Caleb Yirenkyi ya bayar da ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa lokutai na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, yana zura kwal a minti 95 don ba Ghana nasara 1-0 a kan Panama a wasan farko na Ƙungiya L a Toronto.
Bugun yaron ɗan shekara 20 daga nesa kaɗan ya naɗe wasa mai ƙarfi wanda Panama suka yi daidai da ƙungiyar Carlos Queiroz a tsawon lokaci. Ƙasar Amurka ta Tsakiya tana son samun maki na farko a Kofin Duniya a ƙoƙarinta ta huɗu, kuma yawancin dare sun nuna cewa suna iya cimma hakan.
Rabin farko na hankali
Ghana ba su ba da kome a harbi a cikin mintoci 45 na farko, ba su harba ɗai-ɗai ba yayin da Panama suka sarrafa yanayin wasa kuma suka hana Antoine Semenyo aiki. Panama ma sun kusa buɗe lissafi da wuri Waterman ya tilasta mai gida ya yi ceto a minti 2.
Rabin na biyu ya kawo karin sha'awa bayan maye gurbin Brandon Thomas-Asante ya shiga a minti 58 domin Ghana. Panama suka amsa da harbin Martinez a minti 60 wanda ya shiga gefen raga, yayin da Andre Ayew aka hana shi kwal da alama ya tabbata ta hanyar harin tsaro mai ban mamaki na Ramos a minti 65.
Yirenkyi ya buga a lokacin ƙari
Da alama wasan yana nufi zuwa cikakken daidaito, Thomas-Asante — wanda aka ba Coventry City aro — ya sami sarari a gefen hagu a minti na biyar na ƙarin lokaci kuma ya ɗan ƙetare wanda Yirenkyi ya juya zuwa kwal daga nesa kaɗan, yana haifar da murna mai ƙarfi a bangaren Ghana.
Panama sun ƙi mika wuya kuma mai tsaron gida Mosquera ya ma tafi gaba a 90+9' don yaƙi da kai domin neman daidaitawa, amma Ghana sun tsaya ƙarfi don samun maki uku masu daraja.
Queiroz: 'Mun ci da hankalinmu'
"Mun yi yaƙi kamar jarumawa," in ji Queiroz. "Mun ci wasan da hankalinmu. Da farko dole ne mu wahala a kan ƙungiyar da ta fi ƙarfinmu. Sun san yadda ake wasa. Mun san za su sarrafa wasan. Amma mataki bayan mataki, dabarar mu ita ce mu bar su su zo. Wannan shine hanyar nasara."
Ya kasance azzalumi ga Panama waɗanda damar ci gaba ta yi kama da ƙanƙantar zafi, ganin cewa abokan hamayya da suka rage su ne England da Croatia. Ga Ghana, za su buƙaci inganta wasan su, amma wannan kwal na ƙarshe zai kasance abin tunawa na dindindin.
