Takumi Minamino ya yi imani cewa Japan suna da kayan aiki don aiwatar da ɗaya daga cikin manyan mamakoki na FIFA World Cup 2026 — idan suka rungumi ruhin ɓangaren da ba a sa ran nasara wanda ya bayyana tafiyoyinsu na kwanan nan a gasar.

Yana magana da 'yan jarida a ranar Juma'a daga sansanin horar da Japan kusa da Nashville, Tennessee, tauraron Japan ya bayyana a sarari cewa buga wasa ba tare da nauyin tsammanin nasara ba na iya zama mai yanke hukunci lokacin da Samurai Blue suka fuskanci Brazil a zagayen 32 a Houston.

"Idan muka buga da ruhin ɓangaren da ba a sa ran nasara, kamar yadda muke yi koyaushe, ina imani muna da ikon yin wani abu a waɗannan wasannin da aka buga sau ɗaya," in ji Minamino.

Amincewar Japan ba ta kwance a iska ba. Samurai Blue sun taɓa samu nasarar dawowa 3-2 a kan Brazil a wasan sada zumunta na ƙasa da ƙasa, wani sakamako da ke da nauyi mai yawa a cikin shirye-shiryen su na wannan haduwar mara ƙarfi.

Dawowar Kubo tana gabatowa

Minamino ya kuma ba da labarai masu ƙarfafa gwiwa game da mai kai hari Takefusa Kubo, wanda ya kasance yana murmurewa daga raunin gwiwa. Tauraron Japan ya nuna cewa abokin wasansa na iya shiga matakin kawar da ƙungiyoyi.

"Yana da ƙarfin gwiwa na musamman, don haka bai buƙaci ƙarfafa zuciya daga gare ni ba," in ji Minamino, bisa ga Kyodo News. "Kowa yana imani za mu marabce shi a matakin kawar da ƙungiyoyi, kuma yana yin aikin murmurewa da wannan imani ɗaya."

Dawowar Kubo mai yuwuwa za ta kasance ƙaruwar wuta ga Japan, waɗanda zaɓuɓɓukan kai hare-hare nasu an kiyaye su da hankali a duk tsawon gasar.

Yadda Japan suka iso nan

Samurai Blue sun kai zagayen 32 a matsayin na biyu a Rukuni F, da rikodin nasara ɗaya da janjanawar biyu. Sun fara da babban nasarar 4-0 kan Tunisia kafin su yi janjana 2-2 da Netherlands. Sakamakon 1-1 da Sweden ya tabbatar da wurinsu a matakin kawar da ƙungiyoyi, yana kafa wannan haduwa da Brazil.

Ga magoya bayan Afirka, wannan haduwa tana da ƙarin sha'awa — farin ciki na samba na Brazil a kan ɓangaren Japan waɗanda suka saba wa tsammanin. Idan Samurai Blue suka samar da wani babban mamaki na gaba, zai turjawa zagaye-zagayen da suka rage na FIFA World Cup 2026 girgiza.