Erling Haaland zai fara buga wasansa a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 lokacin da Norway za su bude yakin rukuni I da Iraki — kasa da ke shiga matakin karshe a karon farko cikin shekaru 40.

Wasan zai fara da 11:00pm BST / 6:00pm ET, tare da watsa shirye-shirye kyauta a BBC One a Biritaniya da SBS On Demand a Ostiraliya.

Hanyar al'ajabi ta Iraki zuwa matakin karshe

Labarin cancanta ta Iraki na daya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a wannan zagaye. Aka naɗa manajan Graham Arnold a watan Mayu 2025, wanda ya gaji ƙungiyar da ke kan gab da fitar da ita daga zagayen cancantar AFC kuma ya jagorance ta ta zagayen uku, huɗu, da biyar kafin wasan shaidar tsakanin ƙungiyoyi.

Nasara da ci 2-1 kan Bolivia ya tabbatar da wurin su a Arewacin Amurka — shiga farko na Iraki a Kofin Duniya tun 1986. Tawagar Arnold ta buga wasanni uku na sada zumunci tun daga nan: ta doke Andorra da ci 1-0, ta dawo daidai 1-1 da Spain a ranar 4 ga Yuni, kuma ta sha kashi 2-0 ga Venezuela kwana hudu bayan haka. Sun shiga Rukuni I tare da Norway, France, da Senegal, suna fuskantar ƙalubale mai nauyi a dukkan wasanni uku.

Norway sun iso a matsayin 'yan takara masu ban mamaki

Norway na Ståle Solbakken sun yi katon aiki a cancantar Turai, suna lashe dukkan wasanninsu takwas don tattara maki 24 cikakke. Sun ci ƙwallaye 37 kuma sun karɓi biyar kawai a wannan tafiya — rikodin da ke tabbatar da cancantar su a matsayin 'yan takara na gaske.

Haaland yana jagorantar layin hari, kuma ana iya sanya shi tare da Antonio Nusa da Alexander Sørloth, yana ba Norway ɗaya daga cikin layin gaba mafi daɗi a gasar. A tsakiyar filin, ana sa ran kyaftin Martin Odegaard — ɗan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal — zai buga tare da Sander Berge da Fredrik Aursnes.

Norway suna shiga Kofin Duniya a karon farko tun 1998, lokacin da suka kai zagaye na 16 a France. A wannan lokaci, tare da Haaland a gangar aikinsa, tsammanin sun fi girma sosai.

Inda za a kalli Iraki vs Norway

Magoya baya a Biritaniya na iya kallon wasan kyauta a BBC iPlayer, yayin da magoya bayan Ostiraliya ke da damar shiga ta SBS On Demand — ba tare da biyan kuɗi ba. Masu kallo a Amurka na iya kallon ta Fox ko ta dandali kamar Fox One, YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, Fubo, Sling, da DirecTV. Ana iya kallo kyauta a RTÉ Player a Ireland, CazéTV a YouTube a Brazil, NOS a Netherlands, RTBF/VRT a Belgium, SRF/RTS/RSI a Switzerland, da TRT a Turkiyya.

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Norway sun fi a matsayin mafi yuwuwar nasara kuma ya kamata su mallaki wasan tun farko. Ana tsammanin Haaland zai bude asusunsa na Kofin Duniya a nasara mai sauƙi ta Norway — FourFourTwo sun hasashe Iraki 0-2 Norway.