United States da Belgium za su yi ta'ammali a Lumen Field da ke Seattle a ranar Litinin, Yuli 6, tare da fara wasan da ƙarfe 5 na yamma ta lokacin gida. Ƙasashen biyu sun saba da wannan filin — kowannensu ya buga wasa na matakin ƙungiya a can, kuma Belgium sun koma don wasansu na zagaye na 32.

United States, ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da ke karɓar bakan gizo na gasar, sun nuna ƙarfin gaske a cikin dukkan wasannin. Ƙungiyar Mauricio Pochettino ta fara da babbar nasara kan Paraguay da 4-1, kuma sun ci ƙwallaye biyu a kowace wasa tun daga nan. Asarar da suka yi ita ce kawai kan Turkiye, wadda ta zo bayan sun riga sun tabbatar da cancantar shiga daga ƙungiyar, don haka ta rasa muhimmancinta.

Babban ƙarfafawa ga United States ya zo ne sa'ad da FIFA ta dakatar da hukuncin wasa ɗaya na Falorin Balogun — hukunci da ya fito daga jan katunan da ya karɓa a kan Bosnia and Herzegovina a zagaye da ya gabata. Shawarar ta haifar da cece-kuce, ko da yake mutane da yawa sun yi imanin cewa a fitar da shi ba shi da gaskiya.

Yakin Belgium mara karfi

Hanya ta Belgium zuwa nan ba ta kasance sauƙi ba. Sun buƙaci burin ƙungiyar kishiyar don daidaita da Egypt a wasansu na farko, sun yi cancantar komai da Iran ba tare da ƙwallo ba, sannan suka buge New Zealand da 5-1 don jagorancin ƙungiyarsu.

Haduwarsu da Senegal a zagaye na 32 ta bayyana labari mai damuwa sosai. Belgium sun kasance a ƙarƙashin tsanani a mafi yawan wannan wasa kuma sun koma da ƙwallaye biyu kafin su sami dawowar ban mamaki a cikin mintuna huɗu na ƙarshe, a ƙarshe suka yi nasara a lokaci na ƙari. Wasa ne da ya haifar da tambayoyi masu zurfin gaske game da daidaitonsu.

Wasa mai wahalar yanke shawara — amma masu gida za su ci

Masu riƙon kuɗi sun nuna wannan rashin tabbas: Belgium an lissafa su a matsayin ƙananan abokan fafatawa a mafi wuyar kuma daidaice wasa na dukkan zagayen 16. Ganin yadda Belgium suka nuna rashin ƙarfi mai ban mamaki a kan Senegal — wasa da ya tsaya a tunani na ɗan lokaci mai yawa bayan ƙarshensa — United States suna cikin sauƙin amfani da goyon bayan masu gida su ci gaba.

Hasashen sakamako: USA 2-1 Belgium