Amurka sun samu tikitin shiga zagaye na 16 na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 bayan nasara mai wahala 2-0 kan Bosnia da Herzegovina a Levi's Stadium da ke Santa Clara, ko da yake za su fafata da Belgium ba tare da dan wasa Florian Balogun ba bayan an kore shi.

Balogun ne ya bude zura kwallo kaɗan kafin hutun rabi, yana amfani da babban kuskuren tsaro na Stjepan Radeljic don tura kwallo gida a minti na 45 — amma daren sa ya rikice sa'ad da aka kore shi a minti na 64 saboda wasan tashin hankali kan Tarik Muharemovic.

Jan katin da ya canza wasan

Da farko dai, abin da ya faru bai yi kama da abu mai tsanani ba. Balogun ya yi tsayin daka da Muharemović kan wata kwallo, wasan ya ci gaba, kuma ba a nuna wani kati daga alkalai da ke fagen wasan ba. VAR ce ta nemi sake duba lamarin.

Binciken ya nuna tsananin wasan daidai. Makakin takalmin Balogun ya shafa ƙafar Muharemović kafin ya juya idon ƙafar sa — wasa mara hankali wanda ya ɗauke haɗarin raunin gaske koyaushe. Bayan duba hotunan a allo na gefenin filin, alkali bai samu wani zaɓi sai ya fitar da jan katin kai tsaye.

Yan wasan goma suna tsaye tsayin daka

Ko da yake sun rage zuwa yan wasa goma, Amurka sun nuna tsaro mai ƙarfi. Bosnia da Herzegovina sun samu kawai 0.29 expected goals a cikin dukan wasansu — shaida ta ladabin layin tsaro na Amurka da tsarinsa.

An share kowace shakka da ta rage a minti na 82 sa'ad da Malik Tillman ya juya kwallon farawa daga waje kaɗan na yankin hukunci sama da bango, waje da hannaye na mai kiyaye raga na Bosnia Nikola Vasilj, don tabbatar da nasara mai iko 2-0 a gaban masu kallo 68,827.

Amurka yanzu za su tafi Seattle, inda Belgium ke jiran su a zagaye na 16. Balogun, wanda aka dakatar bayan korarsa, zai kallo daga wurin masu kallo.