Kuwait ta shirya kan gaba da babbar gasa a ranar Alhamis, Novemba 14, 2024, inda ta zaci ta hadu da Jamhuriyar Korea a gasar neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2026.
Gasar dai za ta gudana a filin wasa na Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium a Ardiya, Kuwait. Kungiyar Kuwait, karkashin horarwa da Juan Antonio Pizzi, har yanzu bata samu nasara a kungiyar B ta zagayen uku na neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta AFC, tana da maki uku kacal a kan teburin gasar bayan wasanni hudu[4].
Kungiyar Jamhuriyar Korea, karkashin horarwa da Hong Myung-bo, ta samu nasara a wasanni uku a jera bayan an tashi masu 0-0 a gida da Palestine a watan Satumba. Sun ci Oman, Jordan, da Iraq a wasanninsu na gaba, inda suka zura kwallaye takwas a cikin wasannin[2].
Historically, Jamhuriyar Korea ta fi nasara a wasanninsu da Kuwait, inda ta lashe wasanni shida kuma ta tashi masu 1 a cikin wasanni bakwai na karshe tsakanin su. A wasanninsu na kwanan nan, Kuwait ta yi nasara daya kacal a cikin wasanni takwas na neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya, yayin da Jamhuriyar Korea ta lashe wasanni takwas kuma ta tashi masu biyu a cikin wasanni goma na yanzu[2].
Manufar da aka yi kiyasi ya nuna cewa Jamhuriyar Korea za ta iya samun nasara da kwallaye biyu zuwa uku, saboda babban tasirin da suke da shi a filin wasa. Son Heung-min, wanda shi ne dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye a kungiyar Jamhuriyar Korea, ya kasa zuwa sansanin horarwa ranar gobe, amma an fi zarginsa da cewa zai iya buga wasan[2].
