Qatar da Switzerland za ci karo da dare don kammala zagaye na farko na wasannin Rukuni B a FIFA World Cup 2026, inda mai cin nasara zai iya hau saman wata rukunin da kuma ta ƙunshi co-hosts Canada da Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Akwai tarihi — ko da yake ƙarami — tsakanin ƙasashen biyu. Kawai gamuwa ɗaya ta gabaci wannan ta faru a 2018, lokacin da burin Akram Afif ya ba Qatar nasara ta 1-0 a Lugano. Wannan sakamakon yana nufin Qatar suna da tarihin cikakke na ganawa kai tsaye da Switzerland, ko da yake kaɗan ne ke sa ran wannan alkaluma ta tsara sakamakon dare na yau.

Switzerland: ƙungiya ƙarfi da ƙwarewa

Ƙungiyar Murat Yakin ta zo California a matsayin ɗan takarar da ya cancanci jagorantar rukunin. Bayan ritayar Xherdan Shaqiri, 'yan Switzerland sun dogara ne kan naɗin tsakiyar filin Granit Xhaka da Remo Freuler, ɗaya daga cikin mafi inganci a kwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa. Johan Manzambi, Ardon Jashari, da Denis Zakaria suna ƙara zurfin aikin a wannan yanki.

Xhaka ya zo da ƙwazon bayan wani ingantaccen lokaci a Sunderland, yayin da Breel Embolo ke jagorantar hare-hare tare da taimakon Dan Ndoye, Zeki Amdouni, da Noah Okafor. Ricardo Rodriguez yana ƙara gogewa a bangon tsaro. Ƙungiyar Yakin tana fitowa sau ɗaya a kowace shekara huɗu, amma koyaushe tana aiki a matakin da ya cancanta ta yi hakan.

Tafarkin mai wahala na Qatar

Shekaru huɗu bayan zama ƙasar ta farko mai masaukin baki da ta rasa duk wasanninta uku na matakin rukuni a ƙasarsu, Qatar yanzu suna ƙarƙashin kulawar Julen Lopetegui. Wannan manajan Spain mai gogewa yana fuskantar kalubale mai yawa, yana aiki da tawagar da ɗan wasa ɗaya ne kawai — Homam Ahmed na Cultural Leonesa, wata kulob din Liga 2 mai alaƙa da Aspire Academy ta Qatar — ke buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a waje da ƙasar.

Tafarkin Qatar zuwa wannan gasar ma ya ja muhawara. Tare da Saudi Arabia, Maroons ba su ƙare cikin manyan wurare biyu na fitar da kai ta atomatik ba, amma an ba su muhawara hakkin masaukin gasar playoff ta rukuninsu na ƙungiyoyi uku. Tsarinsu tun daga lokacin bai ba da kwarin gwiwa ba: an soke wasannin aboki na Maris, Republic of Ireland ta ci su a Dublin, kuma sun kasa yin fiye da komai-komai da El Salvador.

Switzerland, akasin haka, sun sha shan kaye ɗaya kawai tun Satumba, wanda ya sa su zama ƙungiyar da ke cikin tsari mafi kyau kafin wannan wasa.

Hasashe

Bambancin inganci tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu ya bayyana yana da mahimmanci. Qatar na iya samun ta'aziyya a fuskantar mafi ƙarfin ƙungiyar rukunin a farkon, kuma rage raunin ƙofofin na iya amfana idan Maroons na nufin samun wucewa ta matsayi na uku zuwa matakin rugby. Switzerland, duk da haka, suna da ƙarfin bugun ƙofa da ƙungiyar shirya da za su ci wannan wasa sosai.

Hasashen maki: Qatar 0-3 Switzerland