Japan da Sweden sun sadu a AT&T; Stadium a Dallas a wasan ƙarshe na Rukuni F na FIFA World Cup 2026, inda matsayi na biyu — da hanyar da ta fi dacewa cikin zagayen knock-out — ke rataye a ƙasan.

Abin da ke ciki

Japan sun shiga wasan tare da ƙarin maki daya fiye da Sweden kuma za su ci gaba da zura kwallo ta biyu. Sweden dole ne su yi nasara don su wuce Samurai Blue zuwa matsayi na farko biyu. A yanayin da ba zai yuwu ba inda Netherlands suka sha kashi ga Tunisia da aka riga aka fitar da su a wasan ƙungiyar, ko ƙungiyoyin biyu na iya a ka'ida jagorantar ƙungiyar da nasara.

Guje wa matsayi na uku yana da muhimmanci — hanyar fita daga matakin ƙungiya na iya bambanta sosai gwargwadon inda ƙungiya ta ƙare, kuma duka ƙasashen sun san hakan.

Yadda ƙungiyar ta ci gaba

Rukuni F bai kasance mara ban sha'awa ba kwata-kwata, inda ya samar da kwallaye 10 a cikin ranar wasa ta farko guda biyu a matsakaicin kwallaye biyar a kowane wasa. Sweden sun fuskanci iyakokin biyu: nasara mai ƙarfi 5-1 a kan Tunisia a wasansu na farko, sannan kashi ta 5-1 ɗaya a hannun Netherlands. Japan, akasin haka, sun kasance mafi daidaito — zance 2-2 da Netherlands da nasara 4-0 a kan Tunisia sun bar su a madaidaicin matsayi kafin wasan ƙarshe.

Graham Potter ya daidaita Sweden bayan yakin neman zabe mai wahala a ƙarƙashin magabacinsa Jon Dahl Tomasson, yana jagorantar su ta play-offs zuwa gasar. Amma aikinsu a kan Netherlands ya fallasa raunin gaskiya — an tarwatsa su ta hannun abokin hamayya mai inganci, kuma Japan ita ce ƙungiyar irin wannan nau'in, mai tsari da horo.

Tarihin Japan a kan Sweden

Japan ba ta taɓa cin kwallon Sweden ba a tarihin haɗakarsu kai tsaye, wani tarihi da Japan Football Association za ta yi farin ciki da kawo masa ƙarshe. Tsarin JFA mai nisa mai shekaru 100 ya saita manufofi na hawan matsayi na ƙungiyar ƙasa a duniya, kuma cin nasara a kan abokin hamayya mai ƙarfi a tarihi a Gasar Kofin Duniya zai zama matakin muhimmanci.

Inda za a kallo

Wasankai ya fara da karfe 12:00am BST Alhamis (7:00pm ET Laraba, 9:00am AEST Alhamis). Masu sha'awar wasanni a Burtaniya za su iya kallon shi kyauta a BBC One, tare da gabatarwar daga 11:50pm BST. Masu sha'awar wasanni na Australiya za su iya kallon a SBS On Demand ba tare da biyan kuɗi ba. A Amurka, wasan yana samuwa a Fox, ana samun damar ta Fox One, YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, Fubo, Sling, ko DirecTV. Ana samun watsa shirye-shirye kyauta a Ayarlanda a RTÉ Player, Netherlands a NOS, Belgium a RTBF da VRT, Switzerland a SRF, RTS, da RSI, Brazil a CazéTV a YouTube, da Turkiya a TRT.

Hasashe

Japan suna kama mafi ƙarfi kuma mafi haɗin gwiwa yayin da suke shiga wannan wasan. Raunin tsaron Sweden a kan Netherlands ya haifar da shakku game da ikon su na kame harin Japan mai horo — ana sa ran Samurai Blue su tabbatar da wucewarsu zuwa zagaye na gaba da nasara ta 2-0.