Bayan makonni huɗu daga farkon Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, adadin ƙungiyoyin da ke halartar gasar ya ragu zuwa takwas. Zagayen kusa da na karshe (kwata-fainol) ya fara a ranar Alhamis, inda kowane ɗan takara yana nisan nasara uku daga ɗaukar kofin da shi ne babbar kyautar ƙwallon ƙafa.

Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Morocco, Norway, Spain, da Switzerland duk sun shawo kan marhalar ƙungiya da zagaye ɗaya na fitar da kai, don samun matsayinsu a cikin takwas na ƙarshe. Yanzu, tare da rabin-fainol a gani, matsin lamba na ƙaruwa kuma damar kurakurai na ɓacewa gaba ɗaya.

Hanyar zuwa kwata-fainol

Kowane ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi takwas ya isa nan ta hanya daban, wanda aka tsara ta hanyar salo daban-daban, sa'a, da walƙiyar ƙwazon mutum ɗaya. Abin da ke haɗa su shi ne ƙarfin nasu na iya cin nasara lokacin da yake da muhimmanci sosai.

Zaɓen ya samar da gwagwarmaya mai ban sha'awa, tare da rikici tsakanin wasu ƙasashe mafi ɗaukakar tarihi a ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya. Kowace wasa tana ɗaukar nauyin tarihi — da alkawarin ƙarin tarihin da za a rubuta.

Abin da ke cikin caca

Wuri a cikin huɗun ƙarshe yana cikin haɗari a ranar Alhamis, tare da shi kuma yuwuwar gaske ta wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya. Ga masu fafatawa da suka jira shekaru — a wasu lokuta shekaru goma — don su kai wannan matakin, duniyar ba ta taɓa zama mai mahimmanci haka ba.

Masu goyon baya a duk faɗin Afirka da duniya za su kasance a idanu, musamman tare da Morocco tana tsaye a matsayin wakiliyar nahiyar. Atlas Lions sun riga sun ɗauki hankalin magoya baya a duniya baki ɗaya, kuma tafiya mai zurfi ta ƙara za ta tabbatar da matsayinsu a cikin manyan labarun gasar.

Rahotanni, annabce-annabce, da damar gasar ga kowane wasan kwata-fainol suna samuwa a ESPN FC, inda masana suka yi nazari kan kowane ƙarsashen kafin busa sarewa ta farko a ranar Alhamis.