USM Alger sun lashe kofin CAF Super Cup karo na biyu a ranar Lahadi, sun doke Mamelodi Sundowns, masu riƙon kofin TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, da 3-1 a filin wasa na Loftus Versfeld da ke Pretoria. Ahmed Khaldi ya yi wasan da ban mamaki — ya ci kwallo kuma ya taimaka — don jagorantar ƙungiyar Aljeriya zuwa nasara mai ban sha'awa a ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu.

Khaldi da Draoui sun kunna wuta da wuri

USM Alger sun yi sauri, sun ci kwallo a cikin mintuna huɗu. Khaldi ya shiga yankin adaui daga gefen dama, ya tsallake mai tsaro, sannan ya yi ƙaramin wucewa da ƙafafu da Zakaria Draoui ya cika da sauƙi a kusa. Wannan kwallo ta farko ta sanya Sundowns su fara binsa a gaban masu goyon bayansu.

Sundowns sun riga sun sami matsala kafin wasan ya fara, bayan dan wasan tsakiya dan Fotigal Nuno Santos ya ji rauni yayin atisaye. Koci Miguel Cardoso ya kawo Cassius Mailula a matsayin madadin, amma ba da daɗewa ba dan wasan da ke kai hari Brayan León ya fice da rauni a ƙugu a cikin mintuna 15.

Madaɗinsa Iqraam Rayners ya yi tasiri kusan nan da nan. VAR ta gano hannun wasa a cikin yankin, kuma Rayners ya tashi ya ci bugun fenareti a minti na 25, ya aika dan tsaron gida Oussama Benbot zuwa gefen kuskure don daidaita.

Daidaita ya ƙarfafa Sundowns, kuma Thapelo Morena ya yi kusa da cin kwallo bayan wucewa ta Mailula — sai dai Benbot ya yi kame mai muhimmanci don kiyaye daidaito.

Kai na Radouani ya dawo da gaban USM Alger

USM Alger sun hukunta damar da suka ɓata kafin ƙarshen rabin farko. Bayan wani bugun kusurwa, ƙwallon kai ta farko ta bugi ƙyanƙyashe, kuma Saadi Radouani ya kasance mafi sauri wajen bin ƙwallon da ta dawo, ya ci da kai a minti na 37 don dawo da gaban Aljeriyawa. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun shiga hutun rabin farko USM Alger suna gaba da 2-1.

Harbin Khaldi mai ban sha'awa ya kulle kofin

An jinkirta farkon rabin na biyu saboda yanayin yanayi mai muni, amma USM Alger sun fara da nufin kai hari ɗaya. A minti na 55, Khaldi ya sami sarari a gefen yankin, ya yanke zuwa ciki kuma ya lika harbi mai kyau zuwa kusurwar nesa fita daga isa Ronwen Williams. Wannan shi ne lokacin da ya yanke hukunci a wasan.

Sundowns sun ci gaba da neman hanyar komawa. Teboho Mokoena ya gwada sa'arsa daga nesa, yayin da Tashreeq Matthews da madadin Antonio van Wyk suma suka yi ƙoƙari — amma tsaro na Aljeriya mai tsari ya ƙi ba su wuri. Khaldi kusan ya ƙara ta huɗu, amma Williams ya turya ta da ƙarshen yatsunsa da fasaha. Dan tsaron Afirka ta Kudu ya kuma dakatar da ƙoƙarin Dramane Kamagaté da ke ƙasa a kwata na ƙarshe na wasan.

Sundowns sun yi imani sun rage tazara a ƙarshen wasan lokacin da ƙwallo ta haye layi, amma VAR ta soke burin bayan ta tabbatar da ƙwallon ta fita daga iyakokin filin farko. Wannan hukunci ya kawo ƙarshen begen Sundowns na komawa, kuma USM Alger sun kare mintocin da suka rage suna murna.

Nasara mai ƙarfafa matsayin USM Alger a nahiyar

Wannan sakamakon ya ƙara wa USM Alger CAF Super Cup zuwa TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup da suka ci kan Zamalek ta bugun fenareti a kakar da ta gabata. Wannan shine nasarar su ta biyu a Super Cup — bayan cin gasar 2023 — kuma ya ba ƙungiyar USD 500,000 a matsayin kyautar kudi.

Nasarar ta ci gaba da jerin abubuwa masu ban mamaki na masu riƙon kofin Confederation Cup a wannan gasa: hudu daga cikin CAF Super Cups na ƙarshe biyar sun tafi ga masu riƙon kofin TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, kuma Pyramids FC ta Masar ce kawai mai nasarar TotalEnergies CAF Champions League da ta ɗauki kofin a wannan lokaci.

Ga Sundowns kuwa, wannan shan kaye ya ƙara nauyi kan wani lokaci mai wahala. Duk da cin TotalEnergies CAF Champions League ta doke AS FAR ta Morocco a wasan karshe, an cire manyan mutanen Afirka ta Kudu daga bugu na 2026/27 a zagayen cancantar shiga ta Wiliete SC ta Angola — ma'ana ba za su kare taken su a matakin Rukuni wannan kakar ba.