Jiran ya ƙarewa ta ƙare. Gasar Kofin Duniya 2026 tana farawa yau — mafi girman bugu a tarihin gasar kwallon ƙafa mafi daraja, wanda ke shimfiɗa a ƙasashe uku masu masaukin baki da wasanni 104. Kuma ya dace da cewa tana bude da wasa mai cike da tarihi.

Mexico suna fuskantar South Africa a filin wasa na Azteca mai suna a Mexico City, a wasan Rukuni A wanda ke tunatar da Al'amarin Afirka ta Kudu 2010, lokacin da ƙungiyoyin biyu suka yi cikar 1-1 a Johannesburg wanda ba za a manta da shi ba. Wasan ya samar da daya daga cikin manyan lokutan gasar — bugun ƙarfi na Siphiwe Tshabalala don Bafana Bafana wanda ya nutsar da ƙasar mai masaukin baki cikin farin ciki.

Goyan bayan gida a Azteca

Ana sa ran yanayin a Azteca zai zama cike da wutar lantarki, tare da jama'a cike suna tallafa wa El Tri tun farkon wasanni. Mexico ana jagorantar su a karo na uku ta hanyar kocin Javier Aguirre, wanda ke da himma don gujewa fita a matakin rukuni kamar yadda ya faru shekaru hudu da suka wuce.

Mexico sun kai kusa-kusa na kofin duniya sau biyu — a 1970 da 1986 — kuma a duk sauran lokutan Azteca ta kasance katanga. Masu goyan bayan Mexico City masu zafi sun san wannan tarihi sosai, kuma Aguirre zai nemi amfani da wannan kuzari tun farkon.

Babban mai wasan Mexico shi ne Raul Jimenez, mai shekaru 35, wanda ya zo wannan gasar da kwallaye 45 a wasanni 124 na ƙasa. Dan wasan ya kammala dawowarsa kyauta zuwa Wolverhampton Wanderers a wannan makon, ko da yake ya riga ya ga sauyi na manaja a matakin kulob. Tsarin Aguirre an gina shi bisa tsari mai ƙarfi na tsaron gida yayin da ake tabbatar da layin samar da kwallon zuwa Jimenez ya kasance a bude.

Bafana Bafana ba abokan wasa masu sauƙi ba ne

South Africa ba za su isa Azteca a matsayin waɗanda suka yarda da sha'awa ba. Karkashin jagorancin kocin da ke gab da yin ritaya Hugo Broos, Bafana Bafana sun kasance masu wuyar tarwatsawa — ba kasafai suka ci kwallaye da yawa a duk lokacin 2025 ba, ko da yake an ci su sau biyu tun farkon shekarar.

Broos ya gina ƙungiya mai ƙwazon gasa na gaske, kuma South Africa za su fahimci girman wannan yanayi sosai. Suna tafiya Mexico City don yin gogayya, ba kawai don shiga ba.

Wasannin farko a manyan gasar na yau da kullun na zama masu tauri da hankali, amma ƙarfin jama'ar Azteca da sha'awar Mexico mai cin wuta don fitar da sako a gidansu suna karkata ma'auni. Hasashe: Mexico 2-0 South Africa.