Spain na kaurace uku guda uku daga cika Kofin Duniya a karo na biyu, kuma tsaronsu ne — ba harin su mai haske ba — wanda ya zama labarin yakin su har zuwa yanzu.
Ƙungiyar Luis de la Fuente ta doke Portugal 1-0 a zagaye na 16 ranar Litinin, tana kwaikwayon daidai adadin nasarar su ta shahara akan Netherlands a wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya 2010 a South Africa. Wannan nasara ta kai su ga zagaye na kusa da karshe ba tare da sun sha wata kwallo ba.
Tarihi da yake tsaye shi kaɗai
Spain ita ce ƙungiya ta farko a tarihin Kofin Duniya da ta kiyaye gidajen kwallo shida a jere a gasar, tana wuce alamar da Italy (1990) da Switzerland (2006–10) suka raba. Sun yanzu yi awanni 10 da mintuna tara ba tare da sha kwallo ba a wasan Kofin Duniya, jerin da ya koma baya zuwa wasan a ragowa a zagaye na 16 na 2022 akan Morocco, wanda ya wuce ta harbin ƙwallo.
Bayan masu masaukin baki Mexico sun sha ƙwallaye uku ga England a zagaye na 16, Spain na zama ƙungiya ita kaɗai a wannan gasar da ba a fasa wa ba.
Simon yana sake rubuta tarihin tarihi
A tsakiyar wannan nasarar tsaro shine mai tsaron gida Unai Simon, wanda jerin mintuna nasa ba tare da sha ƙwallo ba a Kofin Duniya yanzu ya kai mintuna 609 masu ban mamaki — ya wuce alamar dadewa ta Walter Zenga na mintuna 517 don Italy da alamar ɗan ƙasar shi Iker Casillas ta mintuna 476.
Ƙwararren ƙwallon ƙafa na Spain Guillem Balague ya bayyana yadda Spain ta samu kame Cristiano Ronaldo da Portugal a Dallas:
