Faghani Alireza, alkalin wasa ɗan Iran-Ostraliya, shi ne zai jagoranci farkon wasan Rukuni I a Gasar Duniya 2026 — France da Senegal — a filin wasa na New York Jersey Stadium, yana zuwa da ɗaya daga cikin tarihin aiki mafi girma a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta kasa da kasa.

An shirya farkon wasan da karfe 8 na dare bisa lokacin Burtaniya. George Lakrindis da James Lindsay, dukkansu Ostraliyawa, za su yi aiki a matsayin mataimakan alkalai, yayin da ɗan ƙasarsu Shaun Evans zai kula da VAR a wannan gasar ta ƙungiyoyi 48, wadda ta gabatar da sabin dokoki biyar kafin buɗe gasa Alhamis da ya gabata.

Alkalin wasa mai tarihi a Gasar Duniya

Wannan zai zama wasansa na bakwai na Gasar Duniya a matsayin babban alkali — wani nasara da ba ta sauƙi ba. Ana tunawa da shi musamman saboda ya jagoranci wasan Rukuni tsakanin France da Argentina a Gasar Duniya 2018, wasan da ya ƙare 4-3 a cikin France kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasanni a tarihin gasar. Wasan ya samar da katin gargaɗi takwas da bugun fenareti da aka ba France a cikin mintuna 13 na farko.

Kwanan nan, Faghani ya jagoranci nasarar Chelsea 3-0 a kan Paris Saint-Germain a Gasar Duniya ta Ƙungiyoyi, wadda aka gudanar a Amurka lokacin rani na bara. A cikin aikinsa, yana shan fi 4 katin gargaɗi a kowane wasa, kuma ya jagoranci wasanni 119 na A-League, wasa 62 na AFC Champions League Elite, da wasa uku na Wasannin Olympics.

France da Senegal suna shiga a matsayin manyan masu fafatawa

France suna shiga wannan wasa bayan sun kai manyan wasanni biyu masu jere na Gasar Duniya — sun lashe ɗaya kuma sun sha kaye a ɗayan — suna zura kwallaye bakwai a cikin mintuna 210 na ƙwallon wasan ƙarshe. Les Bleus za su sake kasancewa a cikin manyan abokan hamayya, suna nufin yin babban wasan na uku masu jere wanda zai daidaita tarihin Brazil na tsawon lokaci.

Senegal kuwa, ba ƙungiyar da za a ɗauka a sauƙi ba. Suna ɗauke da lakabi na Africa Cup of Nations — lakabi mai rikitarwa saboda wata hukuncin shari'a — kuma suna da ingancin gaske a cikin ƙungiyarsu, suna wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin mafi haɗari na ƙungiyoyi a nahiyar Afirka. Wannan buɗe wasa na Rukuni I ya zama alƙawari ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasanni na farkon gasar.