Daya daga cikin muhimman wasannin a lokacin mataki na karshe na cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta nahiyar Amurka ta Kudu shi ne Brazil da Chile. Brazil ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026, yayin da Chile za ta kasance a gefe, wanda ya dade tun lokacin da suka samu damar shiga a 2014. Duk da cewa makomarsu ta bambanta sosai, wannan fafatawar ta zama mai ma'ana ga ‘yan Brazil don kammala cancantar su da nasara, yayin da ga Chile, lamarin mutunci ne.

Kamfen na cancantar shiga gasar Brazil bai yi kyau sosai ba. Seleção ta yi masa kallo ga Carlo Ancelotti a Yuni 2025 bayan wani lokaci mara tsawo bayan Qatar wanda ya ga masu horarwa da dama a wucin gadi. Mulkinsa ya fara da wasan da ba a zura kwallo a raga ba da Ecuador, sannan ya biyo bayan nasara da ci 1-0 kan Paraguay a São Paulo, godiya ga Vinícius Júnior.

Duk da cewa suna matsayi na uku a teburin CONMEBOL, maki goma a bayan Argentina, Brazil tuni ta sami damar shiga gasar—kasa daya tilo da ta taba shiga kowace gasar cin kofin duniya (20 fafatawa). Wannan wasa da kuma na gaba da za su yi da Bolivia, su ne wasannin cancantar gasar karshe kafin su tafi babbar filin wasa a Arewacin Amurka.

Ga Chile, ci gaba yana faduwa. Da zarar ta zama zakaran Copa América (2015 & 2016), La Roja ta kasa samun damar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya sau uku a jere. Sun ci wasanni biyu ne kawai daga cikin wasannin cancantar 16 a kamfen din nan, inda suka ci kwallaye tara yayin da suka yi rashin nasara a wasanni goma. Duk nasarorin sun kasance ne a gida (da Peru da Venezuela), wanda ya nuna rashin tasirinsu a kan tafiya.

Bayan ficewar Ricardo Gareca, Nicolás Córdova ya koma a matsayin kocin wucin gadi, amma sakamakon ba ya inganta. Da maki 10 kacal, Chile na fuskantar hadarin samun mafi karancin maki a tarihin ta tun daga zagayen 2002.

Brazil ta yi wa wannan hamayya rashi sosai, inda ta lashe wasanni biyar na karshe kuma ta ci gaba da tsabta a wasanni hudu daga cikinsu. Nasarar karshe ta Chile ta zo a 2015, nasarar cancantar gasar da ci 2-0.

Carlo Ancelotti ya zabi ‘yan wasa na gwaji, inda ya huta da manyan ‘yan wasa da dama.

Alisson, Wesley, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Caio Henrique, Casemiro, Guimarães, Estêvão, João Pedro, Raphinha, da Richarlison.

Dan Wasa da za a Kalla: Raphinha—Dan wasan gefe na Barcelona ya zura kwallaye 34 a kakar wasa ta farko a duk gasar, ciki har da 16 a gasar zakarun Turai. Da kwallaye 11 ga Brazil har yanzu, shi ne babban makamin kai hari a rashin Vinícius.

Chile na fuskantar sauyi na tsarar da ‘yan wasa, inda tsofaffin ‘yan wasa kamar Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sánchez, da Charles Aránguiz ba su cikin jerin ‘yan wasan ba.

Vigouroux; Hormazábal, Maripán, Kuščević, Suazo; Echeverría, Loyola, Pizarro; Osorio, Cepeda, Brereton Díaz.

Dan Wasa da za a Kalla: Ben Brereton Díaz—Dan wasan gaba na Derby County yana da kwallaye 7 a wasan kasa da kasa kuma zai dauki nauyin karancin damar cin kwallaye na Chile.

Ancelotti ya fi son tsarin 4-2-3-1, wanda ke daidaita tsaron Casemiro da ikon buga kwallo na Bruno Guimarães. Ana sa ran Richarlison zai jagoranci layin gaba, yayin da ‘yan wasan gefe kamar Raphinha da Martinelli (ko Estêvão) ke ba da fadi da gudu.

Brazil ta yi karfi a gida, ba ta yi rashin nasara ba a wasanni bakwai, inda ta ci kwallaye biyu kacal. Ana sa ran tsananin damuwa da za su yi a gaba a Maracanã zai tilasta Chile ta koma baya.

Kungiyar Córdova tana da matasa da rashin kwarewa—‘yan wasa 20 na da kasa da wasanni 10, yayin da 9 ke jiran fara wasa. Zai yiwu su yi amfani da tsarin 4-3-3 na tsaro, su koma baya, kuma su yi fatan Brereton Díaz zai iya kai hari yadda ya kamata. Amma da kwallaye daya kacal da aka ci a wasanni 8 a waje, ana sa ran komai zai yi kasa.

Idan aka yi la’akari da tarihin wasan Brazil a gida, zurfin ‘yan wasa, da kuma rudanin Chile, wannan wasan kamar zai zama na daya gefe.

Brazil ta shiga wannan wasa da cancantar ta, amma zata so ta nuna kwarewa a Maracanã don ba magoya baya kwarin gwiwa kafin gasar cin kofin duniya. Da Marquinhos zai buga wasa na 100, Raphinha yana cikin kwarewa, da kuma matasa masu sha’awar burge, Seleção ya kamata ta ba da gudummawa.

A halin yanzu, Chile ta zo kasa matuka—kungiyar da aka cire mata gogewa, rashin kwarin gwiwa, kuma ba ta ci kwallo ba a 2025. Zai yiwu su mai da hankali kan rage illoli, amma ana sa ran kwarewar Brazil zata fito fili.

A sa ran wasa mai inganci, mai dadi ga Brazil.