Yoane Wissa ya ba wata kwarjini da ba a saba gani ba don kai Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kongo zuwa zagayen 32 a gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026, inda Leopards suka koma daga baya don doke Uzbekistan 3-1 a Atlanta. DR Congo za su fuskanci England a zagayen fitar da kowanne Laraba.

Mai ba da kwallon na Newcastle ya ci sau biyu da dare — kwallaye na biyu da na uku a gasar — yana taimakon ƙungiyarsa ta kammala a matsayi na uku a Rukuni K da kuma samun nasarar farko da ƙasar ta taɓa samu a tarihin Kofin Duniya. Wissa kuma ya zira kwallo a lokacin da DR Congo ta yi daidai da Portugal a ranar wasa ta farko.

Juyi mai ban mamaki a Atlanta

Uzbekistan ta fara wasa da ƙarfi kuma ta kusan zura kwallo a cikin daƙiƙoƙi na farko, inda kaftin Eldor Shomurodov ya wuce kiyar Mpasi — amma tutar offsaid ta tashi nan take. Wannan gargaɗi bai isa ya tashe DR Congo ba duk da haka, domin Shomurodov ya buga karo na biyu a minti na 10, yana lobbing Mpasi da ya fita daga layin kwallon nasa, don ba Uzbekistan damar riba.

DR Congo, waɗanda suke buƙatar nasara don ci gaba, sun mayar da martani da gaggawa. Nathan Mbuku ya bayyana cewa ya daidaita wasan, amma VAR ta shiga tsakani ta soke kwallón — an yanke hukunci cewa hannun Mbuku ya bugi fuska ta Sherzod Nasrullaev a lokacin ginin aikin. Leopards suka sami damar sake farawa ne lokacin da Abdukodir Khusanov ya taɓa Wissa a cikin yankin hukunci a minti na 66.

Wissa ya tafi gaban hukunci ya jefa shi da sanyin hali, yana aike Nematov gefen da ba daidai ba don dawo da daidaito a minti na 68. Maye Fiston Mayele ya ƙara kwallo inda ya buga kusa da kwallan a minti na 78 don cika nasarar juyin. Wissa ya ƙara bugu mai nisa a minti na 90+1 don rufe lamarin.

Dare na tarihi ga Leopards

Wannan nasara ta nuna cewa DR Congo ta ci kwallo a Kofin Duniya na FIFA a karon farko a tarihin ƙasar — nasara da ta zo a lokacin da ya fi muhimmanci. Wannan filin wasa na Atlanta da ya shaidi wannan nasara ta tarihi zai karɓi gasar zagayen 32 tsakanin DR Congo da England Laraba — wasan da ake sa ran zai zama wani babi mai tarihi a yaƙin DR Congo na farko a zagayen fitar da kowanne a Kofin Duniya.