Granit Xhaka, kyaftin din Switzerland wanda a yanzu yake wasa a Sunderland, ya bayyana imaninsa cewa Switzerland na ikon yin babbar tasiri a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 — ko da yake yana riƙe manyan burinsa a asiri.

An sanya Switzerland a rukuni tare da ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen masaukin Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, da Qatar, wani ja-in-ja da da yawa suke ganin yana da sauƙi. Ga Xhaka duk da haka, fifiko na farko a sarari ne: wucewa daga matakin rukunin lafiya.

"Dole ne ga Switzerland, kuma a gare mu a matsayinmu na ƙungiya," in ji tsohon ɗan tsakiyar Arsenal wa FIFA.com lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da mafi ƙarancin tsammanin.

Da aka matsa masa game da mafarkinsa na sirri a gasar, Xhaka ya kasance a fili — amma da gangan ya rufe bayani. "Ina son yin mafarki, kuma ina mafarkin manyan abubuwa. Ba zan faɗi kalmar da ke cikin zuciyata yanzu haka ba. Amma za ka iya yin mafarki, an halatta — kuma yana amfanka," in ji shi.

Bayin da ya karya tarihi

Bugun 2026 zai zama Kofin Duniya na huɗu ga Xhaka, bayan ya wakilci Switzerland a Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, da Qatar 2022. Ya halarci wasanni 12 na Kofin Duniya — rikodin Switzerland — kuma yana sanya agogon kyaftin tun ƙarshen 2019.

Tambayoyi game da ko wannan gasar na iya zama bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe a babbar matakan ƙwallon ƙafa an karɓe su da natsuwa da ƙudurin hali. "In ji gaskiya, ban yi haka ba. Muddin har ina da wannan yunwa, wannan ƙudurin, kuma sama da duka lafiyata, ina son ci gaba da wasa tsawon yadda za a yiwu," Xhaka ya ƙara da cewa.

Jadawalin Switzerland a matakin rukuni

Ƙungiyar Murat Yakin za ta fara yaƙin neman zaɓe da Qatar a Bay Arena a San Francisco a ranar 13 Yuni. Kwana biyar bayan haka, za su fuskanci Bosnia and Herzegovina a Los Angeles Stadium, kafin su ƙare matakin rukuni da Canada a BC Place Vancouver a ranar 24 Yuni.