Ƙwallon ƙafa ba ta kasance a cikin fanko ba, kuma wannan gaskiyar ba ta taba yin fice sosai kamar a wasan buɗe ido na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin Iran da New Zealand ba. Wasan yana farawa da 2:00 am BST / 9:00 pm ET ranar Litinin a SoFi Stadium da ke Inglewood, California.

Gasar da ta yi fice ga Iran

A hanyoyi da yawa, wannan Gasar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Duniya ta Iran ce fiye da kowace ƙasa da ke halartar. Ƙungiyar ta cancanta ta hanyar wasanni, amma tun daga lokacin ta fuskanci matsin lamba da ba ya tsayawa — gami da tashin hankali da ke da alaƙa da manufofin biza na ƙasar mai masaukin — tare da yanayin tashe-tashen hankula mai ci gaba, duk da cewa an sanar da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya a farkon safe na ranar Litinin.

Tarihin cancanta na Iran a ƙungiyar Asiya ya kasance mai ban sha'awa. Tun daga dawowarsu bayan hukunci da ya biyo bayan FIFA World Cup 1986, sun shiga gasar kusan dukkan lokuta sai huɗu. Duk da haka, kamar New Zealand, ba su taɓa wuce matakin rukuni ba.

Haɓakar New Zealand a ƙarƙashin Darren Bazeley

New Zealand sun isa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi cin gajiyar tsarin FIFA World Cup da aka faɗaɗa zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48, bayan da suka jagoranci cancantar Oceania cikin sauƙi — halartarsu ta farko a gasar tsawon lokuta uku. Manaja Darren Bazeley, tsohon mai tsaron gida na Walsall da Wolverhampton Wanderers daga Northampton, ya koma New Zealand a matsayin ɗan wasa kafin ya ɗauki aikin horar da ƙungiyar ƙasa a dindindin a 2023. Ya jagoranci All Whites zuwa taken OFC Nations Cup a 2024.

Ƙungiyoyin biyu suna fuskantar Ƙungiya G mai wahala, wacce kuma ta ƙunshi Belgium da Egypt. Iran da New Zealand sun san cewa maki da suka samu a wannan wasan farko na iya zama mai yanke hukunci idan ƙungiyar ta ƙare.

Abin da za a yi tsammani a fagen wasa

Ƙungiyar Iran ta manaja Amir Ghalenoei za ta shiga wannan gasar tana ɗauke da nauyin yanayi na musamman da ke faruwa a waje da filin wasa. Har yanzu ba a sani ba ko wannan matsin lamba zai ƙarfafa ko ya raunana ƴan wasansa. New Zealand, mai tsari kuma mai ƙarfi a ƙarƙashin Bazeley, za ta nemi amfani da kowane rashin tabbas na farko.

FourFourTwo tana hasashen wannan wasa zai ƙare da daidai 1-1, tare da Iran ta zira ƙwallo da farko.

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