Mexico da South Korea sun hadu a Estadio Akron a Guadalajara a wasan Rukuni A na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, inda dukkan ƙungiyoyin biyu suna shiga da cikakken maki. Mai nasara zai kusanci tabbatar da wuri a zagaye na 32 na ƙarshe — kuma ga ƙasar mai masaukin baki, damar yin wasannin fitar da gasa a gida yana mai da wannan gasar ƙalubalanci mafi muhimmanci.

Ƙungiyoyi biyu ba tare da cin kashin baki

Mexico ta fara kamfen dinsu da ƙarfi ta hanyar doke South Africa 2-0 a Estadio Azteca, a wasan da ya ƙare da 'yan wasa 19 kawai a filin. Sai dai wannan hayaniyar katin ja za ta yi wa Mexico tsada: mai tsaron baya Cesar Montes an dakatar da shi kuma ba zai kasance a Guadalajara ba.

A ƙarƙashin manaja Javier Aguirre, Mexico suna da tsari kuma yana da wahala a karya su, amma suna da gaske yin barazana ta gaba ta hanyar masu kai hari Raúl Jiménez da Santiago Gimenez. Jiménez — mai shekara 35 kuma wanda ya zira kwallo ta farko a tarihinsa a Kofin Duniya — ya yi buga kai mai kyau akan South Korea a haduwarsu ta baya-bayan nan, yayin da Gimenez ma ya zira kwallo a wannan wasan na Satumba 2025 wanda ya ƙare 2-2. Gimenez, abin mamaki, ya fara wasan South Africa daga benci.

South Korea sun zo wannan gasar da sakamakon da ya daidaita sai dai sun bayyana kansu da ƙarfi da nasara ta jan baya 2-1 akan Czechia a wasansu na farko. Hwang In-beom da Oh Hyeon-gyu dukkan sun zira kwallaye, yayin da Son Heung-min ya ci gaba da bayar da ƙwarewa da ingancin da ya daɗe yana siffanta harin Taeguk Warriors. Kyaftin din ya fuskanci suka bayan an fitar da maganganun da aka yi a wajen kyamara game da shi a kafofin watsa labaran Koriya ta Kudu, amma har yanzu yana da matsayi na tsakiya a shirin ƙungiyarsa.

Abin da ke kan teburin

Nasara ta biyu a jere ga kowane ƙungiya tana kusan tabbatar da ci gaba daga Rukuni A — kuma ga Mexico, damar yin wasannin fitar da gasa a gida har zuwa zagaye na 16 na ƙarshe yana mai da cin South Korea fifiko na mafi girma.

Estadio Akron na iya ɗaukar masu kallon wasa kimanin 48,000 kuma ana sa ran yin yanayi wanda zai iya zama mai amfani ga Mexico. Babban kalubalen South Korea zai zama shaye-shayen wannan kuzari da kuma hana haɗarin kai hari na masu masaukin baki a gaban abin da a zahiri yake kama da taron gida.

A lokacin da al'ummomin biyu suka hadu a karshe a watan Satumba na 2025, sun raba maki a wasan da ya ƙare 2-2 — sakamakon da ke nuna yadda suke daidai a shirin wannan wasan mai yanke hukunci na Rukuni A.