Spain ta kai karshen Gasar Kofin Duniya a karon na biyu kawai a tarihinsu a ranar Talata, bayan ta doke France 2-0 a wasan dab da na karshe da ya kasance na gefe daya fiye da yadda da yawa suka yi tsammani. Wannan nasara ta tsawaita jerin rashin sha'anin Spain zuwa wasanni 37 — daidai da rikodin Italy na mafi tsawar jerin rashin sha'ani a kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa.

Kyakkyawan wasa na jama'a a kan manyan 'yan wasa na kai-kai

France ta zo a matsayin babbar mai son nasara, tare da Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, da Michael Olise suna samar da hare-haren da suka fatattaki kowace ƙungiya a duk tsawon gasar. Amma Spain ta musu ta hanyar cin nasara a tsakiyar filin wasa, ta takaita Les Bleus ga harbe-harbe uku kawai masu niyya a kan gida — ƙaramin adadin kuɗin matakin-matakin kuɗi (0.3) da kowace ƙasa ta fuskanta a wasan dab da na karshe na Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da Brazil ta fuskanci Sweden a shekarar 1994.

«Spain ta yi wa France takarda — ta daidaita su da ƙasa,» in ji Chris Sutton, tsohon mai nasara a Premier League wanda ya kasance a wasan don BBC Radio 5 Live. «Mun ba France yabo mai yawa a wannan gasar, amma Spain ta kawowa da su da kyau.»

Roy Keane ya yarda da hukuncin: «France ba ta buga wasa a matsayin ƙungiya ba. Manyan 'yan wasa masu ƙwarewa da ba su buga a matsayin ƙungiya ba. Spain ta kasance mai ban mamaki — abin farin ciki na gaske don kallo.»

Mai tsara: Luis de la Fuente

Lokacin da aka naɗa Luis de la Fuente a matsayin shugaban koci na Spain a watan Disamban 2022, ana san shi kaɗan a wajen ƙungiyar kwallon kafa. Bayan shekaru na ba da horo ga ƙungiyoyin matasa na ƙasa — ƙasa da 19, ƙasa da 21, da ƙasa da 23 — an ɗauke shi a matsayin zaɓin halitta da na gudanarwa. Wannan mai koyar da 'yan wasa mai shekaru 65 ya amsa duk wata shakka da ƙarfin gaske. Ya jagoranci Spain zuwa nasara a Nations League a 2023, ɗaukaka a Euro 2024, kuma yanzu zuwa karshen Gasar Kofin Duniya.

De la Fuente ya gaya wa 'yan jarida bayan wasan cewa 'yan wasansa sun cancanci wurinsu a karshen ta hanyar «ƙoƙari, hazaka, sadaukarwa, ƙoƙarin zama mafi kyawun nau'in kanmu.» Ya ƙara da cewa: «Mun dawo da ruhin shekarar 2010. Hali na wannan ƙungiyar ya bayyana a gaskiya cewa waɗanda ba su buga ba sun zauna don yin atisaye bayan wasan.»

Ƙwararren masanin kwallon kafa na Sipaniya Guillem Balague ya nuna a BBC Radio 5 Live cewa De la Fuente ya fara gina wannan ƙungiyar shekaru goma da suka wuce, lokacin da 'yan wasa kamar Mikel Oyarzabal, Dani Olmo, Rodri, da Unai Simon suka yi girma tare a cikin ƙungiyoyin matasansa. «Sun ci gasar Turai ta ƙasa da 19 da ƙasa da 21, sun san juna, sun kafa iyali, kuma jin kasancewa tare ya fi yin kawai suna a cikin DNA dinsu,» Balague ya ce.

Yadda Spain ta rushe tsaron France

Hanyar Spain zuwa jagoranci 2-0 kafin karfe cikin awa daya ta dogara ne akan ka'idoji masu sani: mallake kwallo, matsawa baya, manyan uku a tsakiya da haɗuwa ta hanyar gajeren wuce-wuce. Fabian Ruiz, Rodri, da Dani Olmo baki ɗaya sun fi biyu na tsakiyar France, tare da matsayin zurfi na Olmo wanda ya ba Spain fa'idar uku a kan biyu a tsakiyar filin wasa.

France ta yi ƙoƙarin magance wannan ta hanyar sanya wani mai tsaro na tsakiya ya bi Olmo, amma iyawarsa ta tsayawa cikin matsi da samun abokan wasansa a wuraren ƙunci ta ci gaba da bude wurare a cikin tsarinsu na tsaro. Mikel Oyarzabal ya canza bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron ya ji an yi gol don buɗe maki, kafin Pedro Porro ya ƙara gol ta biyu mai kyau — ya zo don karɓar wucewa ta baya bayan Desire Doue ya kasa bin gudunarsa, sannan ya kammala da nutsuwa. Olmo ya ba da agajin gol na ƙarshe.

Spain kuma ta yi amfani da wuraren da ke kusa da 'yan tsaro na gefen France, wanda hanyarsu ta tsaro ta yanki ya fallasa su duka biyu lokaci guda zuwa ga 'yan tsaro masu kai hari da masu fikafikan Spain. Tsohon ɗan wasa na kasa da kasa na France Gael Clichy ya yarda da gibin inganci: «Mafi kyawun ƙungiya ta yi nasara. Spain ta sarrafa duk matakai na wasa.»

Rikodin da hanya ta zuwa Lahadi

Gidan Spain da tsarki ya kasance na shida a wannan Gasar Kofin Duniya — ƙungiyar farko a tarihin gasar da ta samu hakan a wata buɗewa ɗaya. Lamine Yamal, ɗan wasan matashi mai ƙwazo, bai taɓa sha kashi ba a cikin rigar Spain, kuma ƙimar nasararsa ta kashi 100 bisa 100 a wasanni 12 na farawa a Gasar Kofin Duniya da Turai tare shine mafi kyau na kowace ɗan wasa na Turai a cikin gasar biyu.

Spain yanzu tana jiran wanda ya ci wasan dab da na karshe na Laraban tsakanin Argentina da England. De la Fuente ya bayyana ƙaunarsa ga masu hamayya duka biyu, yana mai nuni da cewa England sun kasance cikin mafi so a gare shi kafin gasar. Balague shi ma ya kasance da tsaro iri ɗaya: «Na yi imani cewa ƙungiyar da za ta ci Gasar Kofin Duniya ta buga yau.»