Sa Australia da Misira suka hadu a AT&T; Stadium a Arlington a cikin FIFA Gasar Duniya 2026, ƙungiyoyin biyu suna farautar cimma manufa ɗaya ta tarihi — nasara ta farwa a matakin knockout a tarihin Gasar Duniya. Ɗaya daga cikinsu zai samu wannan damar a ƙarshe.

Socceroos sun dogara ga juriya

Australia ta ci gaba zuwa matakin karshe na takwas a matsayin ta biyu a Rukuni D bayan rashin-ci-rashin-ci da Paraguay — ba ta burge ba, amma ta wadatar. Maneja Tony Popovic ya dogara ga samari a duk tsawon gasar, kuma hakan ya biya.

Daidai, mai tsaron gida Patrick Beach, yana da shekaru 22, ya kasance mai ban sha'awa a nasarar 2-0 kan Turkiyya, yana yin daƙiƙa na ceto masu muhimmanci. Ɗan wasan gaba Nestory Irankunda na Watford, yana da shekaru 20, ya zira kwallo mai kyau a wancan wasa kuma ana sa ran zai ci gaba a farkon kundin wasannin.

Mai tsaron baya Lucas Herrington, mai shekaru 18 kawai, ya zama ɗan wasa mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin Australia a Gasar Duniya tun wasansa na farko, kuma ya nuna ƙarfin da ya sa shi ci gaba cikin tsaron uku. Jordan Bos na ɓangaren hagu yana ba da gudu da inganci na isar da kwallo wanda zai iya damun kowane tsaro.

Lafiyar Salah tana jefa inuwa kan Misira

Misira ta zo wannan wasan a yanayi mai rauni sosai. Faraonawa sun samu nasarar farko a tarihin Gasar Duniya ta hanyar nasarar 3-1 kan New Zealand, amma sun tsaya har tsawon lokaci don samu ƴancin ci da Iran a wasa da ya tayar da damuwa mai tsanani.

Babbar damuwa ta shafi Mohamed Salah, wanda aka canza shi a minti na 57 akan Iran saboda matsalar tendontsa. Dan wasan gaba yana nesa da kwallo ɗaya daga tabbatar da tarihin ƙasar Misira na kwallaye 69 na ƙasa da ƙasa, kuma maneja Hossam Hassan yana jiran labarai masu daɗi game da lafiyarsa kafin fara wasan.

Matsalar raunuka ta yadu a duk cikin ƙungiyar. Mai tsaron baya Mohamed Abdelmonem ya fita bayan dakika 14 kawai akan Iran, yayin da Ahmed Fatouh, Hamdy Fathy, da Hossam Abdelmaguid duk suna da damuwar lafiya — suna barin Hassan da yanke shawara masu wahala a zaɓin ƙungiya.

Idan Salah bai farfado cikin lokaci ba, ɗan wasan gaba na Manchester City Omar Marmoush — wanda aka cire shi akan Iran — da matashi na Barcelona Hamza Abdelkarim na iya bayyana. Abdelkarim, yana da shekaru 18, ya nuna inganci na gaske kuma wannan mataki na duniya na iya zama matakin da ya fi dacewa don ya bayyana kansa ga duniya.

Abin da ke kan teburin

Mai nasara zai yi fama da zakara masu rike da kambun Argentina ko abin mamaki na gasar Cape Verde a zagaye na 16. Ko wanene ya ci gaba daga Arlington a ranar Asabar, tarihi zai yi a rubuta — kuma Afirka za ta kalli da babban sha'awa ko Faraonawa na Misira za su iya isar da abin da ake bukata.

FourFourTwo ta yi hasashen Misira ta yi kadan, mai yiwuwa a ƙarin lokaci, da sakamako na 2-1.