Lionel Messi ya ɗaga Kofin Duniya a Qatar a shekarar 2022, ya kammala abin da yawancin mutane ke ɗauka a matsayin babbar aikin mutum ɗaya a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Yanzu yana da shekaru 38, wanda ya ci Ballon d'Or sau takwas ya dawo domin FIFA World Cup 2026 tare da Argentina, wadda za ta fara kare taken su da Algeria a Arrowhead Stadium a Kansas City.

Nasarar da Algeria za nema

Ƙungiya J, wadda kuma ta ƙunshi Austria da Jordan — mai shiga Kofin Duniya a karon farko — baya bayyane a matsayin babbar cikas ga manyan ƙungiyoyin biyu. Amma duk da haka, Algeria sun zo da manufa ta gaske, suna son aiwatar da mamaki kamar yadda Saudi Arabia ta yi wa Argentina shekaru huɗu da suka wuce a Qatar.

Algeria sun samu cancanta a wannan gasar da ƙarfi bayan sun rasa Kofinku na Duniya biyu da suka gabata. A ƙarƙashin manajan Bosnia Vladimir Petkovic, sun lashe takwas daga cikin wasannin cancanta 10 na CAF. Wannan shi ne baiwar ƙasar ta biyar a Kofin Duniya, kuma na farko tun Brazil 2014.

Amoura da Mahrez suna ɗaukar begen Algeria

Mohamed Amoura ya gama a matsayin maɗaukaki mai zura ƙwallo a wasannin cancanta na CAF da ƙwallaye 10, wanda ya sa shi ɗaya daga cikin mafi haɗari makamai na Algeria zuwa gasar. Tare da shi, kyaftin Riyad Mahrez — tsohon ɗan wasan Leicester City da Manchester City — zai buƙaci nuna darajarsa a manyan matakan wasa.

Algeria sun lashe Africa Cup of Nations a shekarar 2019, kuma Petkovic yana fata ƙungiyarsa za ta iya jan wannan ƙarfin darajar a kan Argentina masu ƙarfi.

Messi da Scaloni sun kare taken

Manajan Argentina Lionel Scaloni yana da yalwar inganci a cikin tawagar sa amma har yanzu ya dogara da Messi don farfasa tsare-tsare na kare daure. Argentina bai kasa samun cancanta zuwa Kofin Duniya tun 1970 ba kuma an kawar da su a matakin kungiyoyi sau ɗaya kawai a tarihinta — rikodin da ke nuna faɗin ƙalubale da Algeria ke fuskanta.

Kawai gasar da ta gabata tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu ta ƙare da nasarar Argentina 4-3 a wasan abokantaka a shekarar 2007. Tsammani wani gasar da ta dace lokacin da zakaru za su buɗe kamfen ɗin su na 2026.

Ana watsa wasan kai tsaye a ITV a Burtaniya, FOX a Amurka, da SBS a Ostiraliya.

Hasashen sakamako: Argentina 1-0 Algeria