Ƙasar Amurka, wadda ita ce kaɗai mai masaukin baki da ta rage a gasar cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026, ta yi bankwana da gasar bayan Belgium ta lallasa ta da ci 4-1 a wasan zagayen 'yan 16 da aka buga a birnin Seattle.
Kafin fara wasan, an samu ce-ce-ku-ce bayan Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Duniya (FIFA) ta soke hukuncin jan kati da ta bai wa ɗan wasan gaban Amurka, Folarin Balogun. Tun da farko an dakatar da shi ne bayan wani laifi da ya aikata a wasan zagayen 'yan 32 da Bosnia da Herzegovina.
Rahotanni sun ce Shugaban Amurka, Donald Trump, ya roƙi FIFA da ta sake duba hukuncin, lamarin da ya haifar da muhawara kan gaskiya da adalcin matakin da hukumar ta ɗauka.
A wani wasa mai ɗaukar hankali, Spain ta doke Portugal da ci 1-0, inda Mikel Merino ya ci ƙwallon nasara a mintunan ƙarshe na wasan. Sakamakon ya kawo ƙarshen tafiyar Portugal a gasar.
Haka kuma, ana kallon wannan a matsayin ƙarshen tafiyar Cristiano Ronaldo a gasar Kofin Duniya, bayan tauraron mai shekaru 41 ya kasa kai ƙasarsa zuwa zagaye na gaba.
Bayan ficewar Portugal, mai horar da tawagar ƙasar, Roberto Martínez, ya sanar da murabus daga mukaminsa.
A ci gaba da wasannin zagayen 'yan 16, Argentina za ta kara da Masar, yayin da Switzerland za ta fafata da Colombia domin neman gurbin zuwa matakin daf da na ƙarshe.