Kaɗan ne fuskokin wasa a ƙwallon ƙafa da ke ɗauke da nauyin England da Argentina, kuma demi-finali nasu ta Kofin Duniya 2026 ita ce farkon gasar su tun fiye da shekaru ashirin.

England sun kai wannan matakin bayan sun doke Norway a kusa da karshen, inda Jude Bellingham ya zura kwallaye biyu a cikin ƙarin lokaci. Haka ne karo na uku kawai da England suka kai demi-finali ta Kofin Duniya tun da suka lashe gasar a ƙasarsu a shekarar 1966.

Hanya ta Argentina zuwa kusa da karshen ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. Bayan da aka tura su zuwa ƙarin lokaci ta Cape Verde, suka dawo daga rasa kwallaye biyu a kan Egypt, suna buƙata ƙari kwallaye biyu a ƙarin lokaci domin su kawar da Switzerland a kusa da karshen.

England marasa sha kaye na Tuchel suna fuskantar jarabawa mafi wahala

A ƙarƙashin Thomas Tuchel, England ba su sha kaye a wasan gasa ɗaya ba — tsere mai ban mamaki wanda ya ba magoya baya dalili na gaske na fatan alheri. Duk da haka, Argentina sun wakilci matakin kalubale daban gaba ɗaya.

Argentina kansu sun isa a cikin koshin lafiya, ba su sha kaye a wasanninsu shida na ƙarshe na gasa ba. Tseren England na rashin sha kaye wajen wasannin da ba abokantaka ba ya koma Oktoba 2024, lokacin da Greece suka ba su shan kaye ta ƙarshe.

Tarihin ban mamaki na Argentina a demi-finali

Don isa wasan ƙarshe na Kofin Duniya karo na farko tun 1966, England dole ne su cimma wani abu da babu wata ƙungiya da ta taɓa yi — su doke Argentina a demi-finali ta FIFA World Cup.

Argentina ba su taɓa fita daga matakin demi-finali na Kofin Duniya ba. Wannan zai zama bayyanarsu ta shida a wannan matakin, kuma sun canza kowane ɗaya daga cikin biyar da suka gabata zuwa wuri a wasan ƙarshe.

Tarihinsu ya fara a 1978, lokacin da suka karbi bakuncin gasar. Rahoton kungiyoyi na na biyu — wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin demi-finali — ya ba su damar ci gaba zuwa wasan ƙarshe a ƙasarsu.

A shekarar 1986, sun yi wa Belgium fuskanci suka ci 2-0, inda Diego Maradona ya zura kwallaye biyu a rabin na biyu. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka a Italia 1990, sun doke ƙungiyar mai masaukin baki Italy 4-3 a bugun fanareti bayan wasan ya ƙare 1-1.

Argentina sun jira dogon lokaci kafin dawowarsu zuwa demi-finali, inda suka fuskanci The Netherlands a Brazil a shekarar 2014. Wancan wasa ya ƙare ba tare da kwallon ba kuma an sake yanke shi ta hanyar bugun fanareti, Argentina sun ci 4-2.

Kwanan nan, a Kofin Duniya Qatar 2022, Argentina sun fasa Croatia 3-0 a demi-finali kafin su ci gaba da doke France a wasan ƙarshe ta hanyar bugun fanareti don lashe taken.

Rikicin daren yau zai bayyana ko England za su iya karya wannan tarihi cikakke a ƙarshe — ko kuma Argentina za su ci gaba zuwa wasan ƙarshe ɗaya.