Kulubun guda biyu mafi nasara a tarihin kwanan nan na ƙwallon ƙafa na Afrika za hadu a ranar Lahadi, 8 ga Nuwamba, lokacin da Mamelodi Sundowns ke karbar baki USM Alger a Loftus Stadium da ke Tshwane, Pretoria. Fara wasan an tsara shi ne da 15:00 lokacin gida (13:00 GMT) a cikin TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2026.

Zakaran gasar biyu a dandalin guda ɗaya

Sundowns sun samu damar shiga wannan wasa ne bayan sun lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League na kakar 2025/26, inda suka doke AS FAR na Morocco da 2-1 a jimillar wasannin karshe. USM Alger sun isa suna riƙe da taken TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, bayan da suka doke Zamalek na Masar da 8-7 a harbe-harben fil — wasa da ya ƙare 1-1 a jimillar — ƙarshen da ya cika zuciya na wasan karshe mai cike da daɗi.

Wanda ya lashe zai karɓi USD 500,000, yayin da wanda ya zo na biyu zai samu USD 250,000. Jimlar USD 750,000 tana wakiltar karuwar sama da kashi 130 bisa ɗari idan aka kwatanta da kyaututtukan da aka bayar a shekarar 2022, wanda ke nuna sadaukarwar CAF — a ƙarƙashin jagorancin shugaba Dkt. Patrice Motsepe — wajen ƙarfafa darajar kasuwanci da fagen duniya na ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.

Tarihin Super Cup a bangarori biyu

Babu ɗayan kulob ɗin da ya zo ba tare da tarihi a wannan gasar ba. Sundowns sun ɗaga kofin a karo na ƙarshe a shekarar 2017, suna doke TP Mazembe na DR Congo da 1-0, kuma yanzu suna neman dawo da wannan nasarar a gaban masoyansu. USM Alger, a nasu bangaren, su ne zakara a halin yanzu — sun doke Al Ahly na Masar da 1-0 a wasan karshe na 2023 kuma suna neman kiyaye taken a Afirka ta Kudu.

Tashi sama na kwanan nan na kulob ɗin Aljeriya ya kasance mai ban mamaki: Confederation Cup 2023, Super Cup 2023, sannan kuma wani Confederation Cup — kofuna uku a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci waɗanda ke nuna manufofin su na nahiyar.

Tarihin ƙwaro ya fi ba Sundowns fifiko

Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun taɓa hadu a CAF sau biyu a baya, duk da su a matakin ƙungiyoyi na TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2019/20. Sundowns sun yi nasara a kowace lokaci — 1-0 a Algiers da 2-1 a Tshwane — ko da yake kulob ɗin biyu sun san cewa abubuwan da ke cikin haɗarin Lahadi suna kan wani matsayi dabam gaba ɗaya.

Ga Sundowns, damar lashe Super Cup a gaban masoyansa yana ƙara muhimmanci ga bikin da ya riga ya ɗauke darajar nahiyar. Ga USM Alger, cin nasara a ƙasar waje zai nuna irin ci gaban da kulob ɗin ya yi a wannan zamanin zinare na ƙwallon ƙafa na Aljeriya.