Netherlands da Japan sun kai hutun rabin wasan akan 0-0 a wasan ƙungiyoyinsu na FIFA World Cup 2026, inda Ange Postecoglou — wanda ya san ƙwallon ƙafa na Japan sosai daga shekarun horon sa a J-League — ya ba da kimantawa ta zahiri game da hanyar da Samurai Blue suka bi na tsarkin tsaro.

"Suna ƙaunar tsaro sosai: ba sa ɗaukar wasan a hannun adawar — duk da cewa suna da ƙarfin yin hakan," in ji Postecoglou. "Amma idan Holashin sun yi gajiya ta ɗan lokaci, za su azabtar da su. Suna da isashen ladabi don jira — kuma lokacin da Holashin suka yi kuskure, za su bayyana."

Ally McCoist, a sharhin wasan, ya nuna mamaki iri ɗaya: "Na zaci za mu ga wani abu mai kama da na Amurka ko Morocco. Waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun buga da gudun tsere da ƙarfin zuciya. Har yanzu ba mu ga haka ba a rabin wasan na farko daga Japan. Kuma hakan ya ba ni mamaki."

Rashin 'yan wasa masu mahimmanci a layin hari ga ɓangarorin biyu

Manyan masu fafatawa guda biyu a ƙungiyar sun fara wasa ba tare da manyan ƴan wasan harisu ba. Kaoru Mitoma yana wajen gasar saboda rauni a gefen Japan, yayin da Memphis Depay ya zauna a benci na Netherlands.

Netherlands ta ƙarfafa da wuri, Japan ta amsa

Netherlands ta kafa iko akan ƙwallon tun farkon wasan. Donyell Malen — wanda ya zura ƙwallaye bakwai a wasanni bakwai na ƙarshe na gida a Roma a lokacin da ya gabata — ya jarraba ƙofar Japan Zion Suzuki tun cikin minti na 2, inda ya saki kansa a gefen yankin hukunci don tilasta tsari mai ƙarfi.

Japan ta shiga wasan kusa da hutun sha ruwa. Keito Nakamura ya sami sarari a cikin yankin amma bai iya harba ƙwallon a lokaci ba. Sa'an nan kuma Cody Gakpo ya yi kwal guda biyu daga gefen filin, inda Denzel Dumfries ya harba ɗaya da kai ya buge rufi na ragar bayan shiga yankin Japan a karon farko.

Mafi kyawun damar Netherlands ta zo kusan minti na 33, lokacin da Malen ya harba wata kwallon kusurwa da kansa kai tsaye zuwa ga Suzuki. Japan ta amsa da damammaki biyu a ƙarshen rabin wasan: Nakamura ya aika ƙwallon kusa da gindin sandar da ke kusa, kafin ɗan wasan Feyenoord Ayase Ueda ya harba ƙwallon zuwa cikin gefe na raga bayan ya wuce Virgil van Dijk a gefen dama na Japan.

Ƙungiyoyin biyu za su dawo daga hutu suna san cewa ɗan lokaci guda na inganci — ko ɓatarwar hankali guda ɗaya — na iya yanke hukuncin wasa da har yanzu bai yi zafi ba.