Isabel "Chabelo" Ramírez ya kwashe shekaru 41 a Mexico City Stadium — kuma kaɗan ne mutane a duniya da za su iya cewa sun shaida wannan adadin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Yayin da FIFA World Cup 2026™ ke gudana a filin wasa, yanzu yana jagorantar ƙungiyar ma'aikata goma da ke kula da ƙasa-ƙasar filin.

Alaƙarsa da filin wasa ta faro tun 1970, lokacin da mahaifinsa ke aiki a can a matsayin mai kula da filin kuma ya kawo Ramírez ƙarami a matsayin mai kallon wasa. A wannan shekara, ya ga fitaccen ɗan wasan Brazil Pelé yana wasa a wannan fagen shahararren. "Yaro ne kawai ni, kuma mahaifinsa yana riƙe hannu na," Ramírez ya tuna. "Yana da ban sha'awa sosai kallon wasannin kai tsaye."

Daga mai tsaron tsaro zuwa shugaban ƙungiyar kula da filin

Lokacin da Mexico ta karɓi damar karɓar baƙi na FIFA World Cup™ a 1986, Ramírez ya isa ya yi aiki ya sami muƙamin tsaro a filin wasa. A cikin shekaru uku, ayyukansa sun haɗa da kare 'yan wasa — ciki har da Diego Maradona, wanda ya ɗaga kofin FIFA World Cup a wannan filin wasa.

Bayan fiye da shekaru arba'in, yanzu Ramírez yana kula da kowane tsabar ciyawa a filin. Aikin yana buƙatar hankali sosai: tsayin yankawa an ƙayyade shi a millimita 24, bisa ƙa'idodin FIFA, kuma layin yankawa dole ne su kasance daidai. Ana motsa fitilun filin a kai a kai a cikin zagayowar awanni 48 domin taimakawa ciyawa ta farfaɗo — bambam da hanyoyin zamanin mahaifinsa.

"Mutane daga FIFA da sauran ƙungiyoyi sun zo su shuka iri na ciyawa," Ramírez ya bayyana. "Fitilun na aiki da rana da dare, ana motsa su: suna tsayawa a wuri ɗaya na awanni 48, sannan ana matsar da su zuwa wuri ɗaya, da sauransu. Wannan yana taimakawa ciyawa ta farfaɗo."

Filin da aka gina domin jurewa matsin lamba

Filin wasa ya nuna ƙarfinsa a shirye-shiryen gasar 2026, inda ya karɓi wasanni 14 na Liga MX a cikin watan da ya gabaci Kofin Duniya ba tare da lalata ƙasa-ƙasar filin ba. Ramírez ya danganta wannan ƙarfi da ɗan yanayin damina na Mexico City, wanda ke faruwa tsakanin Yuni da Yuli — wannan lokaci ɗaya da gasar.

"Sa'ad da ruwa ke fāɗuwa, yana taimaka mana domin ciyawa na sake haɓaka da sauri," ya ce. Filin kuma yana da tsarin sarrafa yanayi wanda ke daidaita iska da laima. "An sami canje-canje da yawa… Yanzu, da sabon fasaha, wani sabon irin filin ne a gare mu kuma muna koyan aiki da shi."

Bankwana bayan shekaru arba'in

Mexico City Stadium shi ne filin wasa na farko a tarihi da ya karɓi baƙi na gasar FIFA World Cup™ sau uku, kuma Ramírez yana nan a duk ɗayanawar — a matsayin mai kallon wasa a 1970, mai tsaron tsaro a 1986, da shugaban ƙungiyar kula da filin a 2026. Da zarar gasar ta yanzu ta ƙare, yana shirin yin ritaya.

Idan ya duba baya, ba burin ƙwallo ko kofin da ke kan gaban tunaninsa. "Abin da ya taɓa ni sosai shi ne ziyarar Paparoma [John Paul II] a 1999," ya ce. "Amma na yi gogayya da wasanni da yawa, gasar, da kide-kide a nan. Tafiyar ta yi kyau kuma ina godiya saboda ita."