Los Angeles za karbi wasan farkon karshen ƙasashen da ke haɗin gwiwa wajen shirya FIFA World Cup 2026, inda Amurka za karɓi Paraguay a wasan da ake sa ran zai zama na ban sha'awa a Rukuni D.

Mexico da Canada sun riga sun buga wasannin buɗe su. Yanzu mutanen Mauricio Pochettino suna ɗauke da nauyin fatan al'umma a filin wasa na gida — tare da ƙarin ɗanɗano na tarihi: Amurka ta doke Paraguay 3-0 a Kofin Duniya na farko shekarar 1930, inda Bert Patenaude ya zira hat-trick na farko a tarihin gasar.

Ƙungiya da har yanzu tana neman daidaito

A matsayinta na ƙasa mai masaukin baki, Amurka ba ta shiga zagayen neman cancantar shiga ba, sai dai ta shirya ta hanyar wasan abokantaka da suka ƙare da sakamako iri-iri. Mutanen Pochettino sun kai wasan karshe na CONCACAF Gold Cup kaka ta shekarar da ta gabata kafin su sha kashi daga Mexico, sannan suka ci Uruguay 5-1 a watan Nuwamba, kafin a kwace su a gida 5-2 ta Belgium a watan Maris.

Pochettino yana son tsarin 3-4-3 mai sassauci, inda Antone Robinson da Sergino Dest ke ba da fadi ta bangaren gefen fage. Weston McKennie ya kafa kansa a matsayin injin ƙungiyar, yana buga a dama na dan wasan gaba Folarin Balogun. Amma babban nauyin kirkire-kirkire na kan kafaɗun Christian Pulisic, wanda yake da 'yancin buga wasa kusan cikakke a hagu na uku na gaba.

Canji mai ban mamaki na Paraguay

Paraguay sun zo Los Angeles bayan wata tafiya mai wahala ta neman cancantar — an kori kocin, an sami mummunar farawa, kuma an ji kunya ta fita daga matakin rukuni a Copa America ta 2024. Naɗa Gustavo Alfaro, wanda aka ɗauko daga Costa Rica, ya canza komai gaba ɗaya. Karkashin jagorancinsa, Paraguay sun ci Brazil, Uruguay, da kuma zaɓabben gasar duniya Argentina don samun tikitin kai tsaye.

Rikodinsu na fasahar hari a zagayen neman cancantar ya kasance mai sauƙi — ƙwallaye 14 kawai a wasanni 18 — amma ƙarfin tsaronsu ya kasance ginshiƙin dawowa. Suna barin kaɗan a baya, kuma suna tilasta abokan hamayyarsu yin aiki tuƙuru don samun dama.

Saduwa ta baya-bayan nan da ta fi nuna wata ƙungiya

Waɗannan ƙungiyoyi biyu sun haɗu a wasan abokantaka ƙasa da watanni takwas da suka wuce, inda Amurka ta ci 2-1. Wannan sakamakon yana da wata alamar tambaya: Paraguay sun buga duk rabin lokaci na biyu da 'yan wasa goma bayan korar Omar Alderete. Duk da haka, wannan nasara tana ba wa masu masaukin ƙarfin gwiwa.

Da fa'idar filin gida, goyon bayan taron masu sha'awa, da ɗan ƙaramin fifiko a gefensu, ana sa ran Amurka ta ci nasara a wasan da zai yi kisa. Hasashe: Amurka 1-0 Paraguay.