Canada da South Africa sun hadu a zagayen 16 na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, kasashen biyu suna zuwa daga mataki na rukuni da nasara ɗaya kowanensu. Ƙasashen da ke ɗaukar nauyin gasar tare suna fuskantar gwajin mafi wuya a cikin gasar har yanzu — kuma, bisa ga yanayin wasannin kwanan nan, Bafana Bafana suna da ɗan gaba.

Mataki na rukuni na Canada: mai alkawari amma ba daidai ba

Ƙungiyar Jesse Marsch ta bayar da ɗaya daga cikin sakamako mafi ban mamaki a gasar lokacin da ta doke Qatar da 6-0, amma wannan aikin ya bambanta sosai da sauran wasannin da suka yi a mataki na rukuni. Canada sun yi ƙuchiyar zaman gida a sauran wasanninsu kuma sun sha kashi da ɗan bambanci a hannun Switzerland a wasan ƙarshe na rukuni, bayan da suka kasa wargaza tsaron Bosnia and Herzegovina a wasan farko.

Da gaskiya, Canada ba su taɓa cin wasa a Kofin Duniya kafin 2026 ba, don haka isa mataki na 16 ya riga ya zama nasara ta tarihi. Duk da haka, cin 6-0 kan Qatar bai share ra'ayin cewa Canada shine, da babban tazara, mafi rauni daga cikin ƙasashe uku da ke ɗaukar gasar tare ba.

Murmushi mai ban mamaki na South Africa

Hanyar South Africa zuwa mataki na 16 ba ta kasance mai sauki ba sam. Wasansu na farko da Mexico ya ƙare da asara 2-0, wanda kuma aka ƙara da jajayen katunan biyu — farkon da ya yi barazanar rushe dukan kamfen ɗin kafin ya fara da kyau.

Abin da ya biyo baya, duk da haka, ya nuna ƙarfin gwiwa na gaske. Bafana Bafana sun sake tsayawa don samu sakamako a hannun South Korea da Czechia, suna nuna ƙarfin tunani da ake bukata don tsira a gasar wanda ake fita. Wannan ikon dawo bayan wata mummunar farawa yana sa su zama abokin hamayya mai haɗari ga Canada.

Ana sa ran wasa mai ƙoshin lafiya

Babu ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu da ke ɗaukar tarihi mai kyau a Kofin Duniya — South Africa ba ta taɓa wuce mataki na rukuni ba a baya — don haka tarihi baya ba da jagora mai amfani. Abin da sakamakon wasannin kwanan nan ke nuna shi ne cewa South Africa suna shiga wannan wasa da ƙarfi da yawa da ƙungiya mai gwaninta.

Canada za su buƙaci bayar da mafi kyawun wasansu kuma su guji faɗuwa ƙarƙashin nauyin tsammanin a matsayinsu na ƙasar da ke ɗaukar gasar tare. Idan suka kasa yin haka, South Africa sun bayyana suna cikin matsayi mai kyau don da'awar nasara mai girma. Hasashen nan shine ɗan ƙaramin nasarar South Africa — Canada 0-1 South Africa.