Manajan Spain Luis de la Fuente ya bayyana cewa yana cikakken yakini cewa tawagar sa na iya doke France a wasansu na kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026.

La Roja ta ci gaba zuwa zagayen karshe guda hudu ne ta hanyar burin da Mikel Merino wanda aka fidda daga benci ya zura a minti na 88 akan Belgium a SoFi Stadium. Wannan burin Belgium shi ne kawai da Spain ta karba a duk gasar. France, a nata bangare, ta kasance mai tsananin wuta a gaban raga, tana zura ƙwallo 16 a wasanni shida da ta buga.

Ba a doke su kuma ba tare da tsoro ba

Amincewar De la Fuente na dogaro ne akan jerin nasarori da ba a ga misalinsu ba. Spain na shiga wannan babban wasa tana ɗauke da jerin wasanni 37 na gasar ba tare da an doke ta ba tun watan Maris 2023 — jeri guda ɗaya wanda ya samu ɗanyen abu ɗaya kawai: asarar a harbin fanareti ga Portugal a wasan karshe na Nations League na bara.

Manajan Spain ya amince da ingancin France, yana kwatanta wannan wasa a matsayin "wasan karshe kafin wasan karshe," amma ya dage cewa sassauƙan dabaru da ci gaban La Roja suna ba su dukkan dalilan da suka dace don yarda da damar su ga ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi ƙarfi a gasar.

"Bari in yi bayani: Ba mu gama ba. Za mu yi aiki tuƙuru don ɗaukar nasara akan France, amma su ma za su damu, domin mun nuna cewa mu ne kawai ƙungiyar da ke iya doke su a wasanni biyu masu jere," in ji De la Fuente.

Tarihin France kan ci gaban Spain

France ta shiga wasannin karshe guda biyu na baya-bayan nan na Kofin Duniya, ta kuma lashe gasar a shekarar 2018, kuma ta isa wannan wasan kusa da karshe a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi tasiri a gaban raga. Spain, a nata bangare, ta kai wasan karshe guda ɗaya kawai na Kofin Duniya a tarihin ta — ko da yake tsaran yanzu ya nuna da ƙarfi cewa shi ne mafi daidaituwa a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa tsawon shekaru biyu da suka wuce.

Amincewar De la Fuente tana bayyana sosai: Spain ba ta jin tsoron France. Da ƙarfin tsaron ta, hankali na dabaru, da ƙungiyar da ta cika da kwarin gwiwa, La Roja na tsammanin suna da duk abin da ake buƙata don kawo ƙarshen tafiyar France da ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe.