WASHINGTON, D.C., USA – A ranar Alhamis, 23 ga Janairu, 2025, Diego Luna ya nuna basirarsa ta wasa tare da taimako mai ban mamaki wanda ya kai ga ci na farko a wasan sada zumunci tsakanin Amurka da Costa Rica a filin wasa na Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
Luna, wanda ya ji rauni a hancinsa kafin wasan, ya ci gaba da zama babban jigo a cikin nasarar Amurka da ci 3-1 a kan Venezuela a wasan da ya gabata. A wasan da Costa Rica, ya ba da taimako mai kyau ga ci na farko a minti na 21, inda ya nuna hazakarsa da kwarewarsa a filin wasa.
Kocin Amurka, Gregg Berhalter, ya amince da irin gudunmawar da Luna ya bayar, yana mai cewa, “Diego ya nuna cewa yana da gwiwa da basira. Ko da yake ya ji rauni, ya ci gaba da yin wasa da kuzari, kuma taimakonsa ya taimaka mana sosai a wasan.”
Amurka ta ci gaba da zama mai nasara a wasannin sada zumunci, inda ta samu nasara a wasanni hudu a jere, mafi tsawon jerin nasarori tun lokacin da ta lashe gasar CONCACAF Gold Cup a shekarar 2021. Costa Rica, a gefe guda, ta fara wasanta na farko a karkashin sabon kocinta, wanda ke kokarin sake fasalin tawagar.
Wasan ya kasance wani bangare na shirye-shiryen Amurka don gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026, inda za ta kasance daya daga cikin masu masaukin baki. Costa Rica kuma tana shirye-shiryen gasar cin kofin duniya, inda ta fara zagayen neman tikitin shiga da nasara biyu.
An kammala wasan da ci 3-1 ga Amurka, tare da ci gaba da nuna cewa tawagar ta na cikin girma da kwarewa. Luna ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasa a wasan, inda ya nuna cewa yana da gurbin shiga cikin tawagar Amurka a nan gaba.