FIFA ta tabbatar da cewa alkalin wasa dan Amurka Ismail Elfath zai tafiyar da wasan kusa da na karshe na Gasar Duniya tsakanin England da Argentina a Atlanta ranar Laraba, tare da farkon wasan da aka tsara a 20:00 BST. Za a nuna wasan kai tsaye a BBC One.

Elfath, mai shekaru 44, ya riga ya bayyana a wannan gasar, inda ya tafiyar da wasannin matakin rukuni tsakanin Japan da Netherlands, da kuma Uruguay da Spain. Ya kuma kula da nasarar Norway a zagaye na sha shida a kan Brazil, wadanda suka dauki kofin duniya sau biyar.

Tarihin ladabi a gasar

A cikin wasannin da ya tafiyar, Elfath ya bayar da katin rawaya shida. Babban yanke shawararsa na ladabi ya zo ne lokacin da ya fitar da dan wasan tsakar gida na Uruguay Agustin Canobbio da jan kati kai tsaye saboda katse mai hadari a kai a kan dan wasan baya na Spain Pau Cubarsi. Canobbio ya kara ta da haka ne ta hanyar tunkaren Elfath da kama riggarsa bayan an fitar da shi.

Alkalin wasa mai zurfi a Gasar Duniya

Elfath ba baƙo bane a babbar fage ta kwallon kafa. A Gasar Duniya 2022 da ta gudana a Qatar, an nada shi a matsayin alkalin wasa na hudu a wasan karshe tsakanin France da Argentina. A lokacin zagaye na rukuni na wannan gasar, ya kasance cikin wani lokaci da ba za a manta ba — ya girgiza hannu da dan wasan gaba na Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar kafin ya fitar da shi saboda cire rigga yayin murnar kwallon da ya ci a kan Brazil.

A kwallon kulob, Elfath shi ne alkalin wasa a lokacin da Lionel Messi ya daga kofin farko tare da Inter Miami, nasara ta bugu daga kan layi a kan Nashville SC a wasan karshe na Leagues Cup 2023.

Yana aiki a matsayin alkalin wasa a Major League Soccer tun 2012 kuma ya lashe kyautar alkalin wasa mafi kyau na MLS sau biyu. Asalinsa daga Morocco ne, ya koma Amurka yana da shekaru 18 bayan ya lashe caca ta biza ta bambancin da gwamnatin Amurka ke marawa baya.

Abokan kasarsa na Amurka Corey Parker da Kyle Atkins za su yi aiki a matsayin mataimakan alkalin wasa, tare da Maurizio Mariani dan Italiya da aka nada a matsayin alkalin wasa na hudu.

Alkalan wasa na England da Argentina an cire su

Alkalan wasa na England Michael Oliver da Anthony Taylor ba su cancanci tafiyar da wasan karshe ba bisa ka'idojin FIFA na rikicin sha'awa. Wadannan ka'idoji sun hana jami'ai tafiyar da wasannin da kasarsu ta shiga. Bugu da kari, an hana alkalan wasa na England da Argentina daga kula da wasan da ya shafi kowane daga cikin kasashen biyu, wani takurawa da ya samo asali daga tashin hankali na siyasa tsakanin kasashen biyu — wanda ya samo asali daga rikicin Falklands na 1982.

Alkalin wasa dan Argentina Facundo Tello ma an cire shi saboda dalilai iri daya. Kuma dukkan jami'ai uku ba su cancanci kula da wasan neman matsayi na uku ba, domin wasan yana tabbatar da shiga ɗaya daga cikin kasashen biyu. Wadannan ka'idoji sun hana Taylor a baya daga kula da wasan karshe na Gasar Duniya 2022 tsakanin Argentina da France.