Gasar mabusa biyu na nahiyoyin duniya tana gudana a Monterrey, Mexico, yayin da Netherlands ke fuskantar Morocco a zagaye na 32 na FIFA Gasar Duniya 2026 — wasa da aka lissafa a cikin mafi kayatarwa a wannan matakin gasar.

A cikin tsarin rabe-raben FIFA na kai-tsaye, ƙungiyoyin biyu suna tazarar matsayi ɗaya ne kawai — Netherlands a matsayi na 7 da Morocco a matsayi na 6 — wanda ke nuna daidaituwa da ake tsammanin a wannan wasan.

Tarihin da ake tunawa da shi

Haduwarsu ɗaya tilo ta hukuma ta kasance ne a Gasar Duniya ta 1994, karshen lokacin da Amurka ta karbi bakuncin gasar. Netherlands ta lashe wannan wasan na marhala ta rukuni ne ta hanyar kwallon ƙarshe ta Bryan Roy, tana ƙarewa a saman rukuni wanda ƙungiyoyi uku suka kawo maki shida daidai. Morocco kuwa ta fita ƙarshe a rukuni ba tare da nasara ɗaya ba a wasanni uku.

Bayan shekaru talatin da biyu, Zakuna na Atlas sun dawo a matsayin ƙarfi da ya sauya gaba ɗaya. Morocco ta rubuta tarihi a Gasar Duniya ta zama ƙasar Afirka ta farko da ta kai matakin semi-final, a gasar Qatar ta 2022. Sun kuma lashe Africa Cup of Nations sau biyu — sau ɗaya ta hanyar nasara a filin wasa, da sau ɗaya bayan an kwace wa Senegal taken bayan bugu na ƙarshe na gasar a watan Janairu.

Yadda Netherlands suka yi

Ƙungiyar Ronald Koeman ta yi canjaras da Japan sannan ta doke Sweden sosai kafin ta ƙare marhala ta rukuni da nasara ta 3-1 kan Tunisia a Kansas City. Babu ƙungiya a wannan Gasar Duniya da ta zura ƙwallo fiye da goma na Oranje, kuma Brian Brobbey — dan wasa na Sunderland — ya kasance mai mahimmanci a harin, yana zura sau uku tun da aka ba shi matsayin No. 9 tun daga wasan Sweden.

Yadda Morocco suka yi

Morocco ta buɗe tafiyarsu da canjaras mai ban sha'awa da Brazil a New Jersey kafin ta doke Scotland a Boston da Haiti a Atlanta. Ismael Saibari, wanda aka sa ran zai koma Bayern Munich, ya zura ƙwallo a kowane ɗaya daga cikin wasannin rukuni uku. Kyaftin Achraf Hakimi ya ci gaba da ba da taimako mai karfi daga matsayinsa a baka, yayin da saurayin ɗan wasan tsakiya Ayyoub Bouaddi na Lille ya ja hankalin mutane da yawa ta hanyar wasanninsa a tsakiyar filin.

Abin da zai biyo baya

Canada — waɗanda suka fitar da South Africa a wasan farko na zagaye na 32, suna kawar da damar yin wasan Afirka-da-Afirka a zagaye na 16 — suna jiran masu nasara a Houston a ranar 4 ga Yuli. Da wuya a samu damar yin wasa da ƙasar mai karbar baki a filin waje a Gasar Duniya.

Wannan wasan a Monterrey shi ne kuma na farko da Netherlands da Morocco suka yi a wajen Amurka a wannan gasar.

Yadda ake kallo

Netherlands da Morocco suna fara a 2:00am BST Talata, wato 9:00am ET Litinin da 11:00am AEST Talata. Shirin gabatarwa a ITV yana farawa daga 1:15am BST.

Ana iya kallon wasan kyauta a ITV a Ingila, SBS On Demand a Ostiraliya, RTÉ Player a Ireland, NOS a Netherlands, RTBF/VRT a Belgium, SRF/RTS/RSI a Switzerland, TRT a Turkiya, da CazéTV a YouTube a Brazil. A Amurka, ana watsa shi a Fox ta hanyar Fox One, YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, Sling, Fubo, ko DirecTV.