FIFA World Cup 2026 ta isa marhalar fita-ko-mutu, inda Zagaye na 16 yanzu ya fara bisa hukuma — kuma Cape Verde sun riga sun nuna karfinsu fiye da filin wasa.

Wannan kasa ta tsibiri ta iso marhalar fita-ko-mutu a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da aka fi yin magana a kai a gasar, ta jawo idanu da wasanni da suka kunna tunanin masu son ƙwallon ƙafa a fadin nahiya da wancan gefe.

Hanyarsu zuwa zagaye na karshe na 16 ta ja hankulan jama'a sosai, har ta yi inuwa a kan wasu daga cikin labarun da aka fi yabawa waɗanda ke yawo yayin gasar — babban nasara ga ƙasa ta girmansu da tarihinsu na ƙwallon ƙafa.

A wani bangare na Zagaye na 16, hamayya tana ƙaruwa yayin da Canada, Morocco, Paraguay, da France ke shiga filin fita-ko-mutu. Kowane wasa yana da nauyinsa, yayin da ƙasashe ke fafatawa don wuri a zagaye na kusa-da-karshe da damar rubuta sunayensu a tarihin Kofin Duniya.

Morocco, wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin manyan begen Afirka a wannan gasar, suna ɗaukar nauyin manyan tsammani daga nahiyar da ke kallo da hannu. Atlas Lions sun kasance cikin mafi iya zuwa nesa, kuma zagayen fita-ko-mutu za su nuna ko za su iya cika wannan alkawari.

Canada, suna yin hamayya a ƙasarsu ta gida a gasar da ake raba ta a Arewacin Amurka, suna ɗaukar sha'awar dukkan ƙasa a bayansa yayin da suke shiga zagaye na 16 na Kofin Duniya na karo na farko a tarihinsu.

A halin da ake ciki, France — masu hamayya na dindindin da ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fata kafin gasar — suna kawo ƙarfin taurari da kwarewa a kowace wasa da suke yi.

FIFA World Cup 2026 na ci gaba da bayar da ban mamaki, ban sha'awa, da lokutan da ba za a manta ba yayin da hamayya ke shiga mafi mahimmancin matakarta.