Caleb Yirenkyi ya rubuta sunansa cikin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ghana ta hanyar zura ƙwallo da natsuwa a cikin lokacin ƙari, ya ƙwace nasara 1-0 kan Panama a wasansu na farko na Ƙungiya L a FIFA World Cup 2026 a Toronto.

Da agogon ya nuna minti 95 kuma taka-tsantsan ya bayyana a bayyane, Brandon Thomas-Asante ya hura cikin akwatin hukunci ya miƙa wutsiya daidai ga Yirenkyi. Dan wasan tsakiya ya riƙe nutsuwarsa ya sa ƙwallon cikin raga, ya kunna murnar farin ciki tsakanin 'yan wasan Ghana, ma'aikatan horarwa, da masu goyon baya a Toronto Stadium.

Panama sun gwada Black Stars sosai

Panama ba su kasance abokan hamayyar da ake raina ba. Sun ƙirƙiri damar farko ta gaske a wasan sa'ad da ƙaramin ciye-ciye na Amir Murillo ya samu Cecilio Waterman shi kaɗai, amma mai tsaron gida Benjamin Asare ya aiwatar da wani karo na musamman. Jim kaɗan bayan haka, Jiovany Ramos ya rasa damara ta zinari, ya harba ƙwallon da ta wuce bayan miƙa wutsiyar kuskure daga Asare.

A tsawon lokaci, Panama sun mallaki ƙwallon kuma sun ɗaure Ghana zuwa kai-da-komowa kaɗan, wanda ya sa dare ya zama da wahala ga mutanen Carlos Queiroz a sashen ƙarshe na filin.

Asare ya shigo bayan rauni na Ati-Zigi

Babbar matsala ta zo lokacin da mai tsaron gida na asali Lawrence Ati-Zigi ya tilasta barin filin sakamakon rauni a lokacin hutun rabi. Maɗaukakansa, Benjamin Asare na Hearts of Oak, ya shigo ya aiwatar da wasanni mai ƙarfin hali a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba — ya zama mai tsaron gida na farko daga Ghana Premier League da ya wakilci Black Stars a FIFA World Cup.

Rabin na biyu ya bi tsarin iri ɗaya na tsaro mai ƙarfi da kaɗan daga damammaki a sarari. Cristian Martinez ya zo kusa da yin nasara ga Panama, ya sami sarari a cikin akwatin sai ya harba ƙwallon cikin ragar gefen. Queiroz ya amsa ta hanyar shigar da 'yan wasan sabo kimanin sa'ar wasa, kuma musanyewar sun ƙara zafin harin Ghana nan take.

Thomas-Asante, daga cikin waɗanda suka shigo, kusan ya ƙirƙiri burin cin nasara da miƙa wutsiya ga Jordan Ayew, amma Ramos ya dawo da gwanintarsa ya kare ƙungiyarsa. Dukkan ƙungiyoyin biyu sun yi kama da sun karɓi raba maki da gabas na lokacin ƙarshe — har sai Yirenkyi ya yanke shawarar akasin haka.

Yaƙin Ghana na duniya ya fara da kyau sosai

Maki uku sun kai Ghana daidai da England, waɗanda suka doke Croatia 4-2 a baya a Ƙungiya L, kafin wasan da ake tsammanin zai zama mai yanke hukunci tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu. Panama da Croatia sun kasance ba tare da maki bayan zagaye na farko ba.

Bayan sakamakon, Ghana za su ɗauki ƙarfin gwiwa daga dabarar tsaron su, tasirin 'yan wasan da suka maye gurbi, da balagar da suka nuna a ƙarƙashin Queiroz. Black Stars sun yi jinkiri — amma yaƙin neman gasar duniya ya fara mafi kyawun hanya.