Cape Verde, ƙungiyar da take shiga Kofin Duniya a karon farko, za ta buga Saudi Arabia a NRG Stadium a Houston a ranar Juma'a, suna sane da cewa ko da dai zai isa su shiga zagaye na 32 — kuma nasara za tabbatar da hakan, mai yiwuwa a matsayin zakara ta Rukuni H a gaban Spain.

Blue Sharks sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan labarun gasar har yanzu. Kiper Vozinha ya samu yabo mai yawa saboda yadda ya yi wasa a ci-da-ci da Spain, wasa da ya shiga tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Cape Verde kuma sun nuna ƙarfinsu na kai hari a ci-da-ci da ke 2-2 da Uruguay, suna gaba ta hanyar bugun farko mai ƙarfi na Kevin Pina, kafin Helio Varela ya daidaita a wasan da ya damu da zakaran duniya sau biyu.

Dakatarwa ta tilasta wa Bubista canza shirin

Babban kocin Bubista yana fuskantar canjin da ba a zabi ba: mai tsaro na hagu Sidny Lopes Cabral an dakatar da shi bayan ya karbi kati mai ƙyalli a kowane ɗayan wasannin ƙungiyar biyu na farko. Ana tsammanin matashin Trabzonspor za a maye gurbinsa da ɗan wasan Joao Paulo.

Duk da wannan matsala, Cape Verde suna shiga wannan wasa da ƙarin farin ciki. Ci-da-ci na uku a wasanni uku na iya isar da su a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi takwas mafi kyau na uku, kodayake za su buƙaci sakamakon wasu wasannin ya yi musu layi.

Saudi Arabia baya bangon

Saudi Arabia, a halin yanzu, suna cikin halin da ya fi tsanani. Bayan wasan da ya yi gasa da Uruguay a buɗaɗɗen wasansu, ƙungiyar Georgios Donis an kakkaɓe su 4-0 da Spain a sakamakon da ya lalata bambancin kwalloyinsu. Green Falcons yanzu suna buƙatar nasara don sami duk wata dama ta gaske ta kaiwa zagaye na fita fita a karon farko tun 1994 — har ma da haka na iya rashin isarwa idan Uruguay ta doke Spain a wasan ƙungiyar na biyu.

Saudi Arabia suna da haɗarin bugun wuri na musamman — mai kula da tsaro Abdulelah Al-Amri ya zura kwallo daga bugun kusurwa a wasansu na farko — amma a kan Spain ba su samu damar zuwa gaba sosai don amfani da wannan makami ba. Idan za su iya samun ikon ƙwallon akan Cape Verde, Vozinha na iya fuskantar wata dare mai wahala tsakanin ginshiƙai.

Cikakkun bayanai na wasan

Wasan yana farawa da 1:00am BST safiyar Asabar, tare da farkon shagulgulan a 12:15am BST a ITV4 a Burtaniya. Magoya bayan Amurka na iya bin wasannin a FS1 ta hanyar Fox One, YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, ko Fubo. Masu kallo na Australiya na iya kallo kyauta a SBS On Demand. Wasan kuma yana samuwa kyauta ga magoya bayan Ireland ta RTÉ Player, Netherlands a NOS, Belgium a RTBF/VRT, Switzerland a SRF/RTS/RSI, da Brazil ta CazéTV a YouTube.

Hasashen FourFourTwo don wannan zagaye na ƙarshe na Rukuni H ci-da-ci ne na 1-1 — wasan ban sha'awa na hari da tsaro wanda babu ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu da zai iya sarrafa shi.