Ƙungiyoyi huɗu ne kawai suka rage a FIFA World Cup 2026, kuma ba ɗaya daga cikinsu ya zama mamaki. Manyan ƙasashe huɗu mafi girma a duniya — dukkansu tsoffin zakara — suna fafatawa a matakin kusa da karshe. Na farko, a ranar Talata a Dallas, France za ta yi wasa da Spain a abin da ake zaton zai zama mafi muhimmancin wasan gasar.

Abubuwan da suka fi so da harin da ya fi damuwa

France sun shiga wannan gasar tare da tambaya guda ɗaya tana biye da su: shin wani zai iya dakatar da su? Ƙungiyar harin da ta ƙunshi Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise, da Desire Doue tana wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin mafi haɗari a tarihin Kofin Duniya na kwanan nan. Mbappe yana jagorantar Golden Boot, yana daidai da Lionel Messi a yawan ƙwallaye amma ya fi shi saboda tallafawa da sau uku. France sun ci ƙwallaye 16 — na biyu mafi yawa a gasar — kuma suna kan gaba a cikin dukkan ƙungiyoyi a tsafe bugun farkisho da ƙimar xG, inda xG ɗin su ya kai 14.34.

Norway kaɗai ta sami nasarar hana Mbappe yin ƙwallo a wannan lokacin bazara. Amma ko da an hana shi, ƙungiyar Didier Deschamps tana da isasshen ƙarfi na cin gawa ta hanyoyi daban-daban. France sun zama ƙungiyar farko tun Brazil a 2002 da take da 'yan wasa biyu da suka kai ƙwallaye biyar a wasan yaji guda — nasarar da Harry Kane da Jude Bellingham na England suka samu daidai.

Me ya sa Spain ba ƙungiya ta yau da kullun ba ce

Spain sun isa Dallas ba a matsayin ƙungiyar rauni ba, amma a matsayin ƙungiyar da ke da hujja ta gaskiya ta dakatar da tafiyar France zuwa karshen wasan. Babu ƙungiya a wannan Kofin Duniya da ta mallaki ƙwallon haka sosai kamar ƙungiyar Luis de la Fuente. Wasansu a yankin ƙarshe na filin ya yi kyau sosai — su kaɗai ne ƙasar da ta wuce 1,000 ciyar da ƙwallo a yankin ƙarshe, da daidaito na kashi 83.9 cikin dari. Ta hanyar hana abokan hamayya ƙwallo, Spain kuma tana kare ragar nata, inda ta kai matakin kusa da karshe da rikodin tsaron da ya yi fice.

Nau'in zamani na salon Spain yana da ƙarin kai tsaye fiye da yadda saƙon tiki-taka na jinsi tsofaffi suka yi. Saurin canzawa zuwa tsaye yana ba wa 'yan wasa a gefuna damar amfani da yanayi na 1v1 — abin da yake muhimmanci sosai idan Lamine Yamal ne makamar da ta fi haɗari. Dan wasan Barcelona yana jagorantar dukkan 'yan wasa masu kai hari da turawa 12 da suka ƙarare da harbi a wannan gasar.

Rodri da Yamal su ne mafifita

Tafarkin Spain zuwa nasara yana wucewa ta tsakiyar filinsu. Rodri da Pedri su ne mafifitan ciyar da ƙwallo a mataki na kai hari a gasar, kuma Rodri yana aikin ɗaukan ƙwallo, yana turawa wasa gaba don sakin Yamal cikin sarari. Idan Spain za su iya sarrafa gudu a zafi mai zafi na Dallas, tsakiyar filinsu mai ƙwarewar fasaha ya kamata ta iya sarrafa hanyoyin ciyar da France.

Nau'i biyu na tsakiyar filin France — Manu Kone da Adrien Rabiot — ba su da ƙarfi ɗaya, ko da yake ingancin da ke gabansu yana rufe waɗancan iyakoki sosai. Spain dole ne ta kasance da horo a wurarenta don amfana da wannan giɓi kafin 'yan wasan kai hari na France su mai da yakin tsakiyar filin bai da amfani.

Damuwar Spain da ƙayyadaddun bayanai

Spain bai kai mafi kyawun matakin sa ba tukuna a wannan gasar. Lamine Yamal ya kasance yana wasa kasa da matsayinsa na gaske, Nico Williams ya takaita ta hanyar rauni, kuma Mikel Oyarzabal — wanda ya ci ƙwallaye huɗu akan Saudi Arabia da Austria a zagayen rukuni — ya kasance galibi ba a gani ba a lokutan yanke shawara tun lokacin. Spain ya dogara ga wanda ya maye gurbin Mikel Merino don wucewa da wahala akan Portugal da Belgium a zagayen fita daga gasar, nesa da ayyukan da suka mamaye waɗanda kididdigan mallakar ƙwallo suka nuna.

Wasan kuma yana faɗuwa a ranar Bastille Day, bukukuwan ƙasar Faransa — ɗan gajeren bayani na alamomi da ke nuna yadda ƙungiyar Deschamps ke ɗauke da gudu zuwa wannan wasa. France su ne abin da aka fi so a wannan gasar saboda dalilai masu kyau.

Duk da haka, Spain, idan suna aiki a mafi girman matakinta, suna iya dakatar da kowane abokin hamayya. Sun karkashe makudin France a Kofin Duniya na 2010 — suna cin nasara da kansu — kuma suna da kayan aikin yin wani abu iri ɗaya a Talata. Wannan wasan kusa da karshe yana nesa da zama yanke shawara da aka yanke tukuna.