Portugal sun samu tikitin shiga zagaye na 16 na Kofin Duniya bayan nasara mai ban sha'awa 2-1 a kan Croatia a Toronto, inda VAR ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da ci gaban su.

Tawagar Roberto Martinez ta zama kamar tana zuwa karin lokaci a minti na 15 na lokaci da aka kara, Josko Gvardiol ya mayar da nasara lokacin da ya turawa kwallo gida daga kros din Mario Pasalic, yana barazana ga tafiyar Portugal.

Dare na damuwa ga Ronaldo

Dare ya riga ya cika da tashin hankali ga Cristiano Ronaldo da abokan wasansa. Croatia ta karbi mulki a farkon rabin na biyu ta hanyar burin Ivan Perisic, ta sanya Portugal a matsayi mai wahala.

An ki buri da Ronaldo ya zura saboda offside kafin ya samu — kuma ya mai da — bugun fanariti bayan Nikola Vlasic ya yi karo da Renato Veiga a cikin yankin. Wannan daidaituwa ta mayar da damar wa Portugal.

Sa'an nan Goncalo Ramos ya bayar da buri wanda ya zama kamar yanke hukunci, yana sawa kwallo a minti 94 ya aika Portugal zuwa zagaye na 16. Ronaldo yana an tura shi waje a lokacin, ko da yake daga baya an ba shi lambar yabo ta Dan Wasa Mafi Kyau.

VAR ta hana Croatia damar tsira

Buri na bayyane na Gvardiol ya sa mabiya Croatia farin ciki — amma alkalin Premier League Jarred Gillett ya roke alkalin wasa Espen Eskas ya duba filin wasan VAR a gefen filin.

Duba ta nuna cewa Pasalic ya karbi kwallo daga karamin taɓi da kan abokin wasansa Igor Matanovic, wanda ya sanya shi a matsayin offside. An ki amincewa da buri, kuma an tabbatar da ci gaban Portugal.

Mabiya Croatia masu fushi sun jefa kwalaben filastik a filin wasa, wanda ya haifar da jinkirin ɗan lokaci kafin wasan ya ci gaba. Ba a sami damar dawo wa Croatia ba, tafiyarsu a Kofin Duniya ta ƙare cikin cece-kuce.

Ronaldo ya amsa rahotanni na ritaya

Bayan wasan, Ronaldo ya musanta kai tsaye ikirarin da aka danganta wa 'yar uwansa Katia Aveiro — cewa yana da niyyar yin ritaya daga kwallon kafa ta duniya bayan wannan gasar. Kofin Duniya na 2026, kamar yadda aka gani, bai gama jin sauti daga gare shi ba.

Portugal yanzu za su fuskanci Spain a ranar 6 ga Yuli a Arlington a wani derby na Iberian da ake jiran hukunci don wuri a zagaye na karshe na takwas.