin da Nico Williams ya fita filin wasa yana ɗan jinjina saboda rauni a tsokoki na ciki na cinya.
Austria kuma ta dawo gasar World Cup a karon farko tun 1998. Ƙungiyar Ralf Rangnick ta doke Jordan da ci 3-1 a wasansu na farko, ta sha kashi 2-0 a hannun Argentina, kuma ta wuce cikin wahala ta hanyar yin kulle-kulle 3-3 da Algeria don kaiwa zagayen ƙarshe na 32.
Yamal yana haskakawa duk da rikicin raunuka
Spain ta shiga wasan tare da karancin 'yan wasa a layin gaba. Nico Williams, Yéremy Pino, da Víctor Muñoz dukkansu sun kasance a gefe saboda raunuka, yayin da Fermín López ya fita tukuna kafin gasar ta fara. Amma duk da haka, Lamine Yamal ya nuna wasan sa na mafi kyau a gasar a gefen dama, wanda ya sa raunukan sauran 'yan wasa ba su zama muhimmi.
La Roja ta mamaye daga busan farko. Marc Cucurella ya yi imani cewa ya bude zira'ar daga kusurwa, amma an hana kwallon saboda laifi. Mintoci bakwai bayan haka, fifikon ya isa — Oyarzabal ya juyar da wutsiyar Cucurella don ba Spain buɗaɗɗen kwallon da suka cancanci.
Porro ya kwallon kai, Oyarzabal ya rufe kofa
Magatakarda na Austria Alexander Schlager ya kiyaye maki ya dace a rabin farko, kuma Rangnick ya saka musanya na biyu-biyu — ɗayan a lokacin hutun da ɗayan a awa ɗaya — a ƙoƙarin canza yanayin wasan. Marcel Sabitzer ya bayar da wasu wutsiyoyi masu kaifi, amma Austria ba ta taɓa barazanar gidan Unai Simón da gaske ba, tana harbe kusan harbe 5 kawai ba tare da ɗaya ya taɓa manyan ƙofar ba.
Haƙurin Spain ya samu lada a minti na 66. Álex Baena, wanda ya maye gurbin Williams da ya ji rauni, ya buga wutsiya ingantacciya wanda Porro ya yi wa kwallon kai don ninka fifiko. Sa'an nan Oyarzabal ya rufe wasan a minti na 89, yana kammala nasarar 3-0 da ta kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali kamar yadda maki ya nuna.
Tarihin duniya ga Simón
Bayan kwallayen, aikin tsaron Spain ya yi taken labaran nasa. Simón ya wuce tarihin Walter Zenga na mintoci mafi yawa a jere ba tare da karbar kwallon a Kofin Duniya ba, yana faɗaɗa gudunsa zuwa minti 519 — alamar ƙa'idojin jama'a da La Roja suka nuna a duk tsawon gasar.
