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.
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.
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.
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.
