Kofin Duniya 2026 mai faɗaɗuwa ya riga ta ba mu lokuta masu ban mamaki, kuma wasan kwata-kwata na ƙarshe yana alƙawarin ɗaga fagen gasa sosai. Kasashe shida na Turai, ƙungiya ɗaya ta Afirka, da ƙungiya ɗaya ta Kudancin Amurka za su yi fafutuka don wuri a cikin na huɗu na ƙarshe a wasanni huɗu da ke farawa ranar Alhamis.

France da Morocco — Atlanta Stadium, Alhamis 21:00 BST

Wannan wasa ne na ramako na wasan babba na Qatar 2022, amma kada ku ruɗa: Morocco yanzu wata ƙungiya ce daban baki ɗaya. A wannan gasar, suna buga da ƙarfi da ƙwazo, kuma a kan Canada sun fito da 'yan wasa huɗu ne kawai waɗanda suka kasance a wancan shan kashi na babba shekaru huɗu da suka wuce.

Campiyoyin Africa Cup of Nations — ana jiran sakamako na ɗaukaka karar Senegal kan wasan ƙarshe mai rikici na Janairu — ba wata kyakkyawar labari ta ƙungiyar da ba ta ƙarfi ba. Su 'yan takara na ainihi ne.

Ga France kuma, 'yan wasa uku ne kawai daga babban wasan na Qatar suka fara wasan da aka lashe akan Paraguay. Didier Deschamps ya sabunta ƙungiyarsa, da ɗan wasan baya William Saliba da gwanin kai hari Michael Olise suna cikin sabon fuskokin da ke tura ƙungiyar gaba.

Kylian Mbappe har yanzu shi ne tauraron ƙungiyar, yana fafutikar Takalmin Zinare da tarihin mafi yawan ƙwallaye a tarihin Kofin Duniya, inda har yanzu yana bayan dan Argentina Lionel Messi.

Manyan ƙididdiga: Rabin hasarar France a Kofin Duniya a wannan karni an yi ta hannun ƙungiyoyin Afirka — uku daga cikin shida. Morocco ba ta yi sha kashi a wasanni 34 masu zuwa jere ba amma ba ta taɓa cin France ba, waɗanda suka lashe wasanni bakwai a jere da 11 daga cikin wasanninsu 12 na baya.

Spain da Belgium — Los Angeles Stadium, Jumma'a 20:00 BST

Belgium ta zo tare da ƙwallaye 13 a wannan Kofin Duniya — na uku mafi yawa bayan Argentina da France na 14. Romelu Lukaku ya ci ƙwallaye uku daga benci, a matsakaicin ƙwallon ɗaya kowane mintoci 67, yayin da Leandro Trossard na Arsenal ya ba da ƙwallaye biyu da taimakon biyu.

Duk da haka, Spain na wakiltar babban shinge. Ba su karɓi wata ƙwallon ba a wannan gasar, tare da tsaftataccen wasa shida a jere — ciki har da wasanninsu na ƙarshe a rukuni a Kofin Duniya 2022 — mafi tsawon jerin irin wannan a tarihin gasar. Matsakaicin ƙwallaye da ake tsammanin a kansu shine 0.3 a kowace wasa, mafi ƙanƙanta da aka rubuta tun 1966.

Manyan ƙididdiga: A ƙarƙashin Luis de la Fuente, Spain ta ci dukkan wasanni shida na fitar da su a Kofin Duniya da Gasar Turai. Spain ba ta yi sha kashi a fuskantar Belgium sau 11 ba, ko da yake Belgium ta doke su a bugun fenareti a kwata-kwata na ƙarshe na Mexico '86.

Norway da England — Miami Stadium, Asabar 22:00 BST

Erling Haaland ya kasance ƙarfin dabi'a a wannan Kofin Duniya, yana ci ƙwallaye bakwai a wasanni huɗu — ciki har da brace da ya fitar da Brazil, waɗanda suka ci kofin sau biyar, a zagaye na 16. ɗan wasan Manchester City yana cin ƙwallon ɗaya kowane mintoci 71 ga Norway kuma ya ci a wasanni na kasa da kasa 14 na jere, tare da ƙwallaye 27 a wannan jeri.

Da shi akwai kyaftin din England Harry Kane, kawai ƙwallon ɗaya bayan Haaland a tseren Takalmin Zinare. Ɗan wasan Bayern Munich mai shekaru 32, ya ci ƙwallaye 73 ga ƙungiyarsa da ƙasarsa — fiye da kowane ɗan wasa a kwallon kafa ta Turai a 2025-26. Da ƙwallaye 14 na Kofin Duniya a cikin rikodinsa, Kane ya riga ya zama mafi yawan mai ci ƙwallaye a tarihin England a gasar.

Manyan ƙididdiga: England na shiga kwata-kwata na 11 a Kofin Duniya — na uku mafi yawa a tarihi bayan Brazil da Germany waɗanda suka kai sau 14 kowanensu. A ɗayan ɓangaren, Norway na shiga kwata-kwata ɗaya na farko a kowace babbar gasar, bayan da sun cancantar zuwa Kofin Duniya sau huɗu ne kawai a tarihinsu. West Germany ne kawai a 1954 suka kai babban wasan semi-final na Kofin Duniya bayan sun ci da karɓar ƙwallaye a dukkan wasanninsu.

Argentina da Switzerland — Kansas City Stadium, Lahadi 02:00 BST

Argentina sun kasance manyan abin so a kowane ɗayan wasanninsu uku na ƙarshe na fitar da su, amma hanyarsu zuwa kwata-kwata ta ƙarshe ba ta kasance ta sauƙi ko kaɗan ba. An tilasta musu minti na ƙari akan Cape Verde a zagaye na 32 kafin su yi mafi girman dawowa a tarihin Kofin Duniya — sakamako da ya bar Egypt cikin fushi suna ƙara haƙuri.

Switzerland, ƙarƙashin Hakan Yakin, ya tabbatar da kasancewa abokin adawar da ke da wahalar doke su a cikin gasa. Ƙungiyarsu tana da Johan Mazambi mai shekaru 20 — wanda ke iya yanke hukunci a wasan — ko da yake ya rasa nasarar bugun fenareti akan Colombia saboda rauni. Wannan shi ne kwata-kwata na farko na Switzerland tun 1954.

A halin da ake ciki, Lionel Messi ya zama ɗan wasan farko a tarihin Kofin Duniya da ya rasa bugun fenareti biyu a wata gasar ɗaya — ko da yake ƙwallon da ya biyo baya ya sanya shi gaban Mbappe a matsayin mafi yawan mai ci da ƙwallaye takwas.