Amurka da Australia sun isa Seattle tare da maki cikakku bayan da suka lashe wasanninsu na farko a Rukuni D na FIFA World Cup 2026 — amma ɗaya kawai za ta iya tafiya a sama.

Ƙungiyar Mauricio Pochettino ta ɗaukaka gasar da nasara mai ƙarfi ta 4-1 a kan Paraguay a Los Angeles. Folarin Balogun shi ne jarumin wasan, ya zura kwallaye biyu ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu a tarihin ƙasar da ya zura fiye da kwallo ɗaya a wasan Kofin Duniya guda ɗaya — nasarar da ba a samu tun Bert Patenaude a shekarar 1930. Kyaftin Christian Pulisic ma ya yi kyau kafin matsalar ƙafar sa ta tilasta maye gurbinsa a rabin farko.

Ana tsammanin Pochettino zai sake amfani da tawagar da ta fara a Seattle, ko da yake shakku game da lafiyar Pulisic na nan. Manaja da ɗan wasan tsakiya Tyler Adams sun nuna cewa dan wasan gaba zai kasance a shirye ya fuskanci Socceroos.

Australia, a nasu ɓangaren, sun samu nasara mai ban mamaki 2-0 a kan Turkey — ƙungiyar da yawancin mutane suka yi tsammanin za ta zama fitattu. Nestory Irankunda, mai shekara 20 kawai, ya bude wa ƙofar da ya zama ɗan wasan Australia mafi ƙuruciya da ya zura kwallo a tarihin Kofin Duniya, yayin da Connor Metcalfe ya ƙara ta biyu. Mai tsaron gida Patrick Beach ya yi ayyuka mai ban sha'awa a bayyanarsa ta farko a hukumance da ƙungiyar ƙasa, ya kange harbe-harbe guda takwas.

Ƙungiyar Australia ta Tony Popovic za ta buƙaci wani wasan da ya cika da tsari don kalubalantar Amurka, wacce ta lashe kowannen hadewarsu biyu na kwanan nan da Socceroos, ciki har da nasara mai zafi ta 2-1 a watan Oktoba 2025 da ta haifar da tashin hankali tsakanin ɓangaren biyu.

Mai cin wasan zai kusan tabbatar da wuri a zagaye na knockout — wanda ke ɗaukaka haɗarin wasan zuwa matakin da ba a saba da shi ba ga ƙasashen biyu kafin fara wasan.

Yadda ake kallo USA da Australia

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