Tawagar Mauricio Pochettino ta United States tana da damar kammala matakin rukuni ba tare da sun sha kashi ba, idan suka fuskanci Turkey a wasan ƙarshe na Rukuni D a SoFi Stadium. Da cancantar shiga an riga an tabbatar a matsayin na farko, USMNT na iya shiga wannan wasan ba tare da wani damuwa ba.

Bambancin yanayi tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu ba zai iya zama bayyane fiye da haka ba. United States sun ci gaba a matsayin masu gaban Rukuni D, yayin da Turkey ke fita a matsayi na huɗu bayan kawo shan kashi biyu a jere ga Australia da Paraguay — sakamako da ya tada tambayoyi masu wuya ga kocin Vincenzo Montella.

Ƙungiyar Amurka ta bambanta da ta 1994

A 1994, lokacin da United States suke karbar bakuncin Kofin Duniya, sun wuce matakin rukuni da wahala ta hanyar nasara guda ɗaya kafin Brazil ta kawar da su a zagaye na 16. Wannan nau'in yana ba da labari daban-daban gaba ɗaya. Pochettino ya gina ƙungiya mai dabara ta zamani, ƙwararru fiye da kowace tsara ta USMNT da ta gabata, kuma mai ikon amfana da sha'awar masu goyon bayan gida.

Folarin Balogun ya jagoranci harin da niyya, yayin da Malik Tillman na Bayer Leverkusen ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi tasiri a tsakiyar filin. Tallafin da aka bayar a kan gefuna ya ƙara faɗi da ƙirƙira wanda abokan hamayya na Rukuni D kawai ba su iya jimrewa da shi ba.

Tare da wani yiwuwar wasan zagaye na 32 da ƙungiyar ta uku daga Rukunoni B, E, F, I, ko J — Bosnia & Herzegovina ana ɗaukar ta a matsayin abokin hamayya mafi yuwuwa — kiyaye ci gaba da nasara ta uku a jere shine fifiko.

Gasar Turkey mai wahala

Turkey bai nuna isasshen abu da zai iya dakile ci gaban Amurka ba. Duk da tara taɓawa 102 a cikin akwatin abokin hamayya da yin harbi 62 a duk wasanninsu biyu, sun kasa ci kwallon kara ɗaya — rashin daidaituwar ƙididdiga da ke damun Montella ƙwarai.

Kasancewar Arda Guler a cikin ƙungiyar farko yana ba da ɗan haskoki, amma dabarar Turkey mai dogaro da rike ƙwallon ta haifar da komai face shan kashi. Ba za su yi amfani da ƙwallon kamar yadda suke yi yayin da suke fuskantar United States ba, kuma tarihin harbi nasu yana nuna cewa sakamakon zai iya zama mai ciwo daidai.

FourFourTwo yana hasashen Turkey 0-3 USA.