Tony Popovic ya kira Tete Yengi na Cristian Volpato zuwan su na fari a tawagar Australia, bayan ƙasar ta sanar da 'yan wasa 26 da za su wakilce ta a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026. Amma tsoho dan wasan Hibernian Martin Boyle — wanda ya taka leda sau 41 a tawagar ƙasa — ya rasa damar.

Aro na Yengi ya bashi damar Kofin Duniya

Ko da yake an ara shi daga Livingston zuwa kulob din Japan Machida Zelvia a watan Janairun, a lokacin da kulob ɗin shi na asali ke gwagwarmaya da sauka daga Scottish Premiership, Yengi mai shekara 25 ya nuna kwazonsa. Ya zura ƙwallaye shida a rasa na 22, inda ya taimaka wa Machida Zelvia su gama matsayi na uku a yankin Gabas na Japan da kuma kaiwa ƙarshen wasan Asian Champions League.

An samu damar zaben Volpato bayan FIFA ta amince da shawarar ɗan wasan dan shekara 22 na canza ƙasarsa ta wasanni a ranar Juma'a, bayan ya yi wasa a tawagar matasa ta Italy, ya zama mai cancanta wakiltar Socceroos.

Tarihi yana jiran karya

Tsohon kiper na Brighton & Hove Albion Mat Ryan, yanzu yana wasan a Levante, da mai ci Mathew Leckie na Melbourne City suna kan hanya na daidaita tarihin ƙasa ta hanyar shiga Kofin Duniya karo na huɗu. Tsohon baya hagu na Dundee United Aziz Behich, yanzu na Melbourne City, da dan wasan tsakiya na St Pauli Jackson Irvine — tsohon dan wasan Hull City — ana sa ran su kasance a gasar su ta uku.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Heart of Midlothian Cammy Devlin da baya na Heart of Leicester City Harry Souttar — wanda aka haifa a Aberdeen kuma ɗan'uwansa John yana cikin tawagar Scotland — suna cikin waɗanda ke shiga Kofin Duniya karo na biyu. Cameron Burgess na Swansea City, Nestory Irankunda na Watford, da Mohamed Toure na Norwich City suma an zaɓe su.

Popovic ya amince da wahalar yanke shawara

Kye Rowles, tsohon mai kare tawagar Hearts yanzu yana wasan a DC United, an ƙara shi a lokaci na ƙarshe a sansanin horarwa amma bai sami gurbi a zaɓen ƙarshe ba.

Popovic ya amince da yadda zaɓen ya kasance mai wahala.

"An yi wasu shawarwari masu wahala — haka ne yanayin manyan gasar. Amma kuma yabo ne ga dukan 'yan wasa da abin ya shafe a cikin makonni kalilan da suka gabata, waɗanda suka yi aiki tuƙuru a cikin sansanin horarwa mai tsawo da wahala."

Australia za ta buga wasan abokantaka na ƙarshe da Switzerland ranar Asabar kafin ta fara gasar Kofin Duniya da Turkey a ranar 14 ga Yuni.

Tawagar Australia a Kofin Duniya

Kofuna: Ryan (Levante), Izzo (Randers), Beach (Melbourne City).

Masu tsaro: Behich (Melbourne City), Bos (Feynoord), Burgess (Swansea City), Circati (Parma), Degenek (APOEL), Geria (Albirex Niigata), Herrington (Colorado Rapids), Italiano (Grazer), Souttar (Leicester City), Trewin (New York City).

Masu tsakiya: Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Hrustic (Heracles Almelo), Irvine (St Pauli), Metcalfe (St Pauli), Okon-Englster (Sydney), O'Neill (New York City).

Masu kai hari: Irankunda (Watford), Leckie (Melbourne City), Mabil (Castellon), Toure (Norwich City), Velupilly (Melbourne City), Volpato (Sassuolo), Yengi (Livingston/Machida Zelvia).