Ranar uku ta Gasar Duniya ta kawo mana daidaito a lokacin kari, mafi kyawun rabin wasa da muka gani a gasar har yanzu, da kuma lokacin farin cikin da Scotland ta jira shekaru da dama.

Kwallaye sun yi karanci a cikin wasannin huɗu, amma kowace wasa ta kawo wasanta ta musamman, kuma abubuwan tattaunawa sun yi yawa.

Doguwar jiran Scotland ta ƙare a ƙarshe

Ba koyaushe ne wasansa ya yi kyau ba — tsarin tsaron Haiti mai ƙarfi da yaƙi da dama ya sanya wasa ya yi ta tsayawa — amma nasarar Scotland 1-0 akan Haiti na ba wa Tartan Army damar shakatawa a ƙarshe. Bugun John McGinn da ya canza alkibla a rabin farko ya isa ya kawo maki uku na Gasar Duniya a karon farko tun 1990.

Scotland ta yi haske a cikin mintuna goma na farko kafin tsoro ya shigo, kuma jin daɗi a bushe ƙarshen wasa ya bayyana ga kowa. Manaja Steve Clarke ya yarda bayan wasa cewa duk wanda ya yi tsammanin kome banda wannan faɗa mai ƙarfi kawai 'ba ya fahimtar kwallon ƙafa.'

Amma Clarke ya san cewa ƙungiyarsa ta yi ta rasa ƙwallon ba dalilin ba sau da yawa — kuma abokin hamayyar da ya fi haɓaka da Haiti zai hukunta su. Scotland za ta fuskanci Morocco da Brazil a gaba, kuma samun matsayi a marhalar knock-out a karon farko a tarihinsu yana buƙatar ingantawa mai girma a aikin wasa.

Vinicius Jr ya amsa masu sukarsa — Morocco kuma ya haskaka

Brazil da Morocco wasa ne da da yawa suka alama a kan jadawali a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da ba za a rasa ba a marhalar ƙungiyoyi, kuma rabin farko ya cika wannan tsammanin sosai. Ingancin kwallon da aka nuna ya wuce komai da gasar ta samar da shi har zuwa wannan lokacin.

Ismael Saibari ya buɗe wa maki da wani lob mai ban mamaki — ya ruga kan wasan Brahim Diaz da aka auna da kyau ya kuma daga ƙwallon sama da mai gida — ya sanar da kansa a matsayin ɗan wasan da Bayern Munich ke shirya biyan kuɗi mai yawa don kawo shi daga PSV.

Amma Vinicius Jr — wanda ya kasance shiru har zuwa wannan lokacin — ya amsa da ƙarfi kawai mintuna 11 bayan haka. Maharin Real Madrid ya yanke daga layin ƙarshe sannan ya harba ƙwallon ta Bono domin daidaita wasan. Wannan kwallo ta kasance amsa kai tsaye ga masu sukar Selecao waɗanda suka yi shakka ko ya yi aiki don ƙasarsa kamar yadda yake yi wa ƙungiyarsa — abin da ake kira matsalar Phil Foden.

Rabin na biyu ya ragu cikin inganci, wanda ya zama irin wannan al'ada a wasannin farkon wannan gasar. Tare da Scotland da Haiti har yanzu suna da wasanni, Brazil da Morocco na iya yarda da ɗan gida a asirce — amma duka ƙungiyoyin sun nuna cewa za su iya tafiya mai nisa.

Switzerland ta rasa maki yayin da Qatar ta sami daidaiton ban mamaki

Ƙungiya B ta riga ta buɗe bayan Canada da Bosnia and Herzegovina sun raba daidaito mai ban gajiya a wasan farko. Da Breel Embolo ya juyar da bugun fanariti bayan mintuna 17 kawai, Switzerland ta yi kama ta ke kan hanya zuwa sarrafa ƙungiyar. Ta ƙare wasan da harbe-harbe 27 — da ɗaya kawai kwallo.

Qatar, wadda ta rasa duk wasanninta a ƙasarta a Gasar Duniya ta ƙarshe, ta yi amfani da wannan rashin inganci a minti na huɗu na kari. Kwallo ta dama ta Boualem Khoukhi daga hagu ta haifar da kwallo ta Miro Muheim a ragar kansa, ta bar Ƙungiya B daidai bayan zagaye ɗaya kuma ta buɗe gaba ɗaya.

Nestory Irankunda ya sanar da kansa a fagen duniya

Australia da Turkiye sun yi barazanar ɓata fata kafin Nestory Irankunda ya canza fuskar wasan gaba ɗaya. Tsohon dan winga na Bayern Munich — yanzu a Watford — ya sanya Australia ta zauna a baya tana jiran daidai damar da ya samar da ita.

Da damar ta zo, Irankunda ya yanke shiga ciki, ya wuce mai tsarensa, sannan ya harba ƙwallon da kwarin gwiwa a kusurwar ƙasa. Connor Metcalfe ya ƙara kwallo ta biyu kusa da ƙarshen wasa a wani harbi mai sauri don rufe nasara ta 2-0 ga Australia ya aika da saƙo ga sauran ƙungiyar.