USM Alger sun lashe kofin TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup na biyu a ranar Lahadi, bayan sun doke Mamelodi Sundowns — wadanda suke riƙe da kofin TotalEnergies CAF Champions League — da ci 3-1 a Loftus Versfeld Stadium da ke Pretoria. Ahmed Khaldi ya yi fice a wasan ta hanyar zura ƙwallo da kuma taimakawa wani, yayin da ƙungiyar Aljeriya ta mamaye zakin Afirka ta Kudu a filin gidansu.

Khaldi ya bayar da salo a rabi na farko mai ƙarfi

USM Alger sun fara da tsimin gaske, sun zura ƙwallo a minti na 4. Khaldi ya kutsa cikin akwatin hukunci daga hannun dama, ya yaƙi mai tsaro, ya tura ƙwallo ƙasa zuwa ga Zakaria Draoui wanda ya kammala da sauƙi daga kusa. Zura ƙwallon ya sanya Sundowns karkashin matsin lamba nan take.

Sundowns sun riga sun fuskanci matsala kafin wasan ya fara — dan tsakiya ɗan Fotigal Nuno Santos ya ji rauni yayin yin motsa jiki, wanda ya tilasta kocin Miguel Cardoso ya shigar da Cassius Mailula a wurinsa. Bayan minti 13, Cardoso ya sake canza matakin lokacin da dan wasa Brayan León ya fita saboda rauni a cinyarsa, Rayners ya maye gurbin.

Rayners ya yi tasiri kusan nan take. Bayan VAR ta duba don hannun ɗan wasa, Sundowns sun sami bugun fenariti. Dan wasan da ya maye gurbin ya tsaya gaban ƙwallon ya ruɗe mai tsaron ƙwallo Oussama Benbot a minti na 25, ya mayar da wasan daidai. Sundowns kuma sun kusa ɗaukar jagora lokacin da Thapelo Morena ya karɓi isar da Mailula, amma Benbot ya yi ceto mai mahimmanci.

USM Alger sun hukunta damar da ta ɓace a minti na 37. Kai da kafa ya fada saman gindin ƙwallon bayan bugawa daga lungu, Saadi Radouani kuma ya kasance da sauri ya bi baya ya zura ƙwallo da kaifinsa, ya mayar da Aljeriya jagora kafin rabi na farko ya ƙare.

Harbin Khaldi na ban mamaki ya yanke hukunci

An jinkirta farkon rabi na biyu saboda yanayin yanayi mara kyau, amma USM Alger sun ci gaba da inda suka tsaya. A minti na 55, Khaldi ya sami sarari a gefen akwatin hukunci, ya yanke cikin gida ya harba bulo mai ban sha'awa da ya shiga kusurwar nesa, ya wuce Ronwen Williams. Wannan ƙwallo ya kusan rufe kofa gaban damar dawowa ta Sundowns.

Cardoso ya shigar da Antonio van Wyk don neman amsa, Teboho Mokoena da Tashreeq Matthews kuma sun yi ƙoƙari daga nesa — amma tsaron Aljeriya mai tsari ya yi tsauri. Williams ya yi aiki da yawa don hana ci ya fi yawa, ciki har da ceto mai ban sha'awa da yatsunsa daga harbin Khaldi na biyu da kuma yayyafawa harbin ƙasa na Dramane Kamagaté.

Sundowns sun yi tunanin sun koma a ƙarshen wasan lokacin da ƙwallo ta ƙare a ragar, amma VAR ta soke bayan ta gane cewa ƙwallo ta fita layin tuɓi a baya a cikin harin. Wannan yanke shawara ya ƙarasa fatan Sundowns, kuma USM Alger sun kammala ragowar mintoci sun sami nasara ta 3-1, suna ɗaukar USD 500,000 a matsayin kyautar kuɗi.

Ci gaban mamaye na Confederation Cup ya ci gaba

Wannan nasara ta tsawaita jerin nasarorin TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup a Super Cup — an lashe kofin huɗu daga cikin biyar na baya-bayan nan ta hannun riƙon Confederation Cup. USM Alger, waɗanda suka lashe Confederation Cup a kakar da ta gabata bayan sun doke Zamalek a bugun fenariti, yanzu suna riƙe da Super Cup na biyu bayan nasarar farko ta 2023.

Ga Sundowns, wannan kashi ya zo a wani lokaci mai wahala. Duk da lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League akan AS FAR na Morocco, an fitar da ƙungiyar Afirka ta Kudu daga zagayen cancantar CAF Champions League 2026/27 ta hannun Wiliete SC na Angola — ma'ana ba za su kare tajarinsu na nahiya a matakin rukuni na kakar nan ba. Kashi na Lahadi ya hana su damar ƙarshe na ƙara kofin zuwa wata kamfen mai wahala.