Shida cikin takwas da suka kai matakin kusa da karshe a Gasar Kofin Duniya 2026 daga Turai ne — adadi da ke nuna yadda nahiyar ta mamaye gasar da ake yi a Arewacin Amurka.

Belgium, England, France, Norway, Spain, da Switzerland duk sun kai zagayen kusa da karshe, tare da Argentina da Morocco. Wannan shine mafi yawan kungiyoyin Turai da suka kai wannan matakin a Gasar Kofin Duniya da ake yi a wajen Turai tun 1994.

Farkon jinkiri da aka manta da sauri

Kungiyoyin Turai basu fara gasar da karfi ba. Bakwai cikin farkon kungiyoyi goma na Turai da suka buga wasanninsu na farko a matakin kungiyoyi sun kasa cin nasara, inda aka yi tambayoyi game da tasirin zafi da ruwan sama a birane masu masaukin gasar.

Belgium ta fara da canjaras da Egypt, inda kocin Rudi Garcia ya ce: "Ko dai zafin ya kai digiri 10 ko 30, ya kamata mu yi kyau." Switzerland ma ta ci canjaras 1-1 da Qatar, inda kocin Murat Yakin ya nuna rashin inganci a gaba a matsayin dalili ba yanayi ba.

Amma a karshe, kungiyoyin Turai sun sami ci gaba da gaske. A karshen matakin kungiyoyi, suna da nasara 17, canjaras 12, da kashi 7 a kan kungiyoyin da ba na Turai ba.

Yakar wahala a zagayen knock-out

Wasu kungiyoyin Turai sun nuna hali mai kyau a zagayen 16. England ta yi tafiya mai wahala zuwa filin wasa Azteca don fafata da Mexico, inda ta jimre da tsayin kasa da taron masu gaba da su, ta fito ta daya daga cikin kyawawan nune-nunen yakar matsaloli.

Tsohon dan wasa Wayne Rooney ya shaida wa BBC Sport: "Wannan ya nuna cewa muna da tawagar da za ta iya cin Gasar Kofin Duniya. Amincin da wannan zai ba 'yan wasa ya yi yawa."

France, a nata bangare, ta yi nasara kan dabaru na Paraguay don kai zagayen kusa da karshe, yayin da Belgium ta ci gaba da cin United States, daya daga cikin kasashe masu masaukin gasar, a gaban masu goyon bayansu a zagayen 16. Belgium za ta yi fuskantar zakaran Turai Spain don neman wuri a semi-final.

Tsohon mai tsaron raga na England Matt Upson ya ce a BBC One: "Belgium ta nuna alamu masu kyau. Za su bukaci su yi kyau a kan tsakiyar filin Spain mai iya wasa."

Nauyin lambobi da matsayi na FIFA

Turai na samun kujeru 16 a Gasar Kofin Duniya — fiye da kowace nahiya — wanda ke tabbatar da wakilci mai karfi. Amma ko da faɗaɗar gasar zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48 da karin zagaye na knock-out, mamayar Turai har yanzu abin yabawa ne, musamman bayan an cire Brazil, 'yan wasa masu lakabi biyar, da kuma manyan kasashe masu masaukin gasar — Canada, Mexico, da United States — duk a zagayen 16.

Kungiyoyin Turai kuma suna mamaye jerin FIFA, inda biyar daga cikin manyan takwas a duniya suka fito daga Turai, kuma hudu daga cikinsu sun kai zagayen kusa da karshe. Portugal, da ke matsayi na bakwai, ta fita hannun Spain a duel na Turai-gaba-da-Turai a zagayen 16.

France da gamayyar kungiyoyi masu ban mamaki

France ta shiga wannan gasar a matsayin zakara da aka fi so, kuma har yanzu tana tabbatar da wannan lakabin, musamman tare da dan wasa mai kai hari Kylian Mbappe yana takarar lambar takalmin zinare da kwallaye 7. Kafin gasar ta fara, yawancin masana na BBC Sport sun zabi France a matsayin ta fi cancanta ta dauki kofin.

Tsohon dan wasa a tsakiyar filin Danny Murphy ya ce: "Yana da wahala a wuce France da iko da suke da shi a kai hari, idan ka yi la'akari da karin lokaci a zafi mai tsanani da kafafuwan da suka gaji. 'Yan wasa irin su Rayan Cherki, Ousmane Dembele da Desire Doue ba za su iya fara duka ba, amma za su iya canza game idan sun fito bayan minti 70 da zafi digiri 30."

Tsohon mai tsaron raga na France Gael Clichy ya ce: "France, Spain da England su ne zaɓina uku da za su yi nasara. Spain tana yiwa kamar ta ci duk wani abu, a kowane rukuni, don haka babu shakka suna can sama, amma da yake Bafaranshe ne, zan zabi su su lashe."

Kungiyoyi masu ban mamaki da suka zarce tsammani

Bai zama abin mamaki ba idan France, Spain, da England sun kai wannan mataki. Amma wasu kungiyoyi biyu na Turai sun wuce duk tsammanin da aka yi. Norway tana kammala farkon farinta zuwa Gasar Kofin Duniya tun 1998, tana dogara kan hazakar Erling Haaland a filin duniya. Dan wasa mai kai hari na Manchester City yana da kwallaye 7 a gasar har yanzu kuma zai sami damar ƙara wa su a kan England ranar Asabar.

Switzerland ta burge ta hanyar nuna kwanciyar hankali a nasarar ta kan Colombia a harbe-harbe a wasan ƙarshe na zagayen 16, duk da yanayin da ya burge. Wannan nasara yana nufin tawagar Murat Yakin sun kai zagayen kusa da karshe na Gasar Kofin Duniya a karon farko tun 1954, ko da yake suna fuskantar ƙalubale mai wahala a kan zakaran duniya na yanzu Argentina.

Yakin ya ce: "Wannan lokaci ne na tarihi. Mun kai mafi kyawun sakamako da tawagar Switzerland ta taba samu, amma tafiyar ta ci gaba."

Tafiyar ta ci gaba hakika, yayin da kungiyoyin Turai ke fatan ƙara sabon suna ga jerin ƙanƙanin masu cin Gasar Kofin Duniya a wajen Turai.