Shugabannin ƙungiyoyi da yawa na FIFA na Afirka sun ziyarci Atlanta Stadium kuma sun hadu da Magajin gari Andre Dickens ranar da ta gabaci wasan kusa da ƙarshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin England da Argentina, don samun wahayi ga gasar da suke shirya.

Yayin tarbar da ya yi wa tawagar, Magajin gari Dickens ya jaddada alaƙar zuciya da ke tsakanin Atlanta da nahiyar Afirka. "Muna da alaƙar al'ada da ta mutane da mutane mai ƙarfi," in ji shi. "Muna son karɓar bakuncinku kuma muna fata za ku dawo don ƙwallon ƙafa, kasuwanci, yawon shaƙatawa, ko komai da ya sa ku dawo."

Ziyarar filin wasa ta burge tawagar

Issaka Adamou, Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Niger kuma masanin gine-gine da mai duba filayen wasa, ya yi mamaki sosai da sassauƙancin filin wasan. "Na yi farin ciki sosai da zarar na ga duk fannonin gine-ginen, musamman rufin da za a iya buɗewa da rufe," in ji shi.

Adamou ya lura cewa an maye gurbin filin wasa na wucin gadi da ciyawa ta asali don gasar, kuma za a mayar da shi a daga baya. "Wannan ra'ayin iya canza filin wasa gwargwadon buƙata ya burge ni; abu ne mai ban mamaki gaskiya," in ji shi. "Wannan filin wasa na iya ma karɓar wasan ƙarshe."

Gelson Fernandes, Mataimakin Babban Jami'in Ƙungiyoyin Membobi na FIFA da Daraktan Ƙungiyoyin Membobi na Afirka, ya jaddada muhimmancin shugabannin Afirka na ganin kayan aikin gasar da idon kansu. "Suna gano birninmu, al'adunmu, kayan aikin filayen wasanmu, da duk aikin da FIFA da hukumomi ke yi a bayan fage don isar da kyakkyawar FIFA World Cup," in ji shi.

Darussa don Africa Cup of Nations

Wasu shugabannin da suka zo suna da gasar manyan taurari a gaba. Wallace Karia, Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Tanzania da memba na Kwamitin Zartaswa na CAF, ya ce ziyarar ta ba shi darussa masu mahimmanci kafin Africa Cup of Nations, wadda Tanzania za ta karɓi bakuncinsa tare da Kenya da Uganda a shekarar 2026 ƙarƙashin taken 'Pamoja'—wanda ke nufin "tare."

"Na koyi abubuwa da yawa waɗanda za su taimake mu inganta gasar mu, don ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyau," in ji Karia, wanda kuma ya yi murna da Canada, Mexico, da United States kan yadda suka shirya FIFA World Cup 2026. Ya ƙara da cewa wannan kwarewa za ta ciyar da shirye-shiryen FIFA World Cup 2030, wanda Morocco, Portugal, da Spain za su karɓi bakuncinsa tare.

'Mafi kyau a tarihin FIFA'

Célestin Yanindji, Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Central African Republic, bai yi rigima ba wajen yabawa. "Zan iya cewa da gaskiya cewa wannan FIFA World Cup ita ce mafi kyau. Ita ce mafi kyau a tarihin FIFA," in ji shi, yana ambaton ƙayatattun filayen wasa, yadda gasar ta yi tsari, da farin cikin masu kallo.

"Mun san a yau cewa taken 'Football Unites the World' gaskiya ce," Yanindji ya ƙara.

Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Somalia Ali Abdi Mohamed ya nuna ra'ayi iri ɗaya, yana bayyana kasancewarsa Atlanta a matsayin gata ta musamman. "Kallon wasan England da Argentina a Atlanta Stadium babban ƙwarewa ce a gare ni. Ina da godiya sosai ga magajin gari da mutanen United States," in ji shi.