Amurka za yi wasa da Belgium a Seattle a zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026, inda masu masaukin gidan ke neman kaiwa wasan kwata-fainali na farko tun 2002. Wasan yana farawa da karfe 1:00 da safe BST / 8:00 yamma ET.

An dakatar da hukuncin dakatarwa na Balogun

Babban labarin kafin wannan wasan shi ne FIFA ta soke dakatarwar tilas ta wasa daya na Folarin Balogun, bayan jan kati da ya samu a kan Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sanarwar da aka yi ranar Lahadi ta 'yantar da dan wasan don ya buga wa Belgium.

Kasancewar Balogun yana canza karfin kai hari na Amurka. Fiye da kowane dan wasan gaba na Amurka a gabanshi, shi ne ke tsakiyar tawagar da ke da cancanta ta gaske don zuwa matakai na ƙarshe na wannan gasar.

Hanyar Amurka zuwa zagaye na 16

Amurka sun kasance masu faɗa a ji tun daga farkon gasar. Sun doke Paraguay da Australia cikin sauƙi, sannan suka fitar da Bosnia and Herzegovina a zagaye na 32. Rashin nasara ga Turkiyya a wasan da ba shi da ma'ana ba ya shafi komai ba.

Ceto mai ban mamaki na Belgium

Belgium za su zo Seattle suna sanin sa'ar da suka yi don ci gaba da kasancewa a gasar. Mintuna biyar kafin ƙarewar wasansu na zagaye na 32, ƙungiyar Rudi Garcia tana da rashin nasara ta 0-2 ga Senegal kuma ta bayyana an kawo mata ƙarshe.

Romelu Lukaku da Youri Tielemans suka ci kwallaye biyu don tilasta wasa na ƙari, kafin Tielemans — ɗan tsakiyar Aston Villa — ya lashe kuma ya canza bugun fenariti a minti na biyar na lokacin da aka ƙara don kammala dawowa mai ban mamaki.

Duk da faɗar wannan sakamako, Belgium sun rasa daidaito a tsawon wannan FIFA World Cup, nasararsu guda ɗaya mai ma'ana a cikin mintuna 90 tana kan New Zealand.

Tsararraki na zinariya masu tsufa

Lambobi suna ba da labari mai ban damuwa ga Belgium. Lukaku yana da shekara 33, Thibaut Courtois yana da 34, kuma Kevin De Bruyne yana da 35. Ko da yake 'yan wasa matasa sun nuna kuzari a wasu lokuta, wannan tsararraki na zinariya na shahara a bayyane take na ƙarshe.

Da Balogun ya koma kuma taron magoya baya mai cike da sha'awa ya cika Seattle Stadium, Amurka za su yi imanin cewa za su hukunta Belgium idan ƙungiyar Garcia ta sake nuna raunin tsaron da ta nuna a zagaye na ƙarshe.

Hasashe

USA 2-1 Belgium. Masu masaukin gidan sun ci, tare da goyon bayan magoya baya na Seattle a wasan zagaye na 16 wanda ya bi hankali.