Rukuni I na FIFA World Cup 2026 na kusosa zuwa ga mafari mai mahimmanci, yayin da Senegal ke fuskantar Norway a MetLife Stadium — wasan da zai iya tantance wane tiyamomi za ci gaba zuwa zagayen fitarwa.

Senegal sun fara kakar wasansu da rashin 3-1 ga France, amma Teranga Lions sun ci karo da zakarun duniya sau biyu a yawancin sa'a ta farko kafin Kylian Mbappe da abokan wasansa suka warware al'amarin. Norway, a halin su, sun kayar da Iraq da 4-1, yayin da Erling Haaland ya bayar da wasan da ya saba da shi don kai tiyaminsa saman Rukuni I ta hanyar bambancin kwallaye.

Abin da wasan yake nufi ga Senegal

Ga tiyamin Pape Thiaw, wannan wasan ba shi da zaɓi. Rashin nasara ta biyu a jere zai jefa damar Senegal ta kai zagayen fitarwa — a karo na uku a tarihinsu na Kofin Duniya — cikin haɗari mai tsanani. Nasara, a daya bangaren, zai sake buɗe Rukuni I gaba ɗaya kuma ya ajiye tiyamomi huɗu cikin gasa.

Duk da rashin nasara na farko, Senegal na shiga wannan wasan a matsayi na 17 a cikin kimar FIFA ta zamani — wurare 10 sama da Norway. Kafin gasar ta fara, wannan giɓi ya tsaya wurare 16, wanda ke nuna ingancin Lions a takarda. Kwalliyar Ibrahim Mbaye a lokacin karin wasa kan France ta ba da ɗan taɓon bege na ɗan gajeren lokaci, amma ba ta iya hana rashin nasara ba.

Adadin ban mamaki na Haaland

Kalubalen Norway ya ginu akan mutum ɗaya. Erling Haaland yanzu yana da tarihin zura kwallaye guda 2 a kowace wasa a Kofin Duniya, bayan ya zura kwallaye 16 shi kaɗai a lokacin kamfen na neman cancanta. Duble dinsa kan Iraq ya ba Norway nasara ta farko a ƙasar Arewacin Amirka, kuma nasara ta biyu a jere za ta zama mafi ƙwazo na ƙasar a Kofin Duniya — ta wuce nasara guda ɗaya a France 1998, lokacin da manajin yanzu Stale Solbakken ya kasance ɓangare na 'yan wasa.

Tarihin tsakanin tiyamomin

Norway da Senegal sun taɓa haduwa sau ɗaya kawai a baya — a wasan abokantaka da aka buga shekara 20 da suka wuce a Dakar, wanda Senegal suka lashe da 2-1. Lions of Teranga za su yi ta roƙon sake maimaita wannan sakamako a babbar fagen wasanni a duniya.

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