Switzerland da Algeria sun hadu a zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026 a BC Place a Vancouver, ƙungiyoyi biyu masu tarihin rashin ƙarfi a zagayen kuɓuta, a wasan da ake tsammanin zai kasance mai jan hankali.

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Ƙungiyoyi biyu masu wani abu don tabbatarwa

Switzerland ta jagoranci Rukuni B da maki bakwai, amma tarihin su a zagayen kuɓuta a Kofin Duniya ya kasance nauyi mai dorewa. The Nati ba su ci wasan kuɓuta a Kofin Duniya tun 1938, a fiye da tafiya 11 da suka yi bayan haka. Algeria a nata ɓangaren, suna shiga Kofin Duniya na biyar tun shiga FIFA a 1963 kuma ba su taɓa lashe wasan kuɓuta ba — 2014 ne kawai lokacin da suka wuce zagayen rukuni.

Switzerland ta yi daidai 1-1 da Qatar a wasan farko kafin ta farfaɗo da nasarori kan Bosnia and Herzegovina da Canada. Sun shiga wannan wasan ba tare da a doke su ba a wasanni tisa na ƙwarewa jere kuma za su fara a matsayin mafiya damar cin nasara.

Manzambi shine haɗarin

Farfaɗowar Switzerland a zagayen rukuni ya zo tare da shigar Ruben Vargas da Johan Manzambi a minti na 71 a kan Bosnia and Herzegovina a SoFi Stadium a Los Angeles. Dukansu sun yi tasiri nan da nan: Vargas ya zura kwallo ya kuma taimaka a wata, yayin da Manzambi ya zura sau biyu. A kan Canada, suka zama ƙungiyar Switzerland ta farko da dukkansu suka zura kwallo a wasanni biyu na Kofin Duniya jere tun 1954.

Manzambi, ɗan wasan shekaru 20 daga Freiburg wanda ake haɗa shi da matsuguni a Newcastle, ya kasance ɗan wasan Switzerland mafi haɗari. Aikinsa na daidaita a gaban ƙwallon da ƙarfinsa na gudu sun ƙara wani ɓangare da harin Switzerland ya rasa a baya, kuma ba zai ba da mamaki ba idan ya ƙara ƙwallaye a kan Algeria.

Haɗarin Algeria — da raunin su

Algeria sun zo a matsayin waɗanda ba a yi musu tsammani na cin nasara amma ba su da ƙarancin ingancin kai hari. Riyad Mahrez, mai shekaru 35, ya riga ya yi ƙwallaye biyu da taimako ɗaya a wannan gasar, kuma tsohon ɗan wasan reshe ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin jan hankali 3-3 da Austria — wasan da ya haɗa da motsi na matakai 110 da Mahrez kansa ya kammala. A gefensa, Ibrahim Maza, ɗan shekaru 20, ya yi dribbles mafi yawa a zagayen rukuni, da 13.

Kocin Algeria Vladimir Petkovic — wanda ya horar da Switzerland shekaru bakwai daga 2014 — ya san ƙungiyar Switzerland sosai, kuma wannan sani na iya zama mai yanke hukunci a lokutan ƙunci. Duk da haka, tarihin tsaron Algeria ya kasance babbar damuwa: sun karɓi ƙwallaye bakwai a wasanni uku na rukuni, kuma abokan hamayya sun sami sauƙin ƙirƙirar damar bayyananniya.

Idan Algeria za su sami hanya ta wucewa, wata ƙarar yiwuwar haduwa a zagaye na 16 da Colombia ko Ghana tana jira su. Da farko, duk da haka, dole ne su dakatar da ƙungiyar Switzerland da ke bayyana ta fi kaifi a kowace wasa.

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FourFourTwo na hasashen cewa Switzerland za su yi nasara a wasan mai nishadi da ci 2-1.