Samoa da New Zealand sun yi takardar daici a gasar neman tikitin shiga gasar kofin duniya ta FIFA 2026 a ranar Litinin, 18 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024. Wasan ya gudana a filin wasa na Mount Smart Stadium a Auckland, New Zealand.
Kocin kungiyar Samoa, Jess Ibrom, ya bayyana cewa suna fuskantar babbar gwagwarmaya da kungiyar All Whites ta New Zealand. Ibrom ya ce, “Haka lalace ne kamar yadda kungiya ta Premier League ta buga da kungiya daga wasanni da yawa kasa”. Kungiyar Samoa, wacce ke matsayi na 186 a duniya, ta taba buga da New Zealand a shekarar 1987, inda ta sha kashi da ci 7-0 a Apia sannan 12-0 a Auckland.
New Zealand, wacce ta taba doke Vanuatu da ci 8-1 a wasan da ya gabata, sun tabbatar da shiga zagayen gaba a gasar. Kocin Ibrom ya ce suna son kiyaye wasan mai wahala kamar yadda zasu iya, saboda kungiyar New Zealand ita ce mafi karfi a yankin Oceania.
Kungiyar Samoa ta samu nasarar kai tsaye ta shiga wannan matakin gasar, wanda shi ne babban nasara ga ƙasar. Sun yi amfani da hanyar neman ‘yan wasa daga ko’ina cikin duniya, wanda ya baiwa su ‘yan wasa kamar Pharrell Trainor, wanda yake buga a kungiyar under-19 Bundesliga na Jamus.
