Brazil da Japan za hadu a zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026 a NRG Stadium da ke Houston, cikin wasa da ake tsammanin zai zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a zagayen cire-ko-bari. Wasan yana farawa da 6:00 yamma BST / 1:00 rana ET, tare da watsa shirye shirye kyauta akan ITV a Burtaniya, SBS On Demand a Ostiraliya, da CazéTV a YouTube a Brazil, da sauran yankuna.

Yanayin Brazil: dawowar girman kai, tambayoyi suna dawwama

Ƙungiyar Carlo Ancelotti ta shiga wannan wasan bayan nasarori biyu a jere da ci 3-0 akan Haiti da Scotland, bayan ta yi fama don cimma 1-1 da Morocco a wasanta na farko na rukuni. Wannan wasan da Morocco ya nuna raunin gaske — Morocco sun harba sau 12 a rabin farko kaɗai, kuma sai ɗan wasan sau ɗaya na Vinicius Jr ne ya ceci Brazil.

Dan gaban Real Madrid ya kasance dan wasa mafi tasiri na Brazil a duk wasan gaba, yana da zura kwallaye 4 da taimako 1. Amma a fuskar Japan ƙungiya da ba ta ba abokan wasa damar saukake wa, Brazil ba za su iya dogara gaba ɗaya kan ɗan wasan mai shekara 25 ba. Matheus Cunha, wanda ya zura sauran kwallaye uku na Brazil a gasar, zai buƙaci kasancewa cikin mafi kyawun aikinsa, kuma Casemiro zai fuskanci jarrabawa mai wuya a tsakiyar filin. Raphinha har yanzu yana raunin tsoka, tare da abin al'ajabi na Bournemouth Rayan da ake sa ran zai sake maye gurbin sa.

Ƙarfin jama'ar Japan

Japan ta kai matakan cire-ko-bari ba tare da an doke ta ba, bayan ta sami daidaito da Netherlands, ta doke Tunisia, kuma ta dakatar Sweden a daidaito 1-1 da ya tabbatar da matsayin uku a rukuni. Ƙarfinsu ba ya cikin hazaƙar mutum ɗaya amma cikin tsaurin ladabi na gama-gari — matsawa mai tsayi, nutsuwa tare da ƙwallon ko babu shi, da tsari na tsaro mai wuyan ci.

Hanyar Hajime Moriyasu ta nuna ingancinta a watan Oktoba da ya gabata, lokacin da Japan ta doke Brazil da ci 3-2 a Tokyo — a karon farko da suka taɓa doke gasar masu nasara sau biyar. Ɗan gaban Feyenoord Ayase Ueda ya kasance jarumi na wannan wasa kuma ya isa wannan gasar tare da ƙwallaye biyu a sunansa.

Koyaya, tarihin Japan a zagayen cire-ko-bari ya nuna yana ƙasa da kyawun aikinsu na marhalar rukuni. An fitar da su da ci 3-2 daga Belgium a shekarar 2018, sannan a bugun fensir ta Croatia a shekarar 2022.

Hasashe

FourFourTwo na hasashen nasara ta Brazil da ci 3-2, tare da Selecao ɗaukar fansa ga asarar bara — amma bayan Japan Samurai Blue sun gwada su da gaske.