Gasar Duniya ta shiga matakin da yake da ban sha'awa sosai, inda ƙasashe hudu kawai suka rage. France, Spain, England, da Argentina suna nesa da nasara biyu kawai don ɗaukar kofin, kuma damar yin kuskure ta ƙi sosai.

Mbappé da Yamal — manyan ƙarfin Turai sun yi karo

France da Spain, Dallas Stadium, Talata 20:00 BST

Wannan wasa yana da alamun zama ɗaya daga cikin wasannin tarihi na Gasar Duniya. Manyan ƙungiyoyi biyu na Turai suna haɗuwa a matakin da babu damar yin kuskure ko ɗaya.

Kylian Mbappé ya kasance ƙarfi mai jagoranci ga France a wannan gasar, yana zura kwallaye 8 kuma ya rage kwallo ɗaya kawai a bayan Lionel Messi a tseren zama mafi yawan mai zura kwallaye a tarihin Gasar Duniya. Jimlarsa ta kwallaye 8 ta sa ya yi daidai da Messi a saman jerin Golden Boot.

Amma France ya fi kasancewa ƙungiya ɗaya kawai. Ousmane Dembélé ya rufe nasara a wasan kusa da karshe da Morocco — wanda suka yi nasara 2-0 — don kawo jimlarsa zuwa kwallaye 5, yayin da Michael Olise ke jagorantar gasar gaba ɗaya da taimako 5. Wannan zurfi na gaba ɗaya yana mai da ƙungiyar Didier Deschamps abokin adawar da ba za a iya cin nasara a kansa cikin sauƙi ba.

Spain, waɗanda suka doke France 2-1 a wasan kusa da karshe na Euro 2024, sun zo da tarihi a gefensu amma tare da tambayoyi da ba a ba da amsoshi ba tukuna. Lamine Yamal, ɗan wasan gefe na Barcelona wanda zai cika shekara 19 a ranar da ta gabaci wasan, ya zura kwallo ɗaya kawai a gasar — a kan Saudi Arabia a matakin ƙungiyoyi — kuma bai gabatar da aikin da ƙwarewarsa ke buƙata ba tukuna.

Mikel Oyarzabal, wanda ya zura kwallaye 4, bai yi nasarar zura kwallo a cikin wasanni biyu da suka gabata ba, ya bar ƙungiyar Luis de la Fuente ta dogara kan ɗan maye gurbin Mikel Merino don zura kwallaye na ƙarshe a kan Portugal da Belgium a zagayen fitar da gasa.

Spain suna shiga wannan wasa a mafi tsayin jerin ba a ci su ba a tarihinsu — wasanni 36 ba tare da an ci su ba tun da suka sha kashi 1-0 a hannun Colombia a watan Maris 2024, jerin da ya ƙunshi nasarori 27 da daidaito 9. France a nasa ɓangare za su buga wasan kusa da karshe na takwas a tarihinsu a Gasar Duniya, suna daidaituwa da Brazil kuma kawai suna baya bayan Germany waɗanda suka yi 12 daga cikin irin waɗannan. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun taɓa haɗuwa sau ɗaya kawai a Gasar Duniya a da: France sun dawo bayan kasawa don ci 3-1 a zagaye na 16 a 2006.

Ƙiyayya da aka sabunta — England da Argentina sun koma rikicin da ya tsufa

England da Argentina, Atlanta Stadium, Laraba 20:00 BST

Shekaru arba'in bayan wasan kusa da karshe na tarihi na Diego Maradona a Mexico, England da Argentina sun sake haɗuwa — a wannan karo, wuri a wasan karshe na Gasar Duniya shi ne lada.

Ga England, zai zama bayyanarsu ta farko a wasan karshe tun shekaru 60 da suka wuce. Ga Argentina, shi ne wasan kusa da karshe na uku a cikin bugu huɗu da suka gabata — bayan sun kai wannan matakin a 2014 da 2022 — bayan dogon rashin halartar da ya dawo zuwa 1990.

Messi, wanda ya zama mafi yawan mai zura kwallaye a tarihin Gasar Duniya a wannan gasar, bai taɓa fuskantar England ba a da. Yana shiga wannan wasa yana daidai da Mbappé a kwallaye 8, tare da su biyun a saman Golden Boot.

England yana da tabarma nasu a cikin Jude Bellingham, wanda ya zura kwallaye 2 a kowanne daga cikin wasannin fitar da gasa biyu na ƙarshe — ɗan wasan farko da ya cimma wannan ilimin tun Maradona kansa a 1986. Kyaftin Harry Kane yana da kwallaye 6 kuma ya daidaita da Bellingham a jerin ƙididdigar masu zura kwallo.

Babu ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu da ya nuna kwallon ƙafa da ta fi gudana sosai har yanzu, suna neman nasara maimakon yin farin ciki. Manajan Thomas Tuchel ya nemi ingancin wasa bayan nasara a wasan kusa da karshe da Norway, ko da yake rikodinsa ya riga ya kasance na tarihi: shi ne kocin England na biyu kawai da bai sha kashi a wasanninsa shida na farko na Gasar Duniya ba, bayan Alf Ramsey wanda ya cimma rikodin iri ɗaya — nasarori 5 da daidaito ɗaya — a hanyarsa zuwa kofin 1966.

England sun ci nasarori huɗu a jere a Gasar Duniya a karon farko tun 1966, kuma sun kai wasannin kusa da karshe na manyan gasar huɗu tun 2018 — daidai da jimlar da suka tara a duk tarihinsu kafin wannan shekarar.