Wasan matakin 16 tsakanin England da Mexico a Kofin Duniya 2026 — wanda ya ke cikin cece-kuce saboda tsayin ƙasa da guguwar tsawa a Estadio Azteca — za a yi masa alkalanci da ɗan Australia Alireza Faghani, wanda ya riga ya samu rigima a wannan gasar.

Faghani ya jawo suka mai ƙarfi a farkon gasar bayan ya ƙi ba Kylian Mbappe buɗaɗɗen bugun fanareti a lokacin wasan farko na France da Senegal. Wannan yanke shawara ya sanya ɗan wasa mai shekaru 48 a tsakiyar hankulan mutane kafin ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasannin zagayen fita.

Ƙungiyar alkalai

Abokan ƙasarsa na Australia George Lakindris da Andrew Lindsay za su yi aiki a matsayin mataimakan alkalai. An nada Jalal Jayed na Morocco a matsayin alkali na huɗu, yayin da ɗan ƙasarsa Zakaria Brinsi ya ɗauki matsayin mataimakin alkali na ajiyar.

Tarihin Faghani a fagen duniya

Duk da rigimar da ya faru kwanan nan, Faghani yana da ƙwarewa mai girma a matakin koli. Mutane da dama sun tuna shi a duniya saboda ya yi alkalancin nasarar ban mamaki ta France 4-3 akan Argentina a Kofin Duniya 2018 — wasan da ya bayar da kati takwas kuma ya baiwa bugun fanareti a cikin minti 13 na farko saboda laifi akan Mbappe wanda yana ɗan samari a lokacin.

A wannan gasar, England da Mexico zai zama aikinsa na uku, bayan France da Senegal da kuma Portugal da Colombia. Wasan Portugal da Colombia ma ya ƙunshi burin da aka soke a ɓoye na ƙarshen wasan.

A cikin wasannin nasa uku na Kofin Duniya 2026 har zuwa yanzu, Faghani yana da matsakaicin kusan kati biyar a kowane wasa kuma ya ba da bugun fanareti sau ɗaya a kowane wasanni huɗu. Ya nuna jan kati sau biyu a wannan Kofin.

Yawancin kwarewar Faghani a matakin kulob ta fito ne daga A-League, inda ya yi alkalancin wasanni 119 da matsakaicin kati huɗu a wasa. Rijistar sa ta duniya kuma ta ƙunshi wasanni 62 na AFC Champions League Elite, wasanni takwas na FIFA Club World Cup, da fuskokin uku na Gasar Olimpiyas. Kwanan nan ya yi alkalancin nasarar Chelsea ta 3-0 akan Paris Saint-Germain a Club World Cup 2025, wanda ma aka yi a Arewacin Amurka.

Wasan England da Mexico ya ta da muhawara fiye da duk wani wasan Round of 16, tare da damuwar tsayin ƙasa na Mexico City da barazanar guguwa da dare, waɗanda ke ƙara matsalolin da ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel ke fuskanta.