Amurka na dawo zuwa babbar fagen kwallon kafa a wannan lokacin rani, suna karbar bakuncin FIFA World Cup 2026 a karon biyu a tarihinsu. Wasansu na farko — farawa da karfe 9:00 dare ET ranar Jumma'a — zai kawo tawagar Mauricio Pochettino fuskantar Paraguay a SoFi Stadium a Inglewood a Rukunin D.

Gasar tarihi ta sake sabuntawa

Waɗannan ƙasashe biyu sun fara ganawa a FIFA World Cup ta farko a Uruguay a shekarar 1930, inda Amurka ta ci 3-0. Bert Patenaude ya zira kwallaye uku a cikin wasan kuma ya zama na farko a tarihin gasar. Shekaru casa'in da shida bayan haka, muhimmancin wannan wasan bai ragu ba ga ɓangarorin biyu.

Paraguay, da take matsayi na 40 a duniya, ita ce mafi ƙarancin matsayi daga cikin ƴan wasan shida na CONMEBOL a wannan gasar. Tawagar Gustavo Alfaro ta shirya ta hanyar nasara ta 4-0 da Nicaragua a wasan sada zumunci a Asunción a mako mai wucewa. Tawagar ja-da-fari ba ta halarci Kofin Duniya tun 2010, don haka komowa wannan shine dawowar da aka daɗe ana jira.

Maza na Pochettino na neman fara da ƙarfi

Amurka, da take matsayi na 17 a duniya, tana sama da abokin hamayyarsu na Rukunin D da wurare 23. Shirye-shiryen Pochettino sun ba da kwarin gwiwa na gaske — tawarsa ta doke Senegal 3-2 a wasan shiri mai cike da ban sha'awa, inda Folarin Balogun ya zira ƙwallon cin nasara bayan Amurka ta rasa fifikon kwallaye biyu. Sai suka yi ta fama da Germany mai ƙarfi a Chicago.

Maki uku daga wasan farko zai sa masu masaukin baki su kasance cikin kyakkyawar matsayi a Rukunin D, wanda kuma ya haɗa da Australia da Turkey. Waɗannan ƙungiyoyin biyu za su hadu a BC Place a wasannin rukuni na biyu kafin su fuskanci Amurka da Paraguay bi da bi a ranar 19 ga Yuni.

Ina za a kallo

Ana iya kallon wasannin kyauta akan BBC iPlayer a Birtaniya, SBS On Demand a Australia, da Tubi a Amurka. Fox kuma tana watsa wasan a Amurka. Ana samun ƙarin watsa shirye-shirye kyauta ta RTÉ Player a Ireland, CazéTV akan YouTube a Brazil, NOS a Netherlands, RTBF/VRT a Belgium, SRF/RTS/RSI a Switzerland, da TRT a Turkey.