Ƙasar mahaɗiyar USA ta tabbatar da wuri a zagaye na knockout na Kofin Duniya bayan nasara ta 2-0 a kan Australia a Rukuni D, ta zama ƙasa ta biyu da ta kai zagaye na 32 bayan Mexico.

A gaban masu kallo 66,925 a CenturyLink Field a Seattle, 'yan wasa na Mauricio Pochettino sun tabbatar da bajinta da suka nuna a wasan buɗewa na 4-1 kan Paraguay.

Golin kansa na Burgess ya bude zango

Ci na farko ya zo ne a minti na 11, lokacin da Folarin Balogun — wanda ya zura kwallo biyu kan Paraguay — ya yi wata ƙwallawar da mai tsaron gida na Australia Cameron Burgess ya turawa cikin ragar kansa.

Ci na biyu ya zo ne a yanayin da suka buƙaci taimakon VAR. An fara soke golin da Alex Freeman ya ci da kai bayan ya tsauki harbin Serginio Dest da aka karya daga wani kusurwa, saboda layin offside, amma bidiyo ya soke yanke shawara na mai lura kuma golin ya tsaya — wannan ya faru kafin hutun rabi.

Australia ba ta sami damar dawo ba

Babban koci Tony Popovic ya amsa da sauya 'yan wasa uku a lokacin hutun rabi, yana shigar da Cristian Volpato da Connor Metcalfe da sauransu, amma babu wanda ya iya barazana ga mai tsaron gida na USA Matt Freese. Volpato ya harba dama mai kyau sama da sanduna a minti na 62, yayin da Metcalfe ya harba kai tsaye zuwa hannun Freese bayan mintuna uku.

Balogun ya ɓata dama ta daya-da-daya don kammala wasan a minti na 52, kuma Dest ya gwada mai tsaron gida na Australia Patrick Beech da harbi ƙasa a lokacin ƙarin lokaci, amma maki ya kasance 2-0.

Katin gargaɗi uku a ƙarshen wasan sun nuna tashin hankali da ya taso, kodayake hakan bai rage murnar da ke Seattle ba. USA ta ci gaba daga Rukuni D da ƙarfi, tare da jiran sanin abokin hamayya a zagaye na gaba.